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All the Federal Workforce Provisions Tucked into the Defense Policy Bill - December 16, 2019
By Erich Wagner, Government Executive

The biggest news for federal employees related to the bipartisan deal on the annual defense policy bill this week was that all federal workers would soon be eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave.

But as an annual must-pass bill, the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which is slated for a House vote Wednesday, is a common vehicle for legislative language that affects all of government, not just the Defense Department.

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