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Supreme Court ruling gives extra payouts to some combat-wounded vets
The high court ruled that limits on the government's combat-related special compensation program unfairly took away support for injured vets.
Nuclear warhead agency receives 17.5 percent increase following Nuclear Posture Review
The National Nuclear Security Administration gets a major boost as the Pentagon expects it to do more to refurbish America's nuclear warheads.
By Aaron Mehta
Agile practices on the rise in the latest NDAA
The latest National Defense Authorization Act shows Congress recognizes the benefits of Agile practices and that greater adoption by the Department of Defense could help project and program outcomes.
By Charles R. Mahon, Project Management Institute
Nuclear Posture Review: Recognizing the return to great power competition
The recently-released Nuclear Posture Review reflects the central conclusion of the broader National Defense Strategy released in January: the U.S. must recognize the reality of a return to great power competition and posture itself accordingly.
By Rep. Mac Thornberry
Prioritizing small group needs can bring big agency gains, says industry research
Rather than merely following agency-wide directives, individual agency units should develop plans to improve, a National Academy of Public Administration whitepaper on organizational health and performance suggests.
By Jessie Bur
Trump’s State of the Union speech will reiterate promises to ‘rebuild the military’
Defense priorities will be highlighted in the prime-time address alongside a host of domestic economic issues.
Report: Dutch spies caught Russian hackers on tape
The Netherlands’ spy service is said to have penetrated the computers of Russian hacking group Cozy Bear, and may be sitting on evidence relating to the breach of the U.S. Democratic National Committee.
Trump’s nuke strategy will fuel an arms race, say House Democrats
Two key House Armed Services Committee Democrats are saying President Donald Trump’s newly drafted nuclear weapons strategy will increase the risk of a catastrophic nuclear war.
By Joe Gould
Congress risks national security and U.S. aviation
Congress is considering an air traffic control privatization proposal in the form of a six-year reauthorization of the FAA: the 21st century Aviation Innovation, Reform, and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. This risks surrendering one of our nation’s most valuable commodities to private hands.
By Col. Keith Zuegel (ret.)
New bills would give big bump to federal employee pay in 2019
On Thursday Sen. Brian Schatz, D-HI, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., introduced bills in their respective chambers that would provide salaried and hourly federal employees with a 3 percent pay adjustment in 2019.
By Jessie Bur
The IRS expects to answer only 4 of every 10 taxpayer questions. And no tough ones.
Strapped for funding, the Internal Revenue Service is unprepared to deal with taxpayer needs for the first tax season under the GOP’s new tax law, according to the Taxpayer Advocate’s Annual Report to Congress.
By Jessie Bur