Management
Senate Panel Approves More Tools to Hold VA Employees Accountable
Pension lowering and administrative leave reform among changes.
Nextgov
OMB Preps New Policy on Data Centers
OMB’s retooled guidelines are part of the administration's roadmap for implementing and operationalizing FITARA.
Tech
Federal Paper Pushing Costs Taxpayers Millions
OMB and Treasury push agencies to catch up with private-sector electronic invoicing.
Defense
U.S. General: Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea
Moscow’s recent war games in its Kaliningrad exclave have included mock nuclear strikes, the top U.S. Army general in Europe said.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Versus Eagle
Time releases behind-the-scenes video of its shoot with the GOP frontrunner.
Management
Making Decisions in a Time of Transition
How new leaders can harness data to make the right choices.
Pay & Benefits
Talks to Avoid a Shutdown Will Drag on Another Week
Congress will approve another short-term spending bill to give negotiators on omnibus and tax packages more time.
Management
VA Deputy Says Administrative Leave For Employees Will Be Exception, Not Rule
Sloan Gibson on Wednesday also defended before a House panel his decision not to fire two senior executives.
Route Fifty
Cuomo’s Law Enforcement Order Aimed at Protecting Public Transit; Duluth vs. Invasive Beetles
Also: Copper wire thieves darken Tulsa and Oregon eyes California gun control measure.
Oversight
Bill to Curb Fraud Through Data Analytics Clears House Panel
Meadows plan would create multi-agency working group chaired by U.S. controller.
Nextgov
DARPA Wants Early Warning System for Cyberattacks
The Defense Department’s emerging technology agency is hosting a proposer’s day next week on rapid attack detection and characterization.
Nextgov
UPDATED: State Department Hackers May Have Stolen Sensitive Data, Watchdog Says
The intrusions also caused "significant downtime to normal business operations."
Defense
FBI Director: It’s Impossible to Ban All Encryption
The government can at least make it harder to hide from surveillance, James Comey says.
Defense
Carter Will Consider Sending Advisers, Helicopters to Ramadi to Fight ISIS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the administration is prepared to send advisers and helicopters to aid Iraqi forces—if Iraq wants them.
Management
Obama Takes a Veiled Swipe at Trump, Islamophobia
“We betray the efforts of the past if we fail to push back against bigotry in all its forms,” he said Wednesday as he commemorated the abolition of slavery.
Pay & Benefits
How a Shutdown Could Hit Your Wallet
A weekly roundup of federal pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Some Agencies' Shutdown Furlough Plans Have Changed Dramatically in Past 2 Years
Many feds sent home in 2013 would face a different fate this year if agencies are forced to close.
Defense
Multiple Agencies Join Effort to Track ISIS-Damaged Antiquities
State Department initiative leads to Washington conference planned for Friday.
News