Oversight
Lawmaker Warns Shutdown Will Stop SEC From Policing Bad Actors
New House Financial Services Committee chairwoman's oversight agenda includes reversing changes at consumer protection bureau.
Pay & Benefits
State Department Defends Unusual Recall of Furloughed Staffers, With Pay
Management, budget and legal teams approved emergency movement of funds.
Management
Watchdog: GSA Ignored Ethics Advice on Constitutionality of Trump Hotel Lease
Inspector general blasts “unwillingness” to consider Emoluments Clause violations.
Oversight
Federal Service Contractors Blitz Capitol Hill to Protest Shutdown
Democratic senators applaud union tactic of delivering unpaid bills to majority leader.
Management
Pentagon Could Claim Authority to Build Trump's Border Wall, CRS Says
Updated analysis by Congress's legal researchers predicts a court challenge.
Management
OMB's Shutdown Improvising Draws Fire from Budget and Legal Experts
Acting budget chief Vought has revived operations on tax refunds and food stamps.
Pay & Benefits
Payroll Glitch Gives Employees at One Non-Funded Agency Paychecks During the Shutdown
Some 30 staffers at Chemical Safety Board wrongly received normal pay deposits on Friday.
Management
Senator Challenges Park Service Deal to Keep Tower Open in Trump Hotel
Democrat Peters says GSA is offering "special treatment" while other federal buildings are shuttered.
Management
With 5,000 Furloughed, FBI Agents Group Petitions for Resumed Funding
As shutdown shrinks resources, investigations and surveillance operations are impeded.
Management
GPO Redirects Census Printing Contract Following Legal Challenge
Forms and mailers for 2020 count awarded to R.R. Donnelley for $114 million.
Oversight
Furious Democrats Blast Shutdown as ‘Stupid’ and ‘Madness’
“Who’s going to want to work for the federal government?” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer asked. Lawmakers hear from angry federal employees.
Oversight
Advocacy Group Mimics Consumer Bureau's Discontinued Student Loan Report
The private loan servicing company drawing the most complaints is Navient.
Management
White House Takes Risk Directing IRS to Un-Furlough Staff to Process Tax Refunds
Effort to make shutdown “less painful” could violate Anti-Deficiency Act.
News
A Shutdown-Era Visit to Park Service Ops at Trump’s D.C. Hotel
Old Post Office tower remains open despite the lapse in appropriations.
Oversight
Democratic-Run House Creates New Whistleblower Ombudsman
Advocates praise new option for agency employees who feel gagged.
Management
IRS Faces Busiest Season Under New Tax Law With a Mostly Furloughed Workforce
The White House said Monday the IRS will call back some employees, unpaid, to process 2018 tax refunds this month.
Management
Social Security May Have Overpaid Disability Claims by $657M
Sampling shows failure to verify start of eligibility dates.
Oversight
GOP Senator Blasts Marshals Service for ‘Frat’ Culture, Details Mismanagement
Some 100 whistleblowers told Judiciary panel of waste, wrongful hiring, retaliation.
Oversight
Trump Instructs Pentagon to Curb Watchdogs' Access to Secret Military Reports
Transparency groups decry move as hindering the work of inspectors general.
Management