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So Speaker Mike Johnson has pushed through some of the foreign aid that many in his own party were against. Will it cost him in the long run? Congress is also considering a lot of federal agency budgets, as they hear testimony from their leaders. For an update, Federal News Network's Eric White talked with WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller.
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Schedule F, the Trump-era civil service innovation, not the tax form, is like a zombie. It is dead, having been canceled by the Obama administration, but it still seems animated, judging from the range of activities devoted to keeping it entombed. For more, Federal Drive Host Tom Temin spoke with the Policy Counsel at POGO, the Project on Government Oversight, Joe Spielberger.
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There is an event later today, if you are looking to start a business. It is focusing on entrepreneurship for members of the military or their spouses. Joining that summit will be the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. To learn more, Federal News Network's Eric White talked with Derrick Brent, Deputy Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Deputy Director at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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On today's episode of the Federal Drive with Tom Temin:

A summit being held today for military members looking to make money off their own creativity.

Schedule F is dormant, but the possibility continues to haunt the civil service.

Congress seems to have gotten past the foreign aid argument, or at least its leader has.


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The Postal Service is seeing problems with on-time delivery of mail and packages in areas where the agency is implementing its network modernization plans.
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy said Tuesday that USPS is seeing issues with on-time delivery in regions where USPS is opening massive new facilities meant to streamline local operations.
DeJoy told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that he’s still “optimistic about the changes,” and expects service to stabilize in impacted regions by this summer.
“The road to success will not be a straight, easy path. Rather, it will be a series of accomplishments, struggles and recoveries that will be uncomfortable at times,” DeJoy told the committee.
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For nearly a decade, the Army has not been able to hit its recruitment targets. 2024, however, could mark a turning point in the service’s recruitment efforts.
The Air Force missed its recruiting goals for the first time since 1999 last year. But Air Force officials are “cautiously optimistic” that the service is on track to hit its active duty and reserve recruitment targets.
The Navy, however, is projected to miss its goals by 6,700 recruits in 2024—marking the second year in a row the service will not be able to attract enough sailors.
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