Management
USPS Can’t Afford to Reopen Facilities and Add Employees Like Congress Wants
Budget office says the Postal Service would have to spend $300 million to comply with one-year amendment.
Nextgov
Why It Still Sucks to Be a CIO in Government and What a New Law Can Do About It
While CIOs claim the “chief” title, in many cases their hands have been tied by sprawling bureaucratic structures and a lack of institutional heft.
Management
Al Gore Is Now Criticizing the Obama Administration's Arctic Drilling Decision
The former vice president calls drilling in the icy waters “insane.”
Oversight
The White House Continues Efforts to Regulate Coal Industry
The administration wants to protect streams from mining.
Management
Inside Obama's Visit to a Federal Prison
The president Thursday saw a little bit of himself in some of the inmates at Oklahoma's El Reno federal prison.
Management
Here Are The Most Interesting Things We Learned About Pluto This Week From NASA
It took 53 years, but human beings have now seen all nine planets in our solar system up close and personal.
Oversight
Joe Biden's New Mission: Selling the Iran Deal
President Obama has dispatched his favorite Hill ambassador to persuade Democrats to back the nuclear agreement.
Management
It’s Time to Make Good on Phased Retirement
While agencies drag their feet, critical skills are walking out the door.
Pay & Benefits
IG: A Fed with Fake Diplomas Worked at Interior for Five Years
The technology officer eventually resigned from the department — and then he moved to work at the Census Bureau.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Joe Biden Behaved During Obama's Talk
While the president talked about Iran and nukes, Diamond Joe was thinking about a movie and proud that he didn't make any weird faces.
Route Fifty
With Puerto Rico on Fiscal Brink, Senators Introduce Chapter 9 Bill to ‘Avert Disaster’
U.S. Sens. Blumenthal and Schumer co-sponsor legislation to expand the bankruptcy code for the commonwealth.
Nextgov
After Dodging the Bullet that Hit OPM, Interior ‘Owns’ Up to Cyber Problem
Department CIO Sylvia Burns was horrified to learn another agency's database was hacked inside her IT facility.
Pay & Benefits
Cuts to TSP, a Deeper Look at Low Morale and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Oversight
House Panel Approves Bill to Ease Firing of 300K Feds
Opponents say legislation would "abolish the civil service" at VA.
Management
Video: Obama Spoke Wednesday About Bill Cosby
At a press conference, the president was asked if he was going to revoke the comedian's Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Oversight
Benghazi Panel Democrats Want to Know: Where Are the Hearings?
The committee minority says the majority was planning at least 11 hearings this year. One has happened.
Management
New OPM Director Promises to Improve Response to Data Breach
White House CIO says long term solution will require investing in new technology.
Defense
Obama: Argument for Rejecting Iran Deal 'Defies Logic'
The Iran deal debate is hardly over. And the president knows it.
Management