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Several military branches poised to miss recruitment targets for fiscal 2022

Senators pointed to heightening sexual assault reports, military housing issues and COVID-19 vaccination requirements as common deterrents for potential…

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

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Veterans Affairs begins new focus on network cyber controls

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FILE - About 130 soldiers with the U.S. Army's 87th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, wait to board a chartered plane during their deployment to Europe, March 11, 2022, at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga. The Army is significantly cutting the total number of soldiers it expects to have in the force over the next two years, as the U.S. military faces what a top general called “unprecedented challenges” in bringing in new recruits. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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

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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)

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

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SBA names its third CIO in two years

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

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

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Air Force strengthens policy to kick out sexual assaulters

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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)

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

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Nowhere safe to hide: What online harassment is doing to service members and the military

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

Members of the military and vets are sharing their experiences on social media.

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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)

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

In today’s Federal Newscast, President Biden designated the Department of Homeland Security as the lead agency for the federal response to the Russia-Ukraine…

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Unions want VA to educate employees on pandemic resources

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In today’s Federal Newscast, five unions say VA should immediately develop a joint COVID-19 training task force to design education courses for employees.