defense spending
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The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act is still in committee draft but expected out Monday.
June 17, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a White House plan to take away some workers rights from civilian Defense employees was denied support from the Senate.
May 30, 2019 -
In a complaint to the Federal Labor Relations Authority, the union says DoD is violating the law by reassigning more than 1,000 employees without consulting collective bargaining representatives.
May 29, 2019 -
The 2020 Defense budget proposed by the House appropriations committee is much lower than the Trump administration wanted.
May 20, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a bipartisan group in the House Veterans Affairs Committee wants more information about VA's plans to curb sexual harassment.
May 15, 2019 -
In 2020, DISA will assume responsibility for the vast majority of the IT operations in DoD's "fourth estate," leading to major transfers of funding and personnel.
April 22, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, a version of the Federal Employee Paid Leave Act is introduced into the Senate.
April 15, 2019 -
The military is already starting to downsize its uniformed medical cadre, but there is no clear plan to replace the 18,000 positions it's eliminating with civilian providers.
April 05, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, staffing cuts at the IRS have limited its ability to conduct audits, according to the Government Accountability Office.
March 27, 2019 -
The 2020 president's budget request keeps federal IT spending in 2020 about level with 2019. And the Analytical Perspectives on the budget released Monday indicate all is not well.
March 19, 2019 -
The commander of the nation's top cyber security agencies — the National Security Agency and the U.S. Cyber Command — will not confirm that he has recommended the two agencies split from one another next year.
March 14, 2019 -
President Donald Trump's 2020 budget would bypass defense funding caps by adding nearly $100 billion to DoD's wartime spending account.
March 11, 2019 -
In today's Federal Newscast, lawmakers want to hear from the Indian Health Service's acting director about what he's done to improve on an apparent failure of the agency to provide quality health care.
March 08, 2019 -
Take a look back at this year's biggest stories from the Defense Department, from proposals to cut the Fourth Estate to attempts to streamline acquisition and the passage of the one of the biggest defense budgets ever.
December 27, 2018 -
In today's Federal Newscast, citing the cost of defending himself against "false" allegations, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said he will be stepping down.
December 17, 2018