Defense
Pentagon Puts 8,500 Troops On ‘Heightened Alert’ Over Russian Threat To Ukraine
The force would not seek to stop an invasion, but to protect NATO’s Eastern flank.
Workforce
FEMA Experiences ‘Mass Exit’ of Employees Amid Surge in Disasters
The agency is still dealing with 1,000 disasters as its workload continues to climb.
Management
Federal Agencies Highlight Security Improvements A Year After Capitol Attack
The Homeland Security Department said officials do not “have information indicating any specific or credible threats related to the anniversary.”
Workforce
‘Sheer Madness:’ Agencies Scramble to Implement New Policies for COVID-Positive Employees
With staffing shortages arriving or anticipated, agencies look to adapt their quarantine and isolation guidelines.
Breaking News
Defense
Click ‘Like’, Get Punished Under Pentagon’s New Anti-Extremism Policy
First update since 2012 adds rules for social-media behavior.
Defense
At Least 458 U.S. Crimes Tied to Extremism Involved Veterans, Active Duty Troops
The “underlying factors are not going away,” says one researcher.
Workforce
Concerns Raised With TSA Staffing and Vaccine Mandate Ahead of Holiday Travel
Agency expresses confidence in its workforce but other officials warn disruptions are likely.
Workforce
Measure to Close Loophole for Prosecuting Perpetrators of Attacks on Federal Employees Heads to Biden's Desk
House passes bill that allows the United States to prosecute crimes that target federal personnel overseas.
Defense
Taliban Takeover Of Afghanistan Is Inspiring Americans Online, FBI Says
“That’s where they see this rallying cry and their opportunity. Now it’s ‘time to buy a gun, run people over with a car,’ do whatever they’re going to do,” an FBI official said Tuesday.
Management
Immigration and Customs Enforcement to Cease Worksite Raids
Efforts to round up undocumented immigrants en masse waste resources, Biden administration says.
Workforce
TSA, Merit Board Reach Deal to Provide Appeal Rights to Airport Screeners
As the Biden administration moves to provide full civil service protections to the TSA workforce, lawmakers say Congress must codify screeners’ rights.
Defense
‘Horrible Mistake’: Pentagon Admits Drone Strike Killed Children, Not Terrorists
After just eight hours of surveillance and a tip about a “white Toyota Corolla,” the U.S. fired a Hellfire missile on Aug. 29 at the wrong target.
Defense
Will Congress Ever Repeal Its Post-9/11 War Authorizations?
The passage of two decades since the Sept. 11 terror attacks might be a “wake-up call” for lawmakers.
Management
Federal Agencies ‘Pause and Remember’ 9/11 on 20th Anniversary of Attacks
The attacks transformed the federal government, resulting in the creation of the Homeland Security Department and changing agencies’ missions and the presidential transition process.
Defense
State Dept. Working ‘at the Highest Levels’ to Clear Mazar-i-Sharif Charter Aircraft
One problem: all the U.S. screeners have left Afghanistan.
Defense
Marine Corps Commandant Wants Review of Afghanistan Evacuation
“While it's relatively fresh in our minds, we need the honest, open critique,” Gen. Berger says.
Defense
Inside the Final Hours at Kabul Airport
Alone on the airfield after hundreds of other U.S. troops had left, five handpicked joint tactical exfiltration crews blew up the last remaining defenses and took off in the dark.
Management
Biden Taps FEMA Official to Lead Afghan Resettlement Efforts as Agency Deploys Thousands in Ida Response
Agencies are sending employees throughout the United States and around the world in a scramble to tackle multiple crises at once.
Oversight
Lawmakers Demand Documents From Many Agencies on Jan. 6 Preparation and Response
Information will include how agencies deployed resources and potentially impeded the presidential transition.
Management
Biden Administration Ramps Up Civilian Feds Responding to Afghanistan Withdrawal Efforts
Federal employees are calling U.S. citizens in Afghanistan and vetting Afghans as Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline nears.
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