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United States Air Force Chief Master Sgt. JoAnne S. Bass is installed as the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. She takes over the position from retired CMSAF Kaleth O. Wright. (Photo: Eric R. Dietrich)
JoAnne S. Bass is installed as the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
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Defense

DoD needs comprehensive approach to child care

Top Air Force official says that DoD needs to decide whether child care is a must-have or a 'nice to have' for the military.

Defense News

New bills and NDAA help military families with housing, childcare

Federal Report

Air Force discovers higher salaries aren’t the only answer to its child care shortage

Federal Newscast

Congressmen raise concerns about child care during government shutdown

Federal Newscast

DoD adjusts childcare fees, gives military families financial boost

Federal Newscast

Child care for DoD employees is falling short, GAO says

Defense

Defense Department raises rates in effort to hire, retain, child care workers

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Federal Newscast

NDAA will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need

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Federal Newscast

Government child care facilities fail the post-COVID drinking water test

Gerry Connolly
Federal Newscast

Rep. Connolly demands to know if the DHS IG is under investigation

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Army
Army

Army implements sweeping parental, pregnancy, postpartum policies

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Defense

Military spouse unemployment continues to weigh on service member families

Preschoolers eat lunch at a day care center, Monday, Oct. 25, 2021, in Mountlake Terrace, Wash. Child care centers once operated under the promise that it would always be there when parents have to work. Now, each teacher resignation, coronavirus exposure, and day care center closure reveals an industry on the brink, with wide-reaching implications for an entire economy's workforce. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Federal Newscast

IG warns DOE about the lack of background checks at its agency-run child care centers

This May 17, 2021 image shows Charrae Toledo dropping off her daughters for the day at Cuidando Los Ninos in Albuquerque, N.M. The charity provides housing, child care and financial counseling for mothers, all of whom will benefit from expanded Child Tax Credit payments that will start flowing in July to roughly 39 million households. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Federal Newscast

Pentagon testing out covering in-home child care for servicemembers

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Federal Newscast

Contracting community asks Congress for more tech funding — again

A soldier reunites with his daughter at Fort Bragg, N.C. after returning from the Middle East. The 82nd Airborne Division's Immediate Response Force had been deployed since New Years Eve. Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Nearly two months after a U.S. Army rapid-response force was activated amid tensions with Iran, deploying 3,000 soldiers to the Middle East, some are returning home. By the end of the weekend, nearly 800 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division’s Immediate Response Force are slated to have returned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On Thursday morning, eager family members waited in the base’s iconic Green Ramp to greet their loved ones. (U.S. Army via AP)
Air Force

First Look Air Force report shows high unmet demand for child care

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Federal Newscast

Though the worst is over, CISA wants agencies on guard after SolarWinds breach

In this April 18, 2007 photo, workers install the logo for ZTE, a leading Chinese communications company, on top of an office building in Nanjing in eastern China's Jiangsu province. Washington has imposed restrictions on the ability of one of China's biggest telecoms equipment makers, ZTE Corp., to use American components after concluding the state-owned company improperly exported U.S. technology to Iran. Sanctions that took effect Tuesday, March 8, 2016, were imposed after ZTE was found to be "acting contrary to the national security or foreign policy interests" of the United States, the U.S. Commerce Department said. (Chinatopix via AP) CHINA OUT
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DoD Reporter's Notebook

Second stage of Chinese telecom ban producing unintended consequences

U.S. Army Pfc. Tess Sandoval assigned to 2nd Squadron, 6th Calvary Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade is one of two female attack helicopter repairers in the squadron located on Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, Aug. 25, 2019. (Photo Credit: 1st Lt. Ryan DeBooy)
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Defense

Survey shows widening cracks in service member mental health and benefits issues during COVID

Chuck Schumer
Federal Newscast

Senators want NRA Foundation out of the Combined Federal Campaign

Official portrait of Angela Bailey taken at CBP Headquarters on March 21, 2019. Photographer: Donna Burton
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Workforce

Engaging DHS employees during a pandemic

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Hiring/Retention

Federal contractors describe onboarding in the age of coronavirus

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Defense

Extended stop move order starting to impact military finances, childcare