Threats

Wear Homemade Masks If You Can't Get Real Ones, Pentagon Tells Its People

N95 respirators and surgical masks will be reserved for health care workers and patients, the Defense Department said in a series of memos this week.

Ideas

DOD Civilians Would Get 1% Pay Raise Under 2021 Budget Proposal

That's more than the Trump administration's 2020 request, which would have frozen wages, but less than the 3.1% average pay increase enacted by Congress.

Policy

The Government is Spending $90 Million a Day to Pay People Not to Work

The government’s debt to furloughed workers has already surpassed the payroll costs related to the 2013 shutdown.

Threats

Homeland Security Warns Its Employees of Increased Threats to Them

Acting DHS DepSec says recent days have seen an uptick "in response to U.S. government actions surrounding immigration."

Threats

As Clearance Backlog Soars Past 710,000, Senators Want to Know Why

A nearly four-fold increase has people waiting more than a year for top-secret clearance.

Threats

Mattis Fills Key Executive Positions at the Pentagon

Former official: Defense Secretary James Mattis’ political SES appointments are mainstream choices.