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Federal Newscast

THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, (length about seven minutes), is a daily Monday through Friday, high-information compilation of nine 40-second news stories and news packages, generated by the non-partisan, non-political, private-sector team of reporters at Federal News Network. Federal News Radio Producer/Newscasters Eric White and Michele Sandiford assemble and read the stories on the THE FEDERAL DRIVE with TERRY GERTON, the weekday morning-drive program, heard from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. (ET) on the Federal News Network app (and website), on any smart speaker, and on WFED 1500 AM, a 50,000-watt ‘Class A’ powerhouse radio station in the nation’s capital. The podcast is most popular with FNN’s audience of highly educated listeners, who conveniently access THE FEDERAL NEWSCAST, 24/7, on any podcast platform . Listen to it (as just mentioned) or read the stories each weekday morning at FederalNewsNetwork.com, where the news items contain hyperlinks for those who want more information on a given story.

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Latest Episodes:

Lawmakers ask Secretary Tillerson to clarify if State and USAID will merge Dec 22, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, 16 members of Congress want answers about the future of the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.

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DoD may have a long road ahead to audit readiness Dec 21, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, the Defense Department's Inspector General finds serious deficiencies with the ways the Defense Finance and Accounting Service accumulates and reports transactions involving agencies outside the military services.

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Veterans Affairs IG: VA's Real Time Location System being mismanaged with lack of oversight Dec 20, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, the system Veterans Affairs wants to use for automating certain medical procedures and tracking and monitoring medical supplies is not being properly monitored according to the agency's inspector general.

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CBP gets industry help with hiring plans Dec 19, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection awards a large contract for help hiring 5,000 new Border Patrol agents.

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Zinke fires four senior managers after internal survey reveals harassment problems Dec 18, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke posted a video announcement to go with the results of a department-wide survey which showed many workers face gender-based and sexual harassment.

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Navy readiness review shows troubling statistics Dec 15, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, a readiness review prompted by this year's deadly collisions in the Pacific finds the Navy has serious supply and demand problems.

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GAO: Transportation Dept. violated anti-lobbying provision with a retweet Dec 14, 2017

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The Government Accountability Office finds DOT a provision in the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act when it retweeted and liked a tweet supporting legislation.

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FCC will work with FTC to protect consumers in post-net neutrality landscape Dec 13, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, with the expected adoption of the Restoring Internet Freedom Order by the Federal Communications Commission, it makes an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission to make sure internet service providers don't abuse their new allowances.

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Congressional reorganization of DHS gets thumbs up from new secretary Dec 12, 2017

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A bill calling for a new branch of the Homeland Security Department to focus solely on cybersecurity and infrastructure passes the House.

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Zinke calls report about personal use of government helicopters a 'total fabrication' Dec 11, 2017

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In today's Federal Newscast, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has attacked reports questioning his use of National Park Service helicopters for political events.

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