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Yellen, Collins say Treasury contract policies on telework need review
Republicans in Congress have expressed frustration with what they say are largely empty federal office buildings paid for by taxpayers.
Seeing red: US deficit jumps to $779 billion, adding budget pressure
Rising deficit spending threatens to add downward pressure on future defense budgets.
By Joe Gould
CFPB investigates controversial writings of Trump appointee
A Republican appointee overseeing the agency’s anti-discrimination efforts sparked outrage in late September when The Washington Post published a story on his writings on a blog more than a decade ago.
Treasury enhances federal spending visualization tools
With the launch of the online Data Lab and an updated USAspending.gov, the public will have more ways to work with government data.
By Jessie Bur
National bank regulator seeks industry insight on cloud security solutions
The Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency released two requests for information to suss out the available cloud solutions for identity and access management on their systems.
By Jessie Bur
New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
By Jessie Bur
Democratic lawmakers want to subpoena Trump Organization
The Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform asked Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Trump Organization to produce, by Jan. 20, documents requested more than eight months ago on how the company was donating foreign government profits at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury.
Waiting for Congress, Mnuchin makes 2nd emergency debt move
In a letter to congressional leaders, Mnuchin said he will not be able to fully invest in a large civil service retirement and disability fund.
By Martin Crutsinger
CBO: Federal budget deficit rises to $668B
Republicans controlling Congress are working on companion nonbinding budget plans that promise sharp spending cuts and shrinking deficits, but they aren’t likely to actually try to carry out the cuts.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Treasury's IG probing allegations of illegal surveillance on US citizens
The Treasury Department’s inspector general said Friday it is looking into allegations that a Treasury Department agency has been illegally looking at the private financial records of U.S. citizens.
By Martin Crutsinger
Treasury report says no laws violated in Mnuchin's travels
A report by the Treasury Department’s inspector general on Thursday said that Secretary Steven Mnuchin did not violate any law in the seven trips he has taken on government airplanes but did fail to provide enough proof of why he needed to use the more expensive modes of travel.
By Martin Crutsinger