Nextgov

Is Post-Breach Credit Monitoring Useful? Lawmakers Ask GAO to Review

The use of such services has become routine as the number of data breaches in both government and the private sector has ratcheted up.

Nextgov

Jeh Johnson Says He'll Stop Checking Gmail from Work, 'Probably Should Have Done It Sooner'

Johnson addressed reports that he and his senior staffers were using work computers to check private webmail accounts.

Management

John Kerry on Restoring Relations With Cuba: 'Nothing is More Futile Than Trying to Live in the Past'

After more than a half century, the U.S. and Cuba took a major symbolic step toward re-establishing diplomatic relations.

Nextgov

Were Background Investigations Falsified During the OPM Hack?

Administration will not confirm or deny it has verified the integrity of 21.5 million compromised records.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Trump is Just Palin Redux

The real estate mogul's comments about John McCain remind Jon Stewart of Palin's comments over the years.

Route Fifty

Getting Debt-Ridden Harrisburg Back on the Right Track Hasn’t Been Easy

“I would certainly hope to believe that this is the moment that the city has stabilized and begun to rebuild itself,” Mayor Eric Papenfuse says in an interview.

Nextgov

Treasury Taps 18F to Craft New $10 Bill's Digital Strategy

GSA's tech fix-it team advised the Treasury on getting the public to speak up about the redesign.

Management

A New Flag Rises on Washington's Embassy Row

After decades of estrangement, the United States and Cuba formally reestablished diplomatic relations on Monday.

Management

The Surprising Benefit of Comparing Yourself to Others

Your peers probably don't have it all figured out, even if it seems that way sometimes.

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.

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.