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Connolly: Congress must address USPS problems

Learn more about what Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) thinks Congress can do to help the U.S. Postal Service.

Tags: Federal Drive , USPS , OPM , Gerry Connolly , Steven Lynch , IG , CSRS Obligation Modification Act , Congressional Spotlight

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Election season guidelines for federal workers

The Hatch Act restricts how open federal employees can be with political preferences

Tags: Federal Drive , Hatch Act , Ana Galindo-Marrone , OSC ,

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Analysis: Who will win the Air Force tanker contract?

The first two bids were expected but a surprise third bidder has joined the contest. Aviation industry analyst Richard Aboulafia explains.

Tags: Federal Drive , Boeing , EADS , KC-135 , Antonov , Air Force , tanker contract

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Budget showdown could lead to shutdown

President Obama has threatened to veto a continuing resolution that would fund government through the rest of the fiscal year. The Hill's Bob Cusack explains how the CR battle has gotten this far.

Tags: Federal Drive , continuing resolution , budget , FY 2010 budget , The Hill , Bob Cusack , shutdown , Congress ,

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GAO's Hite reflects on technology's growing impact on the job

GAO's director of IT Architecture and Systems Issues Randy Hite retired last week, joins the Federal Drive for an exit interview

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , management , GAO , Randy Hite ,

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LOC to track edits, updates of websites

Martha Anderson, Director of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program at the Library of Congress has more information about the project, named "Memento."

Tags: Federal Drive , technology , Library of Congress , Memento , Martha Anderson ,

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Zoo's lion cubs make debut

The National Zoo's seven lion cubs have been named and one is named after OPM Director John Berry

Tags: Smithsonian National Zoo , loin cubs , John Berry ,

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GAO evaluates agencies' work-life programs

GAO has recommendations for what more agencies and OPM can do to recruit and keep talented workers

Tags: Federal Drive , management , pay and benefits , GAO , OPM , work-life programs , pay freeze , Yvonne Jones

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Outgoing Postmaster General shares advice for USPS

Outgoing Postmaster General John Potter joins the Federal Drive for an in depth exit interview.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , USPS , John Potter , pay and benefits ,

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Federal workgroup forms to take a bite out of bedbugs

Federal offices face a public health scourge spreading across the nation: bedbugs. Five agencies have joined forces to form the Federal Bed Bug Workgroup, which works to educate on and control the spread of bed bugs. The EPA's director of Office of Pesticide Programs tells us about findings of the first National Bed Bug Summit.

Tags: Federal Drive , management , EPA , Bed Bugs , CDC , USDA , DoD , HHS , Lois Rossi , bedbugs ,

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