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The Defense Department is asking Congress to make fundamental changes to the up or out system.
Amendment set for Senate debate this week would focus DoD's attention on fixing weaknesses in "feeder systems" that supply vital financial data.
Defense Secretary James Mattis sent a letter to Congress outlining exactly what a three month continuing resolution does to the military.
In the Senate, there is a new argument over State Department funding.
The Office of Management and Budget released its fiscal 2016 e-government implementation report to Congress in late August.
Want to scare a retirement-age federal worker to death? Give him or her a high-five, as in the proposal to base their annuity on the employee's highest five-year average salary and years of service.
Financial literacy, parental leave and contracting issues are all being addressed by amendments to the 2018 defense authorization bill.
The new report includes 22 recommendations, including the creation of a National Secure Data Service, and asking Congress to lift certain bans on data use and collection.
Navy knew it was "accepting risks" at least two years ago when it decided to press ahead with more demanding forward deployments in the Asia-Pacific, despite downward slide of routine maintenance and training.
In retrospect, it's a wonder the Navy hasn't had more accidents.
A group of foreign policy experts assembled by the Atlantic Council advocates a "de-layered" State Department, saying the current structure is "unmanageable."
Due to current events Congress might try to increase some of DoD's spending in a CR at the end of the month.
Congress returns to work this week with a budget to pass, a deficit to avoid, a major relief package to pass, and fingers crossed that another hurricane doesn't hit Florida.
Congress is tossing around a few ideas to reform federal retirement, all of which could negatively impact retirees' spending ability.