Many Feds Face Furloughs Twice
Lawmakers Push Retroactive Furlough Pay
How Long Has the Shutdown Lasted?
In Focus: Who Faces Furloughs?
No TSP Contributions During a Shutdown
How Contractors Might Weather a Shutdown
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A Brief History of the US Government’s Awful Graphic Design
June 7, 2013 The revelation that major US technology companies are participating in a National Security Administration surveillance program was shocking enough. And that was before we saw the top-secret slides used by the government to describe the spying operation. They are, to put it mildly, heinously ugly… The slides immediately attracted scorn ...
Kenya Is a Model for Green Energy Even Though the Entire Country Is Without Power
May 28, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
A failure of the national power grid today has left 2 million people in Kenya without electricity. Kenya Power, the majority government owned operator of the country’s power system, said that the failure was a result of “tripped” transmission lines between Nairobi and the Olkaria geothermal load center. The company ...
Analysis: There’s No Such Thing as a Tech Company Anymore
March 20, 2013
FROM NEXTGOV
What is it about Groupon, Skype, Facebook, and Amazon.com that make them all “tech” companies? None of these companies competes in the same markets. None offers technology as its central product. Each has a website and conducts business on it—but don’t all big, serious companies? The label haphazardly persists. The ...
