Staffers at U.S. cybersecurity agency CISA have been reassigned to ICE and CBP as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration.

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Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.

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  A bipartisan group of governors is sounding the alarm about Space Force leadership “aggressively pushing a plan” to move Air National Guard units to the Space Force without states' consent. While the move has not occurred, there are indications that the units will be shifted to the Space Force by the end of the year. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Kevin Stitt (R-Okla.) said states have received no formal notification. There has been “no formal notification to coordination with, or consent obtained from the impacted states.” The statement revives a Biden-era fight over the future of Air National Guard space units and whether they can be moved to the active-duty Space Force without obtaining approval from state governors as required by law. (Governors Urge Trump Administration Not to Shift Air National Guard Units to Space Force - National Guard Association)Thrift Savings Plan participants are using the TSP mobile app more than ever. Nearly a third of all TSP logins now happen through the TSP app, as opposed to using a desktop. That’s nearly double the percentage the app was used at this time last year, the TSP board said. At the same time, a new feature allows participants to add an alternate address and choose which one they want their TSP mail to be sent to. The board said the feature should be especially helpful for military members in the TSP who are often on the move.(TSP app and website updates - Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board)The Department of Veterans Affairs is asking its employees to report “any instance of anti-Christian discrimination” to a newly launched task force. The VA said it will review “all instances of anti-Christian bias,” but is seeking cases where employees believe they were denied promotions for “religious reasons,” or faced retaliation for seeking a religious exemption to vaccine mandates. The VA fired some health care workers under the Biden administration for refusing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The department is also looking to hear from any employees who were disciplined if they refused to participate in certain medical procedures, including abortions or hormone therapy for transgender veterans. (VA asks employees to report ‘anti-Christian discrimination’ to new task force - Federal News Network)There are no more DEI-related jobs left at the Pentagon. The Defense Department had 41 DEI positions left in 2024. That is according to a Government Accountability Office report released last week. The Pentagon abolished 32 DEI positions and restructured 115 positions in line with the fiscal 2024 defense policy bill. The watchdog also found that DoD did not widely use contractors to develop and implement DEI activities across the force. The Pentagon eliminated all DEI jobs following President Donald Trump’s executive orders. (DoD eliminated all DEI-related jobs - Government Accountability Office)The Federal Aviation Administration is accelerating the replacement of its decades-old Notice to Airmen service. NOTAMS sends safety updates like runway closures and airspace restrictions to pilots and flight planners. It’s experienced several disruptive outages in recent years. The FAA is now planning to deploy a modernized NOTAMS system by September. The FAA is working with contractor CGI Federal on the updates. The agency said the modernized NOTAMS will be cloud-based and facilitate near-real-time data exchanges. (FAA accelerates critical technology upgrade - Federal Aviation Administration)The General Services Administration is giving agencies new options to help secure their technology supply chains. Last month, GSA awarded blanket purchase agreements to nine companies for Supply Chain Risk Illumination Professional Tools and Services or SCRIPTS for short. The agreements provide agencies at all levels of government streamlined access to commercial tools and services that help identify and manage supply chain risks, such as cyber threats. GSA estimates the blanket purchase agreements will generate $66 million in savings. (GSA awards SCRIPTS BPAs - GSA blogs)The State Department is looking to cut about 15% of employees in domestic offices as part of a major reorganization. That will result in about 2,000 employees losing their jobs. The department will also cut more than 130 bureau offices and transfer just as many to other parts of the agency. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the reorganization will realign resources to the Trump administration’s foreign policy goals. (State Department plans to eliminate ‘redundant’ offices at it launches reorganization - Federal News Network)The Trump administration is moving forward with removing civil service protections for tens of thousands of federal employees. But many organizations are still trying to push back. At least three lawsuits from federal unions and other good government groups are aiming to prevent the Trump administration from finalizing regulations to implement the revived version of Schedule F. The lawsuits allege that the administration is violating federal hiring principles, due process rights and civil service law. None of the litigation has made much progress. But the organizations are also urging the public to submit comments on the Office of Personnel Management’s proposed regulations before the agency publishes its final rule in 30 days. (Unions, lawmakers attempt to block Trump administration’s civil service overhaul - Federal News Network)The post Governors sound alarm about National Guard and Space Force plans first appeared on Federal News Network.