Guam barracks conditions spur Navy-wide housing inspection
Navy Secretary John Phelan was so appalled by the barracks at Andersen Air Force Base that he ordered Marines and sailors to be moved out.
By Riley Ceder
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Pentagon ends new radar effort meant for Guam missile defense
The Pentagon quietly directed the Missile Defense Agency to stop development of a new radar to protect Guam, according to a recent GAO report.
By Jen Judson
The VA has vaccinated nearly a third of its workforce
Employees at 195 Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities have begun to receive initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
By Jessie Bur
Feds receive 1 percent pay raise for 2021
The increase is smaller than the year prior but more than the threatened freeze that feds could have faced this year.
By Jessie Bur
VA gets big funding increase in final fiscal 2021 budget deal
The department's budget will rise to $243 billion in 2021, nearly double what it was a decade ago.
Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
House leaders informed lawmakers that they would vote on the legislation on Monday, and the Senate was likely to vote on Monday, too.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Many feds to still receive Inauguration Day holiday
The Office of Personnel Management has modified its Inauguration Day policies to accommodate federal employees that are teleworking due to the pandemic.
By Jessie Bur
Sen. Rand Paul delays defense bill vote over troop drawdowns
Paul's objections on Thursday threatened another must-pass bill, a one-week spending measure that would keep the government open through Dec. 18.
The ‘unexplained’ reasons female feds make less money
Female feds still make less money on average than their male counterparts, but the reasons why are getting harder to quantify.
By Jessie Bur
Afghan government, Taliban ready to set agenda for peace talks, US envoy says
The development is significant as it means the warring sides are getting closer to actually starting to negotiate the issues that could end decades of fighting in Afghanistan and determine the country’s post-war future.
Officials say 34 killed in separate suicide bombings targeting Afghan forces, provincial official
In Ghazni province, 31 Afghan soldiers were killed and 24 others wounded when the attacker drove a military Humvee full of explosives onto an army commando base before detonating the car bomb.
Veterans’ business ‘incubator’ among 2020 Newman’s Own award winners
From mentoring new military spouses to putting veterans into tiny houses and providing refurbished cars, these organizations are making a difference in the military community.
By Karen Jowers