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Federal Newscast

CBP settles class action lawsuit that says it discriminated against pregnant employees

In today's Federal Newscast, after eight years, Customs and Border Protection has reached a $45 million class action settlement.

Air Force

Justice Department appeals a case that found Air Force culpable in Texas church mass shooting

Contracting

Bezos' legal team protests federal contracts like no other

Defense

Yet another lawsuit challenging military's religious accommodation process for vaccines

Navy

High court gives Biden win for now in Navy vaccine case

Federal Newscast

Exposed to COVID-19 on the job? New website lets you join class-action lawsuit for hazard pay

Contracting

Agency cancels third-party software license but original vendor still claims infringement

Chairman Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., speaks during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hybrid nominations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 22, 2021, to consider the nominees for Postal Service Governors Anton Hajjar, Amber McReynolds, and Ronald Stroman, along with Kiran Ahuja, the nominee to be Office of Personnel Management Director. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Federal Newscast

Senators looking to pass comprehensive cyber bill

Katie Arrington is the special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition for Cyber in the Office of the Under Secretary of Acquisition and Sustainment in DoD.

Defense News

DoD's Arrington resigns 'in protest', announces run for Congress

FILE - In this Dec. 24, 2020, file photo, a COVID-19 vaccination record card is shown at Seton Medical Center in Daly City, Calif. Los Angeles leaders are poised to enact one of the nation's strictest vaccine mandates, a sweeping measure that would require the shots for everyone entering a bar, restaurant, nail salon, gym or even a Lakers game. The City Council on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021, is scheduled to consider the proposal and most members have said they support it as a way of preventing further COVID-019 surges. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Workforce

Prior punishments for refusing vaccine among federal workforce won't be reversed, task force says

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, pamphlets are shown in the clinic of Planned Parenthood of Utah in Salt Lake City. The Biden administration on Oct. 4, 2021, reversed a ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics, lifting a Trump-era restriction as political and legal battles over abortion grow sharper from Texas to the U.S. Supreme Court. Groups representing the clinics say they hope the rule reversal leads to the return of hundreds of service providers that left the program to protest the Trump administration's policy. HHS has estimated that the upheaval led to as many as 180,000 unintended pregnancies. The clinics provide birth control and basic health care mainly to low-income women.(AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Federal Newscast

Members of Congress want Pentagon to start covering birth control under TRICARE

SAN DIEGO (Dec. 28, 2021) Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Kayla Matos, from Brooklyn, N.Y., receives a COVID-19 booster shot in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Though not mandatory, the Navy recommends all Navy personnel receive the COVID-19 vaccine booster. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Lake Fultz) 211228-N-DN347-1008

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Navy appeals court decision barring punishment for SEALs who refused vaccine

Dr. Manjul Shukla transfers Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, at a mobile vaccination clinic in Worcester, Mass. As the U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant, doctors across the country are experiencing a more imminent crisis with a delta variant that is sending record numbers of people to the hospital in New England and the Midwest. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Workforce

Appeals court deals another blow to contractor vaccine mandate

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Federal Newscast

Number of feds who telework regularly went up in 2020 but not as much as expected

FILE - DeMarcus Hicks, a recent graduate of nursing school who is working as a contractor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, gives a person a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shot, Dec. 20, 2021, on the first day of a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Federal Way, Wash. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7, 2022, on challenges to whether the Biden administration can order millions of workers at private companies and health care employees be vaccinated for COVID-19. Until the court rules, millions of workers face a patchwork of requirements depending on where they live. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Defense

Federal judge rejects Oklahoma lawsuit over National Guard vaccine mandate

President Joe Biden and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, not shown, talk to reporters about pausing the trade war over steel and aluminum tariffs during the G20 leaders summit, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, in Rome. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Management

19 states sue Biden administration over COVID vaccine rule

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Pay

Long lasting complications from the 2013, 2018 government shutdowns

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Contracting

Electric vehicle vendor ends bid protest against USPS contract award

A stamp is shown on an envelope Friday, May 28, 2021, in Washington. The U.S. Postal Service is raising rates on first class stamps from 55 cents to 58 as part of a host of price hikes and service changes designed to reduce debt for the beleaguered agency. The changes, which will take effect on Aug. 29, include price hikes for first class mail, magazines and marketing mailers. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Agency Oversight

Federal appeals court casts doubts on lawsuit challenging higher USPS rates

FILE - Rows of homes, are shown in suburban Salt Lake City, on April 13, 2019. The U.S. Census Bureau's release Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, of detailed population and demographic changes in each state will kick off the once-a-decade redistricting process that plays a large role in determining which party controls state legislatures and the U.S. House. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Congress

Proposed deal could end fight over 2020 census documents

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Former intelligence employees lose legal battle over scope of prepublication reviews

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Defense

Pentagon to continue court fight over JEDI Cloud contract

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Workforce Rights/Governance

Appeals court rules in favor of VA whistleblower involving multiple agencies