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The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act has a provision that would bump it up to 20 days of leave. 

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The IRS told its inspector general that its reviewing privacy disclosures from Free File partners to mitigate risks of exposing personal information.

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OPM says employees who are adversely affected and seek to become emergency leave recipients must apply in writing to their agencies.

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The IG says CISA made some good improvements to the Automated Indicator Sharing program in recent years.

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The Federal Labor Relations Authority's new training video for federal employees, unions and managers highlights types of work that are included as part of official time.

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FTC began the process to unionize back in 2023, raising concerns about their access to telework, potential politicization of the civil service and other issues.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using a big part of the base's airfield as a holding area for truckloads of meals, cots and generators ready to move to other areas of the southeastern U.S. once the storm passes.

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Senators voted Tuesday to confirm Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark for a fourth star and as commander of U.S. Army Pacific. 

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The Supreme Court banned race-conscious admissions practices for most schools but left a possible national security exception for military academies.

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The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration flagged 1,800 contracted employees listed as active but were no longer assigned to an ongoing contract.

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