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Carten Cordell

Washington, D.C., United States

Managing Editor at FCW

@GovExec managing editor, @NextgovFCW, @wbjonline, @fedscoop, @FederalTimes, @MedillSchool, @AU_CMJN & #NPFPaulMiller alum, Retweets ≠ endorsements.

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  • 1 week ago | govexec.com | Carten Cordell

    Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, is taking another shot at a bill designed to extend the health benefits for the surviving spouse of a fallen service member. The Gold Star Spouse Healthcare Enhancement Act (H.R. 3594) would ensure that surviving spouses retain their active-duty family member status in TRICARE Prime, the Defense Department’s managed health care option insurance plan, to help provide them with fewer out-of-pocket expenses.

  • 2 weeks ago | govexec.com | Carten Cordell

    The Government Accountability Office ruled against the Transportation Department and its component agency Thursday over a February memorandum that aimed to halt spending on a Biden-era grant program to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The watchdog determined that the Feb.

  • 2 weeks ago | govexec.com | Carten Cordell

    Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., thinks that the Veteran Affairs Department is moving too slowly in its efforts to implement legislation signed into law in January. Blumenthal, the ranking member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, aired his concerns that the department dragging its feet in implementing the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (S.

  • 1 month ago | govexec.com | Carten Cordell

    The Veteran Affairs Department is aiming to improve the process by which survivors obtain their benefits by again moving an office designed to serve a central resource for information on those benefits.

  • 1 month ago | govexec.com | Carten Cordell

    A new rule proposed on April 18 could change how Thrift Savings Plan-based loans are repaid under reamortization terms. The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, which governs the federal government’s 401(k)-style retirement plan, detailed its plan to amend a loan reamorization rule in the Federal Register. The board proposed a combination of accrued interest with the outstanding principal when reamortizing a loan made out of the TSP.

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Carten Cordell
Carten Cordell @wccordell
5 May 25

Getting a janitorial contract from @forestservice to help clean federal parks used to take a day-and-a-half. Now, with new layers of DOGE contract review, it takes six weeks and the trash is piling up. Great reporting here from @EricM_Katz. https://t.co/RCuvJb4un7

Carten Cordell
Carten Cordell @wccordell
1 May 25

.@RepDonBeyer has a pair of new bills aiming to offset recent federal workforce reductions, detailed here by @seanthenewsboy, @GovExec. https://t.co/lLJl7q19FD

Carten Cordell
Carten Cordell @wccordell
24 Apr 25

RT @EricM_Katz: NEW: Veterans Affairs is convening meetings with top officials on plans to shed 10s of 1000s of workers, BUT it's making al…