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Coast Guard sexual assault investigation — Coast Guard Commencement

Congress

Sexual misconduct at Coast Guard is a fleet-wide problem, congressional probe finds

Accounts of Coast Guard whistleblowers reveal that sexual assault and harassment "impact enlisted members and officers just as pervasively as cadets."

Defense

Coast Guard 'stymies' Senate's investigation of sexual assault

Defense

DoD special trial counsel offices become fully operational, giving more protections to sexual assault victims

Defense

Several military branches poised to miss recruitment targets for fiscal 2022

Defense News

DoD reports 'tragic' uptick in military sexual assaults, vows to implement reforms

Federal Newscast

Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

Defense News

DoD fills in blanks on the future of sexual assault prevention after commission review

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. Conservative politicians and candidates are distorting how a major economic bill passed over the weekend by the Senate would reform the IRS and affect taxes for the middle class. The Inflation Reduction Act, which awaits a House vote after passing in the Senate on Sunday, would increase the ranks of the IRS — but it wouldn’t create a mob of armed auditors looking to harass middle class taxpayers, as some Republicans are claiming. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Federal Newscast

IRS could have trouble spending billions of Inflation Reduction Act dollars on new employees

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Federal Newscast

SBA names its third CIO in two years

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Defense

Amendments on UFOs, budget cuts and more may slip into the 2023 House NDAA

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Federal Newscast

Social Security plans to expand workforce diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility

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Air Force

Air Force strengthens policy to kick out sexual assaulters

FILE - In this Oct. 7, 2020, file photo, a video surveillance camera is installed on the ceiling above a subway platform in the Court Street station in the Brooklyn borough of New York. State lawmakers across the U.S. are reconsidering the tradeoffs of facial recognition technology amid civil rights and racial bias concerns. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Federal Newscast

Biden administration trying to find happy medium when it comes to facial recognition

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Defense

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

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Defense

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

Ukrainian Army soldiers prepare to tow a damaged military truck in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 25, 2022. Russia is pressing its invasion of Ukraine to the outskirts of the capital after unleashing airstrikes on cities and military bases and sending in troops and tanks from three sides. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Federal Newscast

Biden picks agency to lead federal response during Russia-Ukraine crisis

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Federal Newscast

Unions want VA to educate employees on pandemic resources

The Old Post Office Pavilion Clock Tower, which remains open during the partial government shutdown, is seen above the Trump International Hotel, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Federal Newscast

House Dems think GSA should break lease with Trump Org. after accounting flaws revealed

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Defense News

Will making sexual harassment an explicit crime help the military crack down? Experts say maybe

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 17, 2022) An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the ÒGolden DragonsÓ of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, launches off flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 17, 2022. Operating as part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Carl Vinson is conducting training to preserve and protect a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Megan Alexander)

Federal Newscast

Navy is the latest branch to up its sign on bonuses for certain recruits

Freshman midshipmen, known as plebes, climb ropes on an obstacle course during Sea Trials, a day of physical and mental challenges that caps off the freshman year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

Defense

Biden signs order making sexual harassment a punishable offense in military

Merchant Marines Academy, mariners, cadets

Workforce Rights/Governance

How the Coast Guard deals with sexual assaults aboard U.S. flagged ships

Congress

Defense

NDAA has big changes for personnel, even though some blockbuster provisions are changed