House passed NDAA restore union rights for Defense civilians
Congress is considering exempting some federal employees from losing their union protections. The version of the fiscal 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that cleared the House would let DoD civ...
17 Sep 20255min
Watchdog finds DoD did not have sufficient data about Global Household Goods contract
A government watchdog found that the Department of Defense’s Transportation Command did not have sufficient and comprehensive data about its Global Household Goods contract, which was canceled in June...
16 Sep 20256min
Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application
Nine Senate Democrats are calling on Immigration and Customs Enforcement to halt its use of a mobile facial recognition application. In a letter to ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons, the lawmakers ask fo...
15 Sep 20256min
Federal pay caps continue to challenge recruitment and retention efforts
Federal pay caps are contributing to ongoing recruitment and retention challenges in the Defense Department’s blue-collar workforce. A new report from the Government Accountability Office has found th...
12 Sep 20256min
House passes its version of 2026 defense policy bill
The House passed its version of the 2026 defense policy bill, which includes a 3.8% pay bump for service members. House Republicans pushed the bill through largely without Democratic support after add...
11 Sep 20258min
Pentagon publishes final rule implementing CMMC
The Pentagon has published the final acquisition rule implementing the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The rule, released in yesterday’s Federal Register will allow Defense Departm...
10 Sep 20257min
Federal retirement claims processing times increase
Federal employees, on average, are waiting longer to see their retirement applications processed. New data from the Office of Personnel Management for August shows it takes an average of 70 days to pr...
9 Sep 20256min
Energy dept sued over plan to purge FOIA requests
The Energy Department is being sued over its plan to purge old Freedom of Information Act requests. The nonprofit group American Oversight filed the suit in U.S. District Court last week. It challenge...
8 Sep 20255min
