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Don’t miss these Tricare and other health benefits deadlines

It's time for Tricare beneficiaries to review health care plans and flexible spending accounts for health care and child care.

By Karen Jowers

2 weeks ago

Open season deadlines loom for Tricare, dental and child care accounts

Tricare open season ends Dec. 10. Federal benefits open season, including enrolling in military child care flexible spending accounts, ends Dec. 9.

By Karen Jowers

13 months ago

Key senators agree on spending levels for FY25

House Republicans are pursuing a more austere course, allowing for a 1% increase for defense, but significant cuts for nondefense.

By Kevin Freking, AP

18 months ago

House defense bill takes aim at telework for DoD employees, contractors

Republicans especially have taken issue with lingering telework that spiked in use during the pandemic, though it has been a tool in government for decades

By Molly Weisner

18 months ago

House says no to returning Confederate memorial to Arlington

An amendment to the House version of the annual defense bill that would return a Confederate memorial to Arlington National Cemetery failed to pass.

By Jonathan Lehrfeld

18 months ago

Senate Democrats’ bill would reaffirm nonpartisan State Department

Senators introduced a new bill, titled the State Department Integrity and Transparency Act, to ensure a State Department workforce based on merit.

By Cristina Stassis

19 months ago