Defense
Army Opens Ranger Course to Women
The test is over: future classes of the elite Ranger School will be open to all candidates.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Raise Pushback, Veterans Preference, Military Personnel Reform, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Nextgov
Teams in NASA’s Latest Challenge Compete to Have Their Inventions Sent into Space
NASA has completed the first round of its first space-based competition.
Management
Travel Cuts? Boost Training and Collaboration Online
How to inject the human factor into e-learning systems.
Route Fifty
Route Fifty City-County Roadtrip Recap: Grand Rapids Learns to Live With Its River Risks
Instead of building up its floodwalls, Michigan’s second-largest city looks to try something different.
Nextgov
Redesigning Government Work for the Internet of Things
The proliferation of Internet-connected devices represents a new way of working.
Management
How Americans Lost Track of One Founding Father's Definition of Success
According to Benjamin Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline.
Pay & Benefits
D.C.-Area Feds Should Telework During Pope Francis’ Visit, OPM Says
The pope may be infallible, but he can’t cure traffic jams.
Route Fifty
Ending Unlimited Solitary Confinement in California; Booker to the Rescue for New Jersey’s Tunnel Mess?
Also: The Texas Supreme Court weighs education funding suit and suing Kansas for voting-machine tapes.
Management
How Much Sympathy Do Overwhelmed White-Collar Workers Deserve?
Belittling their plight by comparing it to blue-collar workers’ ignores the trickle-down harms of an exhausting work culture.
Management
Helping Carly Fiorina, CNN Changed its Debate Rules
Following a strong showing in the first round of debates, Fiorina appears likely to take the main stage in the second one.
Defense
Defense Officials Head to Charleston To Assess Alternative Guantanamo Plan
Amid a last push to close the detention facility in Cuba, the Obama administration is giving the naval brig in South Carolina a fresh look.
Oversight
Conservatives Plotting Against Planned Parenthood and John Boehner Could Force a Shutdown
Conservatives want to defund the group, even if it means a shutdown. And they’re holding the GOP leadership accountable.
Nextgov
Government Will Actually Spend $330 Million to Protect Victims of the OPM Hack
The initial $133 million contract award covers only one year of ID protection services.
Management
6 Leadership Lessons From USAID
If you want to save the world, lead, follow or get out of the way.
Insights
Three States Engaging in Data-Driven Innovation
The public sector is channeling the power of data analytics toward health, security, and beyond.
Management
Government Awards $133M Contract to Protect 21.5M Victims of OPM Hack
The Defense Department, not the contractor, will notify most individuals this month if their information was breached.
Management
Obama to Announce 'Robust' Senior Exec Reforms This Fall
Changes will come as a result of SES advisory group's findings in the areas of hiring, recruitment, retention and restoring value to public service.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Retirement Funds Tank in August
Government securities stay in the black, but all other funds post losses.
Management