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Hegseth authorizes cash bonuses of up to $25,000 for top civilian employees

Federal News Radio 24 Dec 2025
The payment is actually a one-time basic allowance for housing stipend and will be paid using funds Congress appropriated to the DoD in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to supplement the basic allowance for housing.
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DoD cuts COLA in 21 counties, reduces allowance in major cities

Federal News Radio 23 Dec 2025
Some service members stationed within the continental United States will see their take-home pay decrease starting January after the Defense Department updated its cost-of-living allowance rates (COLAs) ... Download today! ... Calculate your COLA rate here ... .
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Subramanyam and Timmons Release New Report on Deadly DCA Crash and DOD Use of Civilian Airspace (Suhas Subramanyam)

Public Technologies 22 Dec 2025
Department of Defense (DoD) may have contributed to the crash ... The DoD to DCA hotline was offline, preventing direct communication between the Pentagon and DCA, showing the broader breakdown of critical air traffic coordination.
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Defense Department unable to pass its annual audit, again

Federal News Radio 22 Dec 2025
Auditors found 26 material weaknesses and “two significant deficiencies related to the DoD’s internal controls over financial reporting.” The review covered the department’s $4.7 trillion in assets and another $4.7 trillion in liabilities.
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Concerns persist over self-reported cyber readiness as DoD overhauls workforce management

Federal News Radio 20 Dec 2025
DoD’s effort to broaden cyber workforce kicking into gear ... DoD has a new plan to apply enterprise-wide talent management to its cyber workforce ... DoD’s new cyber strategy prioritizes expansion of workforce.
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Senate confirms GSA leader, top tech official, raft of DoD nominees

Federal News Radio 20 Dec 2025
The Senate also confirmed Kirsten Davies to serve as the DoD chief information officer ... Her confirmations comes as Hegseth has pushed DoD to adopt AI technologies rapidly ... other DoD officials yesterday.
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Citadel educator to serve as DOD Insp. Gen.

The Post and Courier 19 Dec 2025
A Mount Pleasant resident's June 2 nomination to become the next Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense became official Dec. 18, as Platte Moring received his US Senate confirmation ... .
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WAIT DODS ON, PLAYING ZB!

Rumble 19 Dec 2025
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‘Loser’s pay’ rules coming despite declining bid protests

Federal News Radio 19 Dec 2025
“The enhanced debriefing process for the DoD agencies has, I think by and large, been successful ... Then, if GAO finds that the protest lacked any “reasonable legal or factual basis,” the contractor would lose that money that DoD withheld.
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K-12 Education: Administration of DOD Schools in Bahrain (GAO - Government Accountability Office)

Public Technologies 18 Dec 2025
In school year 2024-25, the majority (86 percent) of the Bahrain Community Schools' nearly 600 students were children of active-duty servicemembers, DOD civilian employees, and DOD contractors.
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DHA reorganization left gaps in military health management

Federal News Radio 17 Dec 2025
The inspector general recommended that the DHA director track data on why personnel are leaving military medical facilities.(DoD IG finds long care delays, staffing gaps at overseas military hospitals - DoD IG). U.S ... Join us Jan ... Register today! ... .
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Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that pushes Hegseth for boat strike video

Federal News Radio 17 Dec 2025
Two RepublicansSens. Rand Paul and Mike Lee — and 18 Democrats voted against the bill ... “We’re about to pass, and the president will enthusiastically sign, the most sweeping upgrades to DOD’s business practices in 60 years,” said Sen ... .
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SUNDAY WIT DOD

Rumble 16 Dec 2025
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DOD escalates investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly for illegal orders video

Baltimore Sun 16 Dec 2025
The Trump administration suggested the advice itself was illegal — President Donald Trump expressed support for hanging the Democrats — and the DOD announced an investigation into Kelly less than a week later.
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Excess Defense Articles: DOD Needs to Better Assess the Program (GAO - Government Accountability Office)

Public Technologies 16 Dec 2025
The Department of Defense (DOD) reviews foreign partners' EDA requests and coordinates with the Departments of Commerce and State ... DOD monitors EDA after transfer under its end-use monitoring program ... GAO reviewed relevant DOD policy and guidance.
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