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Skills-based federal hiring gets another push from Congress

July 09, 2026 6:30am 7 min

A move toward skills-based federal hiring is getting another push from Congress. A new bipartisan bill would push agencies to ease college degree requirements for many federal jobs. Agencies would have to consider altern...

Army replaces height and weight tables for body composition

July 08, 2026 6:30am 8 min

The Army is replacing its long-criticized height-and-weight tables and tape test with a waist-to-height ratio to measure body composition. The change follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's push for a simpler, more cons...

There’s a new leader at NIST

July 07, 2026 6:30am 8 min

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has a new leader. Arvind Raman was sworn is as the fifth undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology on June 30th. He was confirmed by the Senate in May. Ram...

Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules

July 06, 2026 6:30am 6 min

The Trump administration is looking to tweak the rules for federal employees’ paid administrative leave. Recent proposed regulations from the Office of Personnel Management would give agencies more leeway to use paid lea...

Thrift Savings Plan fund see growth in June

July 02, 2026 6:30am 7 min

The good news about your Thrift Savings Plan for June, only two funds saw month over month drops. As for the other funds, 13 of 14 experienced minimal growth of less than one percent from May to June. The big winner last...

IRS pauses removal of NTEU materials from the workplace

July 01, 2026 6:30am 7 min

The IRS still doesn’t recognize a union that represents much of its workforce. But the agency has agreed it will no longer bar employees from keeping materials from the National Treasury Employees Union on their desks or...

New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline

June 30, 2026 6:30am 8 min

Two Democrats and two Republicans have teamed up on a bill that would give military families more time to make important financial decisions after a service member dies. Endorsed by groups like Gold Star Spouses of Ameri...

Democratic lawmakers take up the fight against federal NDAs

June 29, 2026 6:30am 6 min

Dozens of House Democrats are urging the Trump administration to abandon its proposal for a governmentwide non-disclosure agreement. The lawmakers say an NDA for federal employees would only serve to intimidate and silen...

Lawsuit charges Schedule Policy/Career violates Civil Service Reform Act

June 26, 2026 6:30am 6 min

A lawsuit challenging Schedule Policy/Career is doubling down on its arguments. The recently amended complaint now directly challenges the reclassifications of 8,000 federal employees earlier this month. The lawsuit alle...

House 2027 defense spending bill heads to the full chamber

June 25, 2026 6:30am 6 min

The House's version of the 2027 defense spending bill is moving on to the full chamber for consideration. House appropriators voted 34 to 27 to approve the $1.1 trillion package at a markup Wednesday. The bill funds Trum...

Military commissaries may open to DoD civilian employees

June 24, 2026 6:30am 7 min

The Department of Defense's civilian employees could get another option for their grocery runs; their local commissary. Senators are suggesting that the defense secretary should launch a pilot program that lets civilian ...

Air Force and Space Force spouses to get help with the job search

June 23, 2026 6:30am 6 min

A new pilot program will try to pair active-duty military spouses in the Air Force and Space Force with potential job leads. The Global Military Spouse Connection program offers targeted outreach, networking opportunitie...

Office of Naval Research rolls out new science and technology strategy

June 22, 2026 6:30am 5 min

The Office of Naval Research is rolling out a new science and technology strategy that focuses the service on meeting its own unique needs, not keeping up with commercial tech companies. Chief of Naval Research Rachel Ri...

More National Park Service employees vote to unionize

June 18, 2026 6:30am 7 min

More employees at the National Park Service have voted to unionize. About 650 employees in the agency’s Intermountain Region will now be represented by the National Treasury Employees Union. That’s following a vote of 31...

Senate Armed Services Committee releases NDAA details

June 17, 2026 6:30am 7 min

The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday released the details of a massive defense policy bill that authorizes $1.2 trillion in spending, in support of the Trump administration's request for fiscal 2027. The annual...

A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve

June 16, 2026 6:30am 7 min

A second cohort of technology executives are joining the Army Reserve. The Army commissioned three more senior technology leaders into its Executive Innovation Corps, also known as Detachment 201. The service kicked off ...

Lawmakers renew effort to offer paid family and medical leave to feds

June 15, 2026 6:30am 7 min

Lawmakers are renewing an effort to offer paid family and medical leave to federal employees. A bipartisan bill would give feds 12 weeks of paid leave in the case of a serious illness for themselves or an immediate famil...

Senate Democrats urge reversal of ruling threatening civil service protections

June 12, 2026 6:30am 7 min

Senate Democrats are urging a federal appeals court to reverse a decision upholding the firings of two immigration judges at the Department of Justice. The lawmakers warn that the previous ruling from the Merit Systems P...

Service members could see a 5% to 7% pay raise in 2027

June 11, 2026 6:30am 6 min

House appropriators are backing the Trump administration's proposed pay raise for U.S. troops in fiscal 2027 as part of a $1.7 trillion defense spending bill. Military service members could see their paychecks grow by 5%...

Lawmaker wants answers about proposed NDAs for feds

June 10, 2026 6:30am 7 min

A House Democrat is demanding answers on the Trump administration’s proposed nondisclosure agreement for the federal workforce. In a letter to the Office of Personnel Management, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill) warns th...

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