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Yesterday β€” 27 July 2026All News – Federal News Network

Congress can pass legislation, but government still has to implement it

"As has been pointed out, the HUD has lost something along the lines of 1,800 personnel just over the last two or three years," said Mitchell Miller.

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The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Washington Monument, Thursday, July 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
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House clears bill to correct pension payments for 8,000 federal retirees

Although the bipartisan legislation to close that loophole has now passed the House, it has not yet been introduced in the Senate.

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Nobody likes talking about long-term care, but waiting could cost more

"The cost of healthcare services don't rise like regular inflation. It's about twice the rate of inflation," said Thiago Glieger.

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Resident Eleanor Garrison, left, talks with director of nursing Cheri Place-Chafin in her room Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, at Arbor Springs Health and Rehabilitation Center in Opelika, Ala. Coronavirus cases have dropped at U.S. nursing homes and other long-term care centers over the past few weeks, offering a glimmer of hope that studies and health officials link to various factors, including the start of vaccinations, the easing of a post-holiday virus surge and better prevention. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)

Federal retirement processing times are slowing down

OPM’s retirement claim inventory in June was the lowest it’s been all year, coming in at just under 34,000 pending applications.

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For pregnant Medicaid patients, finding care depends on an unreliable system

"At the end of the day, with billions of public dollars invested, a Medicaid enrollee shouldn't have to guess where to find care," said Laura Kordish.

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FILE - A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus on Dec. 17, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. One year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court rescinded a five-decade-old right to abortion, prompting a seismic shift in debates about politics, values, freedom and fairness. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Some federal careers are built to end early, so what comes next?

"In law enforcement, typically you've got to retire by the time you're 57. And sometimes that's hard because they really love that career," said Tammy Flanagan.

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The Exceptional Family Member Program is essential for some military families, but not simple

"Those responsibilities are divided between different arms of the program that really don't talk to each other and are not coordinated," said Jessica Hulter.

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SAN DIEGO (May 23, 2021) Cryptologic Technician (Collection) 1st Class Kameron Bradley greets his family for the first time after returning to homeport from a seventh-month deployment aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25). Somerset, part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, returned to Naval Base San Diego May 23 after a deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, 6th and 7th Fleets, where they served as a crisis response force for combatant commanders in the Africa, Central and Indo-Pacific Commands. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael J. Lieberknecht) 210524-N-AO823-1177

Study looks at the people impacted when an agency shuts down

"It was a psychological hit, but it also was compounded by moral injury, by this sense of one's deeply held moral code being violated," said Jamie Oberlander.

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Former United States Agency for International Development (USAID) workers show their support to USAID workers retrieving their personal belongings from USAID's headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

3 ways Congress could improve military child care

Congress is advancing new ideas to fix military child care, including funding for more infant slots, federal partnerships and better data insights.

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U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Esper, assigned to Tactical Electronics Warfare Squadron (VAQ) 209, walks across the flight line with his wife and children during a homecoming celebration at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington in Maryland Sept. 7, 2010. VAQ-209 is returning to the states following a three-month, forward-deployed tour to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Clifford H. Davis/Released)

Trump administration looks to tweak paid administrative leave rules

During 2025, agencies used administrative leave to implement the deferred resignation program.

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 03: The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on February 03, 2025 in Washington, DC. Elon Musk, tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and his aids have been given access to federal employee personal data and have allegedly locked out career civil servants from the OPM computer systems. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Two trends in the TSP don’t seem to line up, but they might actually be the same story

"Stocks have done so well for so long, even when we've had market crashes they've been very short-term and people forget how bad it can be," said Arthur Stein.

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New bill would extend military survivor benefit decision deadline

The bill could be added into the annual defense policy bill now progressing through Congress.

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A member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment also known as The Old Guard, places flags in front of each headstone for "Flags-In" at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Thursday, May 25, 2023, to honor the Nation's fallen military heroes ahead of Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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