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Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Summit for Democracy virtual plenary with President Joe Biden in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Unions

State Dept faces subpoena for confidential records. Diplomats fear chilling effect

House Republicans investigating the rapid U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan are demanding access to confidential messages from career diplomats to State Department leadership.

Army

Video gaming creates model for Army synthetic training experience

Federal Report

Federal executive: Why move on when today's work is so great?

Defense

Pentagon plan aims to help avoid civilian deaths in strikes

Acquisition

The US might be out of Afghanistan, but an Army contract dispute rolls on and on

Workforce

State Department team gets Sammies nod for efforts to resettle Afghan refugees

Federal Newscast

More coordination is needed for housing Afghan refugees on military bases

John Sopko

Agency Oversight

US is mostly out of Afghanistan, but not completely

Bradey Police Lt. Philip Trudeau, left, comforts Bourbonnais Police officer Andy Cox following a ceremonial procession for fallen Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021, in Bourbonnais, Ill. Rittmanic died after a shooting at a Comfort Inn the night before. (Tiffany Blanchette/The Daily Journal via AP)

Federal Newscast

New database aims to get a better understanding of suicide within law enforcement

Department of Energy

Federal Newscast

Sloppy expense-accounts leave former government scientist owing thousands of dollars

(Amelia Brust)

Veterans Affairs

VHA center looks to help veterans transition, prevent suicide amid Afghanistan exit

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2013, file photo Afghan police arrive to secure the area after a car bomb detonated outside an ISAF civilian personnel compound in Kabul, Afghanistan. Police said the assault started at dusk when a car exploded near the gate of a compound, housing contractors from various countries, European diplomatic personnel and United Nations employees. Military contractors got up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11, a study by Brown University’s Costs of War project and the Center for International Policy said Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The U.S. saw about 7,000 military members die in all post-9/11 conflicts, but nearly 8,000 contractors, another Costs of War study estimates. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus, File)

Contracting

DoD takes steps to protect contractor identities in Afghanistan

FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2021, file photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Marines and Norweigian coalition forces assist with security at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint ensuring evacuees are processed safely during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP, File)

Federal Newscast

US troops may have left Afghanistan, but federal contracting goes on

Federal Acquisition, GSA

Contracting

Now is the time for federal contractors to prepare for a continuing resolution

Loren Duggan

Congress

You can add Afghanistan to the list of things pushing Congress towards a continuing resolution

Federal Report

Is your life's work a futility?

Afghans wait for hours to try to withdraw money, in front of Kabul Bank, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Federal Newscast

Some federal employees still stuck in Afghanistan

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch as a carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, Calif., during a casualty return Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Nikoui died in an attack at Afghanistan's Kabul airport, along with 12 other U.S. service members. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Congress

Afghanistan situation has turned up the burner on an already boiling Congress

An MQ-9A Reaper assigned to the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron sits on the ramp at Creech Air Force Base carrying eight Hellfire missiles. This was the first flight test of the MQ-9 carrying eight Hellfire missiles.

(U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Haley Stevens)

Tom Temin Commentary

DoD brings a knife to a gunfight

Adam Smith

Congress

House NDAA proposal would reform UCMJ to address sexual assaults in the military

Lloyd Austin

Federal Newscast

House proposal would set aside money for defense contractors should another pandemic-like event occur

Afghan families wait for transport after entering Pakistan through a border crossing point in Chaman, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Jafar Khan)

Contracting

Federal contractors have a role in helping Afghans get approved for special immigrant visas

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021 file photo, a U.S. Chinook helicopter flies near the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, as diplomatic vehicles leave the compound amid the Taliban advance on the capital. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Federal Newscast

IG report shows federal agencies have been failing in Afghanistan for years

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