The evaluation will look into whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth complied with department policies when using a Signal group chat last month.

A Friday memo opens a new phase in the Defense secretary’s hurried effort to shrink the department's workforce.

In an effort to further shrink the size of its civilian workforce, the Defense Department is reopening the Deferred Resignation Program and offering early retirements or voluntary separations to its eligible employees.

There is much to like about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s interim national defense strategic guidance document.

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... DOD control Under Hegseth’s plan, the Deferred Resignation Program (DRP) — first introduced by the Office of Personnel Management earlier ...