Nextgov
House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches
Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.
Defense
The Defense Department's IED Office Reinvents Itself For a New Era
JIEDDO is now JIDA, with a permanent place in the bureaucracy and license to target more than roadside bombs
Pay & Benefits
How Much Damage Can Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints From the OPM Data Breach?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
Management
What Kind of Leader Are You?
There are three types of leaders, and organizations need all three.
Management
Seven Agencies Experiment with Publishing FOIA Releases
Justice leads effort to gauge impact on staff time and costs.
Pay & Benefits
Feds’ Pay Raise Takes Unexpected Diversion
Legislation allowing the pay boost to advance gets caught up in political battle.
Nextgov
Defending the Digital Consumer
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill prepares for the day there is no Internet.
Management
Time Management Is Only Making Our Already Busy Lives Worse
Time management is a 250-year-old innovation; it's time to move on.
Route Fifty
Landlocked Fla. City Far From BP Spill Gets $1 Million Payout; Iowa Bird Flu Appeal?
Also: West Virginians reminded to use 911 and some good news for Atlantic City!
Nextgov
OPM Says 84,000 Hack Victims Still Not Notified
Are you affected? There’s a hotline to call.
Oversight
Can Clinton Govern If She Wins? A Cautionary Tale From Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf won in 2014—but the GOP kept the legislature, and Wolf's proposals have gone nowhere. That could happen to Clinton in 2016.
Defense
The Stunning ISIS-Related Allegations Against the Son of a Boston Cop
DOJ alleges the 23-year-old was planning an attack in the style of 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
Management
NASA Used Instagram to Post The Best Photo of Pluto Ever Taken
The New Horizons telescope takes images with 1,000 times the resolution of the best earthbound telescopes.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Scott Walker Has Joined an Already-Crowded 2016 Field
The Tonight Show has the candidates give an inaccurate head count.
Management
Only Superheroes Need Apply
Since when did we become so impossibly perfect in business and in life?
Route Fifty
States Battle Cities Over Minimum Wage
As more cities embrace local minimum wage ordinances, state legislatures are pushing back.
Management
Clinton Proposes Economic Agenda, but Wall Street Questions Still Remain
She attacked her Republican opponents by name, but still can’t dodge the specter of her past.
Pay & Benefits
How Scott Walker Could Bust Federal Employee Unions and Cut Feds’ Pay
The governor has risen to fame on the backs of public-sector workers.
Management
Obama Administration Plugs Retirement Savings Programs
The Labor Department will allow states to create their own retirement savings plans.
Management