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Social Security Administration probes origin of website portal outage

Federal News Radio 01 Apr 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Social Security Administration said Tuesday that it is investigating the root cause of website outages that have affected the “my Social Security” portal where recipients access their benefits ... Join us Apr. 10 at 1 p.m ... READ MORE ... .
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5 high-level CDC officials are leaving in the latest turmoil for the public health agency

Federal News Radio 25 Mar 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was rocked by five high-level departures on Tuesday in the latest turmoil for the nation’s top public health agency ... The Atlanta-based CDC has two dozen centers and offices ... — Dr ... ___.
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Self-professed ‘DOGE person’ Frank Bisignano gets his confirmation hearing to lead Social Security

Federal News Radio 25 Mar 2025
Frank Bisignano, a self-professed “DOGE person,” was called to account for recent upheaval at the Social Security Administration, which provides benefits to roughly 72.5 million people, including retirees and children ... “Isn’t that a benefit cut?” ... AP ... .
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to halt judge’s order to rehire probationary federal workers

Federal News Radio 24 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Monday to halt a ruling ordering the rehiring of thousands of federal workers let go in mass firings aimed at dramatically downsizing the federal government ... Download today! ... U.S ... .
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DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP says

Federal News Radio 19 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior official at Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is taking a leadership role at the U.S ... Marocco said in his email that he will serve as the State Department’s head of foreign assistance ... Join us Mar ... ... AP ... AP ... .
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Pentagon is cutting up to 60,000 civilian jobs. About a third of those took voluntary resignations

Federal News Radio 18 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday ... AP.
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Judge rules DOGE’s USAID dismantling likely violates the Constitution

Federal News Radio 18 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The dismantling of the U.S ... U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang in Maryland ordered the Trump administration to restore email and computer access to all employees of USAID, including those who were placed on administrative leave ... __ ... .
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Bill to avert government shutdown clears key hurdle with help from Democrats

Federal News Radio 14 Mar 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — A spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown narrowly cleared a key procedural hurdle in the Senate, paving the way for passage as a midnight Friday deadline loomed ... The vote was 62-38 ... “There’s still time,” said Rep ... Sen ... .
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Federal judge considers blocking DOGE from accessing Social Security data of millions of Americans

Federal News Radio 14 Mar 2025
BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge is considering whether to temporarily block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from accessing Social Security Administration systems that hold sensitive data on millions of Americans ... Join us Mar ... ... ___ ... .
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