DOGE and its long-term counterpart remain, with a full slate of modernization projects underway

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Federal News Network - The Federal Report - November 26, 2025

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DOGE and its long-term counterpart remain, with a full slate of modernization projects underway

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** Defense News

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** Federal Newscast

Trump administration finalizes updating federal employee records

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Survey: What has it been like going back to work after the shutdown?

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** Management

When a quarter of polluting facilities ignore the law, who's left to enforce it?

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** Contracting

Federal agency business forecasts have gone dark, and companies are struggling to plan without them

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FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

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How companies can respond to allegations their products are unsafe

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Shutdown deal rescinds certain RIFs and blocks new ones - for now

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