Department of Defense
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At issue are the overseas COLAs the Pentagon uses to ensure military members are compensated fairly, regardless of their duty station.
May 03, 2023 -
Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) heard testimony, regarding a so-called "revolving door" between the Pentagon and companies to which it awards contracts. The SASC's Personnel Subcommittee presented a report from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on the topic.
May 02, 2023 -
In 2020, Congress repealed something known as the Survivor Benefit Plan - Dependency and Indemnity Compensation offset. Better known as the Widow's Tax, it disappeared after a three-year phase-out ending earlier his year.
April 27, 2023 -
22 of the 37 items on GAO’s list of vulnerable federal programs and broad government challenges stem from issues of mission-critical skills gaps in the federal workforce.
April 26, 2023 -
The VA on Tuesday experienced a systemwide outage of its Oracle-Cerner EHR that’s currently running at five sites.
April 26, 2023 -
Throughout the pandemic, citizens might have suspected that components of the Health and Human Services Department weren't quite coordinated. Now the Government Accountability Office has put HHS leadership and coordination of public health emergencies on the list of at-risk federal programs.
April 26, 2023 -
The biannual list of high risk federal programs, published last week by the Government Accountability Office, is both promising and discouraging.
April 25, 2023 -
The 5G wireless network has a way to go before reaching the lofty potential its purveyors promised.
April 19, 2023 -
The American Federation of Government Employees expanded one of its local chapters, District 14, to add eligibility for about 10,000 civilian employees serving overseas in Europe.
April 18, 2023 -
It’s been decades since the last time the Defense Department took an in-depth look at how its contract policies affect the financial health the defense industrial base.
April 18, 2023 -
A recording of a panel I hosted last week at the Space Force IT Day hosted by AFCEA NOVA.
April 14, 2023 -
A list of suggestions from an Atlantic Council commission offers ways to improve DoD’s acquisition process.
April 13, 2023 -
Some 10,000 federal employees working in Europe will soon be eligible for the American Federation of Government Employees. AFGE has launched a new local, as it expands coverage.
April 13, 2023 -
The State Department's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy is on a mission to give diplomats across the world greater access to experts in emerging technology.
April 12, 2023 -
Three House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee chairmen wrote to OMB seeking data and details about how agencies are complying with the Federal Activities Inventory Reform (FAIR) Act of 1998.
April 10, 2023