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Obama’s War on Hackers
The federal action plan calls for a new commission, public service campaigns, and funds for replacing old, insecurable government IT.
Pay & Benefits
Feds to Be Kept Away From Oregon Refuge for Weeks Despite Militia’s Stand Down
One agency has spent about $600K to keep feds home for five weeks.
Management
How to Write the Perfect Email
Make your messages short and sweet—but not too short or too sweet.
Nextgov
DARPA Awards Contracts for See-Through-Walls Technology
The emerging tech agency appears to have made at least two awards for that program.
Oversight
Here's What a Trump Presidency Would Actually Look Like
A look at some of the GOP frontrunner's more controversial policies show how hard they would be to enact.
Nextgov
Encryption Debate: The Issue Isn’t Strong Crypto; It’s Easy Crypto
The encryption debate is poised to intensify this year.
Management
Group Blasts VA Proposal to Strip Senior Executives of Appeal Rights
SEA says idea is 'farcical' and would make top career leaders at department second-class citizens.
Management
Air Force Told To Save Millions on Contractors’ Depot Labor
Service acquisition chief disagrees with Pentagon watchdog recommendations.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Pushes for 5.3 Percent Pay Raise
Democrat says Obama’s 1.6 percent proposal ‘doesn’t come close’ to fairness.
News
Presidential Hopefuls Rip Wasteful Bureaucracy--and That’s Just the Democrats
Clinton and Sanders address the question of what, if anything, they’d cut from government.
Oversight
Hillary Clinton's Long Career as an Insider
Many think Clinton was a onetime leftist radical who morphed into a centrist to gain power. But she has always been a true incrementalist and compromiser.
Management
The FBI's Strategy to End the Oregon Standoff and Get Cliven Bundy: Patience
The bureau successfully played the long game in both cases.
Management
The Never-Ending War on Federal Whistleblowers
Those who try to report and fix problems at their agencies are still risking their careers.
Defense
A Planned 'Cessation of Hostilities' in Syria
The fighting in Syria will pause next week and aid will be delivered to those who need it most—under a deal announced Friday.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Jeb Bush is Not a Tough Guy
Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers joke about the Floridian's feud with Donald Trump.
Route Fifty
A Closer Look at Louisiana’s Grim Budget and Economic Numbers
Revenues, general fund balances, unemployment rates and GDP are all downbeat in the Pelican State.
Management
What’s Really Behind Why Women Earn Less Than Men?
Once it was because they weren’t as well educated. What’s holding them back now?
Management
11 Major Agency Reforms in Obama’s Budget
Not everything the president’s blueprint is unachievable.
Management
Was the IRS Bullied Into Giving Karl Rove’s Group Tax-Exempt Status?
The agency's ruling on Crossroads GPS prompts an outcry.
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