Benefits

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, pamphlets are shown in the clinic of Planned Parenthood of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration on Oct. 4, 2021, reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Groups representing the clinics say they hope the rule reversal leads to the return of hundreds of service providers that left the program to protest the Trump administration's policy. HHS has estimated that the upheaval led to as many as 180,000 unintended pregnancies. The clinics provide birth control and basic health care mainly to low-income women.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Members of Congress want Pentagon to start covering birth control under TRICARE

In today’s Federal Newscast, lawmakers are trying to achieve cost parity under TRICARE to cover birth control.

Federal Newscast

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SAN DIEGO (Dec. 28, 2021) Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Kayla Matos, from Brooklyn, N.Y., receives a COVID-19 booster shot in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Though not mandatory, the Navy recommends all Navy personnel receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lake Fultz) 211228-N-DN347-1008

Navy appeals court decision barring punishment for SEALs who refused vaccine

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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You can’t take it with you! Or can you?

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Life after government: Should you stick with the TSP?

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Gasoline prices are displayed at a station in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. Prices for U.S. consumers jumped 6.8% in November compared with a year earlier as surging costs for food, energy, housing and other items left Americans enduring their highest annual inflation rate since 1982. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Is 2022 the start of big time inflation?

Federal Report

Sharene T. Guilford Brown, Charles Q. Brown Jr.

Air Force spouse creates Five and Thrive program to prioritize military families

Defense

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TSP investing during a growing pandemic: How’s that work?

Federal Report

January COLA or January raise: Why not both?

Federal Report

DoD’s average housing subsidy sees big increase as real estate continues to get pricier

Defense

JOLIET, ILLINOIS / UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 1, 2015: One may apply for social security disability, retirement, and survivor benefits at the Social Security Administration Building in Joliet.

Would you take a temporary repeal of Social Security’s ‘evil twins?’

Federal Report

Surprise: You owe Uncle Sam another 5 years!

Federal Report

Sunlight shines on the U.S. Capitol dome, Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NDAA has big changes for personnel, even though some blockbuster provisions are changed

Outside of the blockbuster parts of the 2022 defense authorization bill, there are many new policies Congress will mandate the Pentagon to enact once the…

Defense

The White House is visible as morning traffic builds along 16th Street Northwest, in Washington, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. The Metro subway system that serves the nation's capital and its Virginia and Maryland suburbs shut down for a full-day for an emergency safety inspection of its third-rail power cables. Making for unusual commute, as the lack of service is forcing some people on the roads, while others are staying home or teleworking. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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More time off at the end of 2021, but not necessarily leaving it on the table

Federal News Network conducted an anonymous, unscientific, online survey of readers who largely indicated they would close out year two of the pandemic…

Workforce

Open Season: Shop online and on company time for your health plan

Federal Report

What if you worked for an outfit that paid most of the premium for dozens of health plan options available to you, and allowed you to shop on the clock? And even paid for an online service that would give you several best-guys-for-you options?