Pay & Benefits
Last Chance for Open Season Changes
The window to modify your coverage closes Dec. 12.
Management
Transition Officials: The Hiring Freeze Is Just One Way Trump Will Cut Government
As feds await details, they will start seeing more landing team members at their agencies.
Oversight
Remembering John Glenn
The former senator and first American to orbit the Earth has died at 95.
Tech
GSA Uses Final Weeks Under Obama to Advance Shared Services, Category Management
A new vision of standardized business processes would endure 10 years.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Unlikely to Get Extra Time Off Around Christmas
Christmas Eve will fall on a Saturday this year.
Management
House Approves Shutdown-Averting Stopgap Spending Bill
Senate must pass CR Friday to avoid funding lapse.
Route Fifty
Repeating Mistakes That Lead to Firefighter Deaths and Injuries; Montana’s Road Funding Shortfall
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Houston’s bus ridership growth; publicly funded campaigns in Portland; and working with non-profits to reduce crime in Baltimore.
Oversight
Lawmaker Seeking to Impeach IRS Chief Targets Public Service Award
Rep. Jordan uses unrelated hearing to challenge public administration academy.
Nextgov
Bill to Elevate CYBERCOM Heads to Obama’s Desk
The compromise defense policy bill also sets conditions for splitting NSA and U.S. Cyber Command.
Route Fifty
SCOTUS Special Education Case Could Prove Costly for Schools
Schools and disabled students are pitted against each other in a Supreme Court case that could require higher standards for special education, something school administrators say would be expensive for schools.
Management
All the President-Elect's Generals
Why has Trump shown such eagerness to select former military brass for his Cabinet? The reasons may be both pragmatic and political.
Management
The Band of Veterans Who Stood With Protesters at Standing Rock Have Announced Their Next Stop
They came out of nowhere. Now they're planning future missions.
Management
Trump’s EPA Pick Is Skeptical of More Than Just Climate Change
As Oklahoma attorney general, Scott Pruitt sued the federal government to prevent rules about air and water pollution from taking effect.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump is 2016's Person of the Year
The most impressive thing about Trump's Time cover? A photographer got him to sit still and not tweet for 30 seconds.
Pay & Benefits
Here’s How One Federal Employee Union Will Fight Back Against Trump
Leader acknowledges many battles ahead but says the president-elect does not represent an existential threat.
Pay & Benefits
Shutdown Suspense, Stubborn Retirement Backlog, Details on the Inauguration Day Holiday and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Nextgov
Report: Expect Cyber Investments, More Outsourced IT Under Trump
While cybersecurity investments and IT outsourcing may increase, expect agencies' agile efforts to wither.
Management
Growing Government’s ‘Sharing Economy’
Shared services are working, but the challenge is getting more agencies on board.
News
Remembering Veterans on Pearl Harbor Day
When we reflexively put veterans on a pedestal or declare them victims, we do them—and ourselves—a great disservice.
Management