Management
America's Nuclear-Waste Plan Is a Giant Mess
An explosion caused by cat litter at a storage site was just the beginning.
Management
The Way Doctors Give Patients Bad News Can Teach Us All Something About How to Have Hard Conversations
Compassion is important, but being overly hopeful helps no one.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The White House Social Media Handoff is Coming Soon
Will Donald Trump get another big Twitter account or will Hillary Clinton's love affair with technology continue?
Pay & Benefits
Protecting Your TSP Savings, Bigger Locality Pay Raises, Bonus Award Stats and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Council Vote Would Give Thousands of Feds Bigger Locality Pay Adjustments
It also rejected pleas from 29 areas asking for their own locality rates.
Nextgov
Government’s Auditor Passes Own IT Audit
The Government Accountability Office is properly wiping its defunct electronics of sensitive data, an inspector general review finds.
Management
How Getting to Know Your Colleagues Could Make You More Productive
Ten questions to help you find the person behind the professional.
Management
A Neurobiologist Explains Why Clinton and Trump Seem To Be Losing Their Minds
They are very tired.
Management
Pentagon Urged to Better Integrate Intel Needs in Weapons Acquisition
GAO says training and tighter certification would improve communication.
Management
The FDA Wants to Know How Much Nutella You Are Actually Eating
Behind the most sweeping reforms in the agency’s history—and their limits.
Tech
The NSA Chief Has A Phone For Top-Secret Messaging. Here’s How It Works
The Boeing device is less a phone and more a locked-down portal to a faraway server.
Nextgov
People Care Most If Their Social Security Info Is Stolen, Less About Medical Records or Salary
A new survey finds baby boomers are more concerned about losing their Social Security information than millennials are.
Management
How Well Do You Know the Candidates’ Positions on Federal Employee Issues?
Maybe not as well as you think. Take our quiz and find out.
Defense
Army General Was Allowed To Accept Free Housing from Contractor
Brig. Gen. Michael Bobeck, fired from the Joint Staff for an extramarital affair, cited his longtime friendship with an executive in receiving a rent-free apartment during his divorce.
Pay & Benefits
The Top 5 Most and Least Generous Agencies for Senior Executive Bonuses
Justice SESers received the highest average individual award ($14,748) in fiscal 2015, while GSA senior executives received the lowest on average ($8,823).
Route Fifty
Robocalls Jam MNsure Call Center; Alabama Gov.: ‘Our Education System Sucks!’
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Demolition begins on plutonium facility; more layoffs in Maine’s paper industry; Washington county tracks down unlicensed pet owners.
Management
Here’s How the Next President Could Work with Congress to Fix Obamacare
Double-digit premium increases are leading to an outcry that the Affordable Care Act is not working, yet parts of it are. Here’s what works, and ideas on how to fix what doesn't.
Management
Showing Off is Easy to Condemn, but Is It Always Bad?
Showing off is not just doing something well before an audience.
Defense
As China Shows Off J-20 Stealth Fighter, A Bit of Context
It takes more than a flyby at an airshow to deploy fifth-generation fighter jets in combat.
Oversight