Management

Prosecutors Announce First Charges in the San Bernardino Shooting

Federal prosecutors have announced charges against the man who purchased assault weapons for the shooters in the deadly attack.

Nextgov

Cyber Bill Boosts DHS Cyberthreat Sharing but Critics Fear Backdoor to NSA Surveillance

The $1.1 trillion spending bill creates an instant information-sharing regime housed at DHS.

Management

The FBI Announced That It Does Not Have the Wu-Tang Album

"No seizure warrant at the arrest of Martin Shkreli today" tweets the FBI.

Oversight

White House, Pelosi Sell Omnibus as a Climate Win, Despite Oil Concession

The Obama administration contends extending green-energy tax credits overwhelms any pollution increase from allowing crude-oil exports.

Defense

Homeland Security: Drug Traffickers Are Spoofing Border Drones

DHS and local law enforcement are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Alternatives for Vlad Putin's 'Gunslinger' Walk

Stephen Colbert has some suggestions for Obama to counter the Russian leader's gait.

Nextgov

Why the Intelligence Community Wants in On Quantum Computing

IARPA wants IBM -- and, soon, other bidders -- to develop the building blocks for a quantum computer.

Nextgov

VA Names New Deputy IT Chief

Ron Thompson, a U.S. Army veteran, has more than 25 years of experience in both government and the private sector.

Oversight

IRS Spared Some Budget Cuts But Loses Power to Curb Nonprofits

Impact of targeting controversy continues in omnibus bill nearing passage.

Pay & Benefits

VA to Make It Easier For Camp Lejeune Vets to Get Disability Compensation

Department is working on final rules that recognize eight medical conditions associated with drinking water contamination at the Marine training base between 1953 and 1987.

Nextgov

FITARA: How IT Reform Became ‘Sexy’

FITARA is finally beginning to get the kind of attention from Congress, overseers and the public that one might expect of an area in which the government spends upward of $80 billion annually.

Defense

Obama Says of San Bernardino: 'We Are in a New Phase of Terrorism'

The president met with intelligence specialists at the National Counterterrorism Center on Thursday.

Management

Sea Turtles Get the Spotlight in U.S.-Cuba Thaw

The State Department says the two nations are working together to protect the ecosystem along their marine border.

Defense

Admiral Resented Hotline Complaints, Pentagon IG Finds

Whistleblower reprisal charges mostly confirmed; general criticized for F-Bombs.

Management

Reshaping Government Recruitment

Agencies can't afford to wait for candidates to come to them.

Pay & Benefits

Retirement Modernization, Take Five

A Q&A with the CEO of the company hired to undertake the latest effort to automate federal retirement processing.

Management

Senate Says Federal Prison Guards Can Carry Pepper Spray

Legislation, which applies to employees at medium- and higher-security federal penitentiaries, honors officer killed by an inmate in 2013.

Management

NOAA Forks Over Some Climate Change Documents

House chairman welcomes communications memos that agency says are unremarkable.