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Wilkie’s move to acting VA secretary raises new issues for Pentagon personnel office
Shakeup also impacts office that oversees defense health, education programs, exchanges and commissaries.
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After veto threat, Trump signs full-year federal budget deal
Trump had objected to immigration issues in the spending bill, but said the military funding included in the measure made it too important to scrap.
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Five big questions for Jim Mattis on Capitol Hill this week
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis heads to Capitol Hill on Thursday for a review of the Pentagon’s fiscal 2019 budget request.
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Are federal employees satisfied in their jobs?
A follow-on pilot section of the 2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is gauging new ways to answer the question of what makes a federal workplace fulfilling.
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US defense sector braces for Trump tariff fallout
The Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs have sparked fears in the defense sector.
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Congress races to pass $1.3T defense-friendly omnibus and avoid shutdown
The sweeping $1.3 trillion spending bill that congressional leaders unveiled Wednesday includes $654.6 billion for the Pentagon. But it’s unclear whether Congress can pass the proposal without shutting down the government.
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Vets groups and lawmakers say they’re against it — but what does ‘privatization’ of Veterans Affairs really mean?
The term will command much of the debate at the new VA secretary’s confirmation hearing, but different groups have different definitions.
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