child care

Child care for DoD employees is falling short, GAO says

In today’s Federal Newscast: Child care for DoD employees is good, but costs too much and is in short supply. A new bill could change how COLAs are calculated…

Federal Newscast

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

Defense

Maryland/MC2 Clifford L. H. Davis

NDAA will give direct financial help to servicemembers in need

Federal Newscast

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

Federal Newscast

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

Federal Newscast

Army

Army implements sweeping parental, pregnancy, postpartum policies

Army

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Military spouse unemployment continues to weigh on service member families

Defense

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)

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

Federal Newscast

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)

Pentagon testing out covering in-home child care for servicemembers

Federal Newscast

Contracting community asks Congress for more tech funding — again

Federal Newscast

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)

First Look

Thousands of Air Force families are waiting months for child care, according to report

Air Force

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency wants to make sure agencies don’t let down their guard on Russian cyber…

Federal Newscast

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Second stage of Chinese telecom ban producing unintended consequences

The ZTE, Huawei ban is proving challenging for vendors doing business in countries where China-built networks are almost literally the only way to connect…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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)

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

Defense

Women and minority service members are being particularly impacted by the pandemic.