military bases

For a variety of reasons, many U.S. military installations are in danger of insufficient water.

In today’s Federal Newscast, Comptroller General Gene Dodaro lays out a litany of changes lawmakers should consider as they update the 1990 CFO Act.

The Army says it will put the lion’s share of its enterprise network modernization money toward the 40 to 45 bases it sees as its most important “power projection platforms” over the next four years. Upgrades at its more than 200 other installations are likely to be much slower.

Making bases easier to access could help bring the Army to 2019, said the director of installation services.

In today’s Federal Newscast, A bipartisan pair of lawmakers want to give some federal employees a new retirement flexibility.

With Democrats back in control of the House of Representatives, unions and groups representing workers, retirees, managers and executives are increasingly confident they can deliver a substantial raise to white collar feds next year.

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Army, Navy and Air Force said they’re establishing a “tenant’s bill of rights” to help military members deal with cases of substandard on-base housing.

After a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on military housing, the Air Force is inspecting all of its on-base, privatized housing.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D) asked the Defense Department for information on how it will fix derelict homes on bases in his home state, this after a news report detailed serious hazards in military housing nationwide.

The Trump administration is considering using West Coast federal properties including military installations as transit points for shipments of U.S. coal and natural gas to Asia