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U.S. Army Cpt. Webb, from the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, reenlists on Fort Bragg, NC, April 4, 2025. Webb reenlisted for another terms in front of his family and fellow officers.
(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cole Paulson)

Defense News

Warrant officers to bid for their retention bonuses under new Army program

Army officials say the best strategy in this new auction-style system is to “bid your true value.”

Congress

Exclusive House Democrats pressure Bureau of Prisons leadership on staffing 'crisis'

Workforce

Federal employees put into revived ‘Schedule F’ category may lose loan aid, pay incentives

Congress

Bipartisan lawmakers propose 35% federal pay raise for Bureau of Prisons officers

Pay

Bureau of Prisons seeks to address low retention with federal pay incentives

Management

OPM seeks to reduce ‘administrative burden’ by tweaking bonus approval process

Pay & Benefits

Marine Corps to pay $15,000 bonuses to attract cyber, electronics recruits

DoD budget, defense spending

Defense

New bill seeks to exempt all military bonuses from federal taxes

Federal Prison Worker Dies

Pay

Days ahead of coming BOP pay cuts, some employees already resigning

Federal Hiring

Hiring/Retention

The farther from agency headquarters, the harder the federal workforce challenges

Spc. Luke Escamilla, a combat medic assigned to Headquarters Support Company, 4th Special Troops Battalion, 4th Division Sustainment Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, checks a patient’s blood pressure at the DiRaimondo Clinic May 1, 2024, at Fort Carson, Colorado. Combat medics serve in different positions, ranging from being in a line unit as a part of a combat force to working in a clinical setting under the supervision of a physician assistant. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Katie Freitas)

Army

Army faces physician shortage amid recruitment and retention challenges

Army, Air Force, Navy, recruitment

Defense

Army, Air Force ‘optimistic’ about recruitment, Navy falls behind

OPM, administrative leave

Pay

Proposal to reform pay for blue-collar feds gets committee approval, but concerns remain

Senate Joint Chiefs

Air Force

Air Force to pause bonuses and PCS moves

management workforce

Workforce

How OPM is trying to help agencies close skills gaps in the federal workforce

Federal Workforce

Workforce

Feds in Gen X and Gen Z both want more work flexibility, but often for different reasons

Office of Personnel Management Director Kiran Ahuja speaks at National Academy of Public Administration event Nov. 2, 2022. (Photo by Drew Friedman)

Hiring/Retention

How agencies are trying to keep early-career employees in federal jobs

IT modernization

Veterans Affairs

VA rethinks pay, benefits for workforce as agency faces high employee turnover