Oversight
Will Congress Go Over the Social Security Cliff?
Bipartisan support exists to prevent benefit cut for 9 million workers, but Paul Ryan move may drive Democrats away.
Management
U.S., Europe Forge Data-Protection 'Umbrella Agreement' for Terrorism Cases
Congress will have to act for it to actually take effect.
Management
Post-Clinton, Kerry Creates 'Transparency Coordinator' Job at State
A longtime State Department official will seek to improve compliance with public-records laws and lawmakers’ demands for documents.
Defense
How the Army is Unlocking Soldier Suicide
Service officials can identify soldiers who are most at risk, but acting on that information poses a moral dilemma.
Nextgov
Census Has Big Tech Plans for the 2020 Count. Will They Stay on Track?
The agency plans to outfit field workers with mobile devices and allow people to use the Internet to fill out the survey.
Nextgov
Marine Corps Wants to Wipe Out 'Evil Twin' Social Media Impostors
The agency is looking for technology that could help weed out and report fake accounts.
Management
This is What 365 Days Without a Vacation Does to Your Health
Your body, brain, and even your boss will thank you for some real time off.
Route Fifty
Seattle’s Rubber Antennas Spark Privacy Concerns; Dark Fiber Obligations in West Virginia?
Also: A new California state worker survey and Cedar Rapid’s hazardous materials highway.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Still High
OPM’s progress on reducing the inventory of retirement claims has stalled.
Management
Here is Where the Elderly Still Work … By Choice or Necessity
The workforce, like society at large, is aging.
Management
Obama’s Latest Executive Order Requires Sick Leave for Contractors
Labor Day signing combined with attack on Republican economics.
Oversight
Congress Returns From Its Recess, And a Government Shutdown Looms
The upcoming session is already being billed a “countdown to shutdown.”
Oversight
NOAA Has Mapped a Desktop Model of Earth
Gloriously popping graphics show CO2 transport, real-time earthquakes, space trash, and tons of other neat stuff.
Management
Should Mexico Respond to Trump?
The Mexican government “has maintained an unjustifiable distance” from the debate over the candidate’s immigration policy, one journalist says.
Analysis
Making a Case for Numbers
Social Security’s Gerald Ray is boosting productivity by teaching employees to embrace performance data, not fear it.
Management
7 Leadership Rules to Improve Public Sector Performance
How to develop talent even during fiscal hard times.
Nextgov
Hackers Infiltrate Firefox, Prowl Non-AshMad Dating Websites and Share Porn at U. of New South Wales
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
Stats Shot: New Data Offer Insight Into States With Best and Worst GDP Growth in 2014
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has released sector-specific, quarterly GDP figures for states.
Management
NASA is Researching Technology to Make a Tractor Beam Out of Hoverboards
In the future, astronauts may be pulled around in space like something straight out of "Star Wars."
Oversight