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How DOD’s Third Offset Strategy Benefits NASA
The space agency's largest budget account is dedicated heavily to developing technologies that translate well to the defense world.
Pay & Benefits
Wage Scale Change, Vets’ Preference Expansion, No-Interest Loans and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Defense Secretary Warns of ‘Widespread Negative Consequences’ If Senior Executive Corps is Cut
Ash Carter sent a letter to Capitol Hill objecting to several provisions in the NDAA, including one calling for a 25 percent SES reduction by 2019.
Route Fifty
Building the Digital Enterprise: Intelligent Lighting Isn’t Just for Cities
Individual sensor deployments are useful and are helping businesses to optimize their operations. But also, like in cities, they have significant drawbacks.
Management
NOAA: The Earth Has Endured 14 Straight Months of Record-Breaking Heat
Such an extreme warming spell has never occurred in nearly 140 years of observations.
Management
America's Next Chief Executive?
The Constitution assigns executive authority to the president—but a President Trump would hand it off to Mike Pence.
Management
Justice Accuses DynCorp of False Claims on Iraq Contract
Company denies inflating costs in State Department’s Iraqi police training.
Management
Poll: Federal Employees Prefer Trump to Clinton for Handling Terrorism
But feds prefer Clinton for governmentwide management.
Management
How to Hire for Motivation
Interviewers assume a prepared, affable, assertive and extroverted person is highly motivated, and those who aren’t, aren’t. They’re wrong.
Management
Obama, Caught Between Black and Blue Lives
In writing a letter to the law-enforcement community, the president showed the tensions in his position on police violence and protests.
Management
To Be a Better Negotiator, Talk to Your Colleagues Like You Talk to Your Kids
The next time you’re in a difficult negotiation, imagine you're talking to a child.
Management
The Republican Party Nominates Trump
The party’s establishment mounted the stage in Cleveland to line up behind their new leader.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Melania Trump's Unoriginal Speech
The prospective First Lady took some lines from the current one.
Nextgov
House Committee Chair Opens Inquiry Into Foreigners’ Access to OPM Data
Some OPM contractors may have handed "foreign governments direct access to data long before the recent reported breaches," according to Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas.
Defense
That Wasn't An Earthquake
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.7-magnitude “earthquake” in Florida over the weekend, but what was it really?
Management
Meanwhile, in Outer Space
NASA releases more than 1,300 unprocessed images of Juno’s Jupiter approach.
Management
Transition Experts Bow to Congress’s Demand for Easier Discipline of Senior Execs
The next administration should take steps to avoid the kind of “catastrophic traps” into which previous administrations have fallen.
Nextgov
A New CISO for NASA
Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz will begin effective Aug. 8 after being selected by NASA CIO Renee Wynn.
Management
Most Americans Are Worried About Affordable Housing But Neither Party Is Really Talking About It
A new poll finds that 71 percent of respondents think the presidential candidates should focus on the issue.
Pay & Benefits