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Federal Newscast

Defense Department unable to pass its annual audit, again

The Pentagon has failed every audit since launching its first agency-wide review in 2018.

Congress

New provisions in the shutdown-ending funding deal aim to modernize Congress

Federal Newscast

House lawmakers seek reauthorization of key VA programs

Litigation

A recent court ruling could reshape how agencies source under the Trade Agreements Act

Cybersecurity

When hackers weaponize AI, the rules of cyber defense change overnight

Workforce Rights/Governance

Service members face a simple truth with complex consequences: Follow lawful orders, refuse unlawful ones

Technology

Can a year in government spark a lifetime of innovation?

FILE - In this July 6, 2021, file photo, an electronic signboard welcomes people to the Howard University campus in Washington. With the surprise twin hiring of two of the country's most prominent writers on race, Howard University is positioning itself as one of the primary centers of Black academic thought just as America struggles through a painful crossroads over historic racial injustice. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Federal Newscast

There's a new recruitment opportunity at HHS

Diverse Air Traffic Control Team Working in a Modern Airport Tower at Night. Office Room is Full of Desktop Computer Displays with Navigation Screens, Airplane Flight Radar Data for Controllers.

Contracting

What reforms can fix our fragile air traffic control system?

Workforce

The Impact Project expands reach with new map exposing threats to public servants

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, two U.S. Coast Guard fast boats carrying suspects detained in prior drug interdiction operations are transferred from the USCG cutter Mohawk, seen in the background, to the USCG cutter Stratton, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard is teaming up with the Mexican and Colombian navies off South America's Pacific coast to go after seafaring smugglers, opening a new front in the drug war. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Agency Oversight

Coast Guard’s biggest shipbuilding effort faces major design, cost risks: GAO

Trump DOGE

Workforce

How lean can government get before essential services start to fail?

Shot of rstethoscope lies on the uniform of a US soldie. The concept of health care, military insurance, state care

Federal Newscast

DHA reorganization left gaps in military health management

Workforce

From NASA to CISA, she’s shaped the federal workforce for three decades

Workforce

Some hopeful signs of stability for the federal workforce

Nick Reynoza

Acquisition Policy

Insights on how federal acquisition changed in 2025, what’s coming in 2026

Army Recruits Second Chances

Federal Newscast

Army and Navy miscalculated number of low-scoring recruits entering military, IG finds

Congress

Congress

Defense, health care, oversight and spending; these four fronts are exposing deep divides on Capitol Hill

Biden Electrical Grid Money

Congress

A new bill could turn military experience into energy-sector strength

security clearance

Federal Newscast

Inaccuracies plague government security clearance data

Supreme Court Student Loans Justices

Pay & Benefits

A final regulation issued on Halloween has reshaped the Public Student Loan Forgiveness program

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Federal Newscast

Federal retirement numbers continue to rise

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Management

Federal leaders face the challenge of restoring stability and agency performance after months of workforce disruption

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