Management
Justice Department Will Phase Out Private Prisons
A response to overcrowding is now seen as expensive and inadequate.
Pay & Benefits
How Much Life Insurance Do You Really Need?
A rare open enrollment period next month provides an opportunity to reevaluate your costs.
Pay & Benefits
Union: Rank-and-File Employees Deserve Bigger Bonuses Next Year, Too
The administration’s decision to lift the performance award cap on senior executives should be applied to everyone in the workforce, federal advocates say.
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Where Millennials Are More Likely to Live With Mom and Dad
For the first time in modern history, the most common living arrangement for young adults is living in their parents’ homes. But where is the practice most common?
Nextgov
Alliant 2 Deadline Extended
New proposal deadlines will be Sept. 13 for Alliant 2 Unrestricted and Sept. 12 for Alliant 2 Small Business.
Defense
No Political Meddling with FOIA Requests, Pentagon Watchdog Finds
But IG recommends improvements in department’s notification of releases.
Defense
Pentagon: We're Closer Than Ever to Lasers That Can Stop Iranian, North Korean Missiles
With global demand for missile defense surging, US officials are fine-tuning cheaper, more powerful laser weapons.
Management
On Oct. 1, the U.S. Will No Longer Oversee the Internet’s Naming System
The role currently falls to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, which is part of the Department of Commerce.
Management
NASA Has Released 1,000 Weirdly Beautiful Photos of the Landscapes on Mars
The results are the images created by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera.
Management
Is Performance Budgeting an Unnatural Act?
Why something that seems sensible is so hard to do.
Nextgov
Privacy Guidebook for Eavesdropping on Americans Draws Flack
New rules reflect a shift in intelligence gathering from bugging an individual’s phone to netting communications in bulk from the global internet.
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What to Expect Next From Route Fifty’s Navigator Awards
Starting in September, we’ll be rolling out our 50 finalists by category.
Management
Whistleblowers Exposed Contractors Who Sold Defective Helmets to Pentagon
Justice Department watchdog summarizes investigations of $30 million project.
Pay & Benefits
New Travel Regs and Shopping Benefits, Retirement Hitches and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
EPA Paid Transit Benefits to Employees Who Left the Agency
Some offices were not checking if subsidy recipients worked there, or if they were eligible for the perk.
Management
FEMA Could Put Some Louisiana Flood Victims in Temporary Trailers
The head of the agency said all housing options are on the table for displaced residents.
Defense
The Navy is Naming a Ship After Slain Gay Rights Leader Harvey Milk
It's one of six ships named for civil rights pioneers.
Nextgov
Commerce's Cyber Hit List: Third-Party Apps, Phishing
CISO Rod Turk said the department is focused on collaboration between bureaus.
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