Cannon House Office building renovations approaching $1B

08/18/21 • 15 min

It took three years to build and now the Cannon House Office Building, once known as the Old House Office Building, is in the midst of a redo that will take 10 years. The original cost is unknown, but the renovation is heading towards $1 billion. For the latest assessment of the project, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to the managing director of infrastructure operations at the Government Accountability Office Terry Dorn.

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Federal agencies like to compete with each other on the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. And it's no different inside the National Institutes of Health. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases ranked the highest of all NIH institutes on last year's viewpoint survey. It created a tool several years ago to help leaders identify bright spots and pain points with employee feedback. Camille Hoover is NIDDK's executive officer, and Dr. Griffin Rodgers is the institute's director. They told Federal News Network's Nicole Ogrysko what was behind their success on the survey again this past year, and about NIDDK's long journey to diversify its ranks and attract new voices to the scientific community. Hear the full interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

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