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In today's Federal Newscast: The Federal pay gap between men and woman has narrowed, but it's still there. Two congressmen want to stop government funding that pays for experiments on house cats. And Joint Chiefs' Chairman said America needs a bigger Navy.
The president says he wants to veto the bill over old protections for tech companies and renaming military bases.
President Donald Trump is threatening to veto a defense policy bill unless it ends protections for internet companies that shield them from being held liable for material posted by their users
Transition funding for the incoming Biden administration, like all other federal appropriations, is coming from a continuing resolution, which expires in less than two weeks.
In today's Federal Newscast, the 2021 defense authorization bill is hitting the home stretch, but this year seems a little more hamstrung than others.
Congress has not finished debating what to do about another stimulus bill for pandemic response.
The executive order President Donald Trump signed last week to ban certain types of diversity training carries enormous potential penalties for federal contractors. But at least for the time being, the vendor community appears to be holding its breath while it figures out exactly what the EO means.
The IT-AAC and the CMMC board signed a memorandum of understanding to create a center of excellence where the two non-profits will work together to promote the standards, train industry and work with NATO partners to adopt the requirements.
In today's Federal Newscast, the American Federation of Government Employees is making a renewed push in court to score hazard pay for federal employees working on the frontlines of the pandemic.
DoD's chief management officer has found $11 billion in cost reductions this year, but the office's continued existence is in doubt.
TRANSCOM says the apparent need for corrective action was triggered by an honest mistake in the government's System for Award Management. But the command's position is difficult to reconcile with other publicly-available evidence.
Proposal would let DoD roll over half its unspent funds into the next fiscal year, but procedural quirks are blocking the legislation for now.
The National Defense Authorization Act is the most visible thing on which Congress is making progress. But it's not the only thing.
The Senate's version of the 2021 NDAA would eliminate DoD's third-highest ranking position, one that's only existed for the last two years.