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VA needs more oversight of health care options to prevent waste: Study
Department leaders last month uncovered more than $100 million in duplicate government payments for medical services.
Best pics of the week: Feb. 14, 2021
Three Air Force bombers fly over the Super Bowl, the ghillie wash at the Army's Sniper School, a live-fire exercise at Camp Lejeune and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Let’s hope the Pentagon’s new military community and family policy appointee discards the ‘Army goggles’
The mess of paperwork facing spouses at Parent Central Services, and the difficulties of balancing a career with volunteer expectations are just some of the many obstacles the new leader for military community and family policy can address, says the author of this commentary.
By Frances Tilney Burke
Veteran pleads guilty after FEMA, VA contracts for masks go unfilled
Prosecutors say the government lost no money on the contracts because he was to be paid on delivery, but the government was cheated out of more than $330,000 in two other schemes.
As Nimitz heads home, questions arise about carrier presence in Middle East
The aircraft carrier Nimitz is heading home after an extra-long deployment, amid questions of whether that should be the norm.
Ohio town reckons with 2 military veterans charged in Capitol riot
Army veteran Jessica Watkins tended bar and recruited members for a local militia group affiliated with the Oath Keepers, federal authorities allege.
US terrorism alert warns of politically motivated violence
The Department of Homeland Security did not cite any specific plots, but pointed to “a heightened threat environment across the United States” that it believes “will persist” for weeks after Biden's Jan. 20 inauguration.
DoD needs to improve the way it calculates troops’ BAH rates, auditors say
DoD needs to increase the number of units in the civilian community used for the comparison to set housing allowance rates, auditors say.
By Karen Jowers
Biden overrides Trump orders on diversity training
President Joe Biden's first set of executive orders included provisions to shift federal workforce policy away from Trump administration plans.
By Jessie Bur
How the Biden presidency changes the federal workplace
Joe Biden took up the U.S. presidency Jan. 20 with promises for many changes to the previous administration's policy.
By Jessie Bur