Pay & Benefits
Jeb Bush: Strip Feds of Automatic Pay Raises and Due Process
Republican presidential candidate lays out plan for overhauling federal personnel system.
Management
Government Shutdown Could Have Helped Former HUD Employee Commit Fraud
A new audit of the department’s purchase card program reveals one of the ripple effects of furloughs.
Oversight
Crowded Primary Field Is Good News for Republican Voters
Particularly in Iowa and New Hampshire, where party activists crave being courted, they are in heaven these days.
Route Fifty
States Rethink Laws Denying the Vote to Felons
Election laws disenfranchise 5.9 million felons, but many states are rethinking those rules.
Management
Setting Your Own Schedule Actually Makes You Work More
Telework can be both a blessing and a curse.
Oversight
TSP Benefits Remain at Risk in Clash Over Highway Funding
Senate is considering changes in the G Fund's rate of return as one way to finance a multiyear funding extension.
Management
Can Design Help the USPS Make Stamps Popular Again?
The Postal Service's new Forever stamp series, 'Summer Harvest,' targets two kinds of audiences: foodies and nostalgics.
Nextgov
Hackers Enter UCLA Health and Expose Carl’s Jr. Model, While Worker Leaks National Guard Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Management
Why Plugging the Cyber Breach Is the 2nd Biggest Problem at OPM
The agency’s most important job is not getting done.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump's Various Enemies
John McCain joins the list of people who do not like the mogul or his presidential run.
Nextgov
OPM Changes Privacy Rules to Let Investigators Inside All Databases
About 40 systems, holding medical files and complaint records, among other things, are affected by the policy change.
Management
Shrinking the 'Beast' of the Federal Workforce, and Other Ideas From the Campaign Trail
Jeb Bush muses on incompetent employees; Clinton delves into procurement reform.
Defense
The Iran Deal Trips Up Clinton’s Delicate Foreign Policy Dance
The agreement is forcing the Clinton campaign to figure out how to tout her tenure as Obama’s first secretary of state while keeping the president’s mixed national-security record at arm’s length.
Route Fifty
Does Seattle’s Trash Monitoring Violate Privacy Rights?
The city’s ban on the disposal of food scraps and other compostables with garbage is met with a lawsuit.
Nextgov
White House Wants Agencies to Prioritize Emerging Tech in Next Year’s Budget
Nanotechnology, robotics and cyber-physical systems get a shout-out in the budget memo.
Pay & Benefits
Outlook for a COLA Increase in 2016 Still Isn't Great
So far the cost of living isn’t rising enough to warrant an increase, but that could change in the next three months.
Management
How Government Can Get Better at Managing Big Programs
Report plots course for implementing improved techniques for undertaking complex endeavors.
Oversight
Hillary Clinton: I Wanted to Be an Astronaut
The 2016 Democratic candidate says she would support space exploration.
Management
7 Things Employees Wish They Could Tell Their Bosses
Their silence may speak volumes about your leadership.
Defense