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FILE - Convicted mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, hands are seen in handcuffs as he arrives at the court room in a courthouse in Oslo, Aug. 24, 2012 . A decade after the 2011 bombing and shooting spree that left 77 dead, Breivik is seeking early release from a 21-year sentence — the maximum term in Norway. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File) — Norway_Justice_Too_Soft_58038

Federal Newscast

Feds convicted of sex crimes might lose their pensions

Current law only allows for feds to lose their pensions for conviction on national security charges.

Defense

Several military branches poised to miss recruitment targets for fiscal 2022

Defense

For female service members, online harassment is a fact of life. For DoD, it’s not worth measuring

Defense

New campaign asks service members to share stories to push sexual assault reforms farther

Defense

Senators say 6 to 9 years for DoD sexual assault overhaul is too long

Congress

First look at Senate NDAA adds $35B to DoD, takes all nonmilitary crimes out of chain of command

Defense

Military straddling uncomfortable fence between changing sexual assault prosecutions, but keeping nonmilitary crime prosecutions

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley testifies before a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense in Washington on Thursday, June 17, 2021. (Caroline Brehman/Pool via AP)

Defense

Military leaders worry about 'good order and discipline' with proposed changes to military law

Fort Hood Army Base in Texas

Army

After Fort Hood review, Army adding civilian leadership to criminal investigations

FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money in 10 bank accounts from a couple of U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who they say used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. In an affidavit filed in court in June 2020 seeking to search the couple's home in Killeen, near Fort Hood, investigators described how they allegedly used a transportation reimbursement program to swindle the Army out of $2.3 million to $11.3 million. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Calls to move military sexual assault cases to independent prosecutors reach a boiling point

In this image from video, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks on the House floor, Thursday, July 23, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Ocasio-Cortez's objections to a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault on her expanded Thursday as she and other Democrats took to the House floor to demand an end to a sexist culture of “accepting violence and violent language against women.” Rep. Nydia Velázquez, D-N.Y., is seated right. (House Television via AP)

Federal Newscast

House, Senate Dems want to allow Postal Service to do more banking activities

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 8, 2019) The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force amphibious transport dock ship JS Kunisaki (LST 4003) sail in formation during a training exercise with other U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force warships. Ashland is underway conducting routine operations as part of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda/Released)190608-N-WI365-1036

Navy

Watchdog: Ex-Navy auditor sexually harassed female workers

Defense Department’s independent review commission on sexual assault

Defense

Military sexual assault is still a plague, DoD's new commission promises to bring new ideas

Lloyd Austin

Defense

Senators hear that waiver for Austin could be a dangerous precedent

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

Defense

Military sexual assault reform pledge backed by majority of presidential candidates

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TSP

TSP reviewing planned I fund changes amid bipartisan congressional concern

A Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program pin is worn by a U.S. Army Soldier at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 25, 2018. The SHARP team members aimed to provide a more lighthearted environment for Soldiers to engage in a discussion about sexual assault prevention. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Monica Roybal)

Defense

DoD starts new program to empower sexual assault victims

Payment

Federal Newscast

Lawmakers battle over letting US Postal Service offer financial services

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Technology

Pentagon struggles with change management, governance during EHR rollout, as VA looks on

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone Lawrence, right, places a temporary teal ribbon tattoo on a Soldier's hand at the Koele dining facility at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 2, 2014. The teal ribbon was the symbol of sexual assault survivors and awareness. (DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Kelly Simon, U.S. Army/Released)

Defense

The darker side of the Pentagon's sexual assault report

Kirsten Gillibrand

Defense

Lawmakers want DoD's data on transgender ban decision

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2017, file photo, participants rally outside CNN's Hollywood studios on Sunset Boulevard to take a stand against sexual assault and harassment for the #MeToo March in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. A spate of recent public revelations, including the spontaneous #metoo discussions on social media, is emboldening many victims of sexual harassment to speak up, but many still remain silent. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Defense

Intelligence community women join the #MeToo movement

Jim Mattis

Defense

No answer for transgender troops on job security in temporary DoD policy