Defense Finance and Accounting Service

How servicemembers can get the most out of their pay

Recent analysis from the Congressional Budget Office found that on average, “enlisted personnel receive cash compensation that is higher than that received…

Pay

A five-decade financial burden known as the Widow’s Tax is finally gone

Veterans Affairs

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FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, a face mask lies on the ground outside the Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook, Ill. Burgeoning coronavirus outbreaks at this and other nursing homes in Washington, New Jersey and elsewhere are laying bare the risks of the industry’s long-running problems, including a struggle to control infections and a staffing crisis that relies on poorly paid aides who can't afford to stay home sick. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Federal employees used 58% of special emergency paid leave fund for COVID-19

Benefits

U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

During the flight, the B-1, alongside U.S. Special Operations Command Europe members, provided critical support to Norwegian and Swedish joint terminal attack control training.

Army has new plan for controlling the top of the globe

Federal Newscast

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Payroll providers offer slightly different plans for collecting 2020 deferred taxes

Pay

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2020, file photo a Boeing 777X airplane takes off on its first flight with the Olympic Mountains in the background at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing on Wednesday, May 27, is cutting more than 12,000 jobs through layoffs and buyouts as the coronavirus pandemic seizes the travel industry. And the aircraft maker says more cuts are coming. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File).

DoD study suggests it’s very hard to contract COVID-19 on an airplane

DoD Reporter's Notebook

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USPS won’t implement payroll tax deferral after reviewing impact on employees

Pay & Benefits

Vague OMB guidance on payroll tax deferral leaves many questions unanswered

Pay & Benefits

Payroll tax deferral will kick in for military, civilian feds next week

Pay

Non-negotiable: all military members will be subject to Trump’s payroll tax deferral

Pay

Federal employees can’t opt out of payroll tax deferral, agency says

Pay

Defense Secretary Mark Esper speaks by video teleconference from U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Thursday, May 7, 2020, with military medical specialists at civilian hospitals in New York and Connecticut. (AP Photo/Robert Burns)

Board recommends eliminating DoD CMO’s office, replacing it with one of 3 options

An independent assessment by the Defense Business Board found DoD’s chief management officer is “nearly unanimously” viewed as ineffective — partly…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

U.S. Army soldiers representing units participating in the the Anaconda-16 military exercise, attend the opening ceremony, in Warsaw, Poland, Monday, June 6, 2016. Poland and some NATO members are launching their biggest ever exercise, involving some 31,000 troops, as central and eastern European nations are seeking strong security guarantees among concerns about Russia's assertiveness and actions. .(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

Soldier for Life puts a focus on transitioning service members with new publication

The organization released a newsletter to inform soldiers about retirement.

Defense

DFAS says timing uncertain for post-shutdown back pay

Federal Newscast

The federal government may be open for business again, the military members have been told it’s unclear when they will receive back pay for the past three days.