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- IRS News Today — October 7, 2026
- GSA still has problems with location data for federal properties, watchdog finds
- IRS News Today — September 26, 2026
- State efforts to fill the ‘void’ left by the federal Direct File are underway
- DC-area airports first to deploy AI tool for airspace management
- A second lawsuit challenges plans to put ICE agents near polling places
- Federal judge says AI deepfake election law violates First Amendment
- Lawmakers again raise alarm over OPM’s health records collection plan
- DHS secretary defends smaller FEMA workforce after judge challenges 50% staffing cut plans
- Judge considers temporary pause in USDA relocations in new lawsuit
- FEMA’s future looks clearer. Disaster aid is still uncertain
- Trump’s 2027 pay freeze has unions warning of recruitment, retention problems
- Trump formally proposes pay freeze for most federal workers, 3.8% increase for law enforcement
- Want to retire at the end of 2026? Start planning now
- States, feds scramble to prevent more water cyberattacks
- Pushed out by the Trump administration, these ex-feds want to make agency firings simpler and fairer
- State Department board’s ability to challenge firings undercut by DOJ
- OPM finalizes expanded hazard pay for federal firefighters
- Federal agencies are looking beyond the usual sources for new ideas
- Mediation agency changes how labor disputes move forward
- Chinese telecom firms kept footholds in US networks despite federal crackdowns, House probe finds
- Feds quietly moved a Medicaid technology project to a central data hub as new eligibility requirements approach
- IRS and Social Security bar employees from taking advanced leave
- Federal employees say they’ll quit if they have to move to New Jersey
- As FEMA's future hangs in the balance, Senate advances nominee to lead the agency
- OPM moves to implement long-awaited retirement fix for federal first responders
- Texas secretary of state raised concerns about the federal tool used to flag potential noncitizen voters
- Feds launch groundbreaking electric plane pilot program in Virginia
- 8 midterm races for federal employees to watch
- Some former federal employees are still struggling to find the right fit
- Union demands federal prison leaders be held in contempt after agency ‘openly defies’ court order
- Using holiday lights to inform hurricane recovery? Award honors ‘seemingly odd’ federally funded research that brings about groundbreaking discoveries
- Cyber threats put water systems at risk
- GSA still has problems with location data for federal properties, watchdog finds
- Housing finance agency chief moves to slash watchdog’s budget, leading Democrats to demand his resignation
- Federal employees’ health insurance premiums to rise by double digits for third straight year