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Where Congress is Directing Pork Barrel Spending

Jul 29, 2022

Eliminating the triumvirate of waste, fraud and abuse in government is a cause in which most Americans believe, but the actual nuts and bolts of wasteful spending specifically can be hard to quantify. The group Citizens Against Government Waste annually enumerates what it considers to be the worst in pork...


Jul 28, 2022

According to reports, a second Donald Trump presidential term would bring back and expand on Schedule F, the controversial proposal to upend the civil service. Former aides said that some in Trump’s orbit are already making lists of public servants to transfer into Schedule F and potentially fire, indicating that...


Jul 27, 2022

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Congress has tasked the Small Business Administration with administering more than $1 trillion through relief programs like the Paycheck Protection Program. Hannibal “Mike” Ware, the Small Business Administration inspector general, is tasked with the jobs of combating...


Jul 26, 2022

In-office work and telework are often seen as a zero-sum game, but hybrid work can make offices, including in the federal government, more flexible. In a new report titled “Hybrid Work in Government,” Cisco surveyed public sector employees about their feelings about hybrid work.

Marcus Moffett is Chief Technology...


Jul 25, 2022

Federal employees have to make a lot of important choices while working in order to have a successful and pleasant retirement. No matter where they work or how old they are, feds know that a lot of decisions need to be made before federal employees retire. Some of these choices can have lifelong consequences and need to...