Management
NASA Proposes Next Mission for New Horizons: Beyond Pluto
2014 MU69 lives in the Kuiper Belt, a far region of the solar system that contains objects mostly made of ices
Pay & Benefits
New Feds Will Default Into Riskier TSP Fund Starting Next Week
Employees will no longer be automatically enrolled in the safe but low-yield G Fund.
News
Poll: GOP Would Get Blame for Shutdown
More than a quarter of Americans are downright angry with the federal government.
Management
Watchdog: Pentagon Should Integrate Military Services' Efforts at 'Better Buying Power'
Programs are often redundant while affordability studies get ignored due to fragmented governance, GAO finds.
Route Fifty
Top New Mexico Official Faces 64-Count Indictment; Philly’s Pothole Predicament
Also: Stripping a South Carolina name in Minnesota and North Carolina’s ongoing budget ‘purgatory.’
Defense
The Air Force is Setting Up Tests to Find the Better of Two Fighter Jets
Starting in 2018, the service will pit the A-10 against the F-35.
Defense
As New Book Arrives, Pentagon Warns Special Operators Against Leaks
Defense secretary, SOCOM remind troops to keep secrets as new details of bin Laden raid and other missions emerge.
Management
Agencies Should Celebrate Their Accomplishments
There is no better way to motivate high performance than making it public.
Pay & Benefits
Recruits Begin a Year-Long Isolation Mission to Simulate Mars
An actual trip to the red planet for the NASA recruits could take up to three years.
Oversight
Obama Restores Mount McKinley to Its Original Name of Denali
The park encompassing the mountain has been called Denali National Park since 1980.
Management
Can Joe Biden Be an Alternative to Hillary Clinton?
Some Democrats are desperate for the VP to join the 2016 field.
Nextgov
Hackers Breach Catholic Agency’s Security, Stalk 2-Year-Old Indiana Girl, and Access U. of R.I. Women’s Emails
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
Harsher Storms and Rising Waters Are Forcing Norfolk to Sink or Adapt
Accommodating the future in Tidewater Virginia and beyond: “As waters rise, all coastal communities are going to face what we’re facing right now.”
Management
NOAA Maps The Raging Future of American Wildfires
The risk of major blazes could increase 600 percent by mid-century, say scientists.
Route Fifty
Katrina, 10 Years Later: Facing Our Future Intertwined Natural and Manmade Disasters
What have states and localities learned about mass disruption emergencies and adapting to risk in the decade since the crisis in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?
Defense
Here's How JSOC Became a Manhunting Machine
A brief history of special operations, from Panama to the war on terror.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Issues Plan to Give Feds 1.3 Percent Raise in 2016
Proposal would lift locality pay for first time in six years.
Oversight
Protecting Adulterous Feds, Boosting USPS and Other Ideas From Presidential Candidates
An unexpected defender of the federal workforce emerges.
Management