Pay & Benefits
Presidential Contenders and Pay for Performance, Changes to Prescription Drug Benefits and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Harry Reid: Let's Not Wait Until the Last Minute to Avoid a Shutdown
Bernie Sanders agrees it's time to make a deal to replace sequestration and keep government funded.
Route Fifty
What the Feds Say About Homeless Encampments
An interagency group recommends against local governments forcibly clearing out tent cities.
Oversight
Plan to Criminalize Revenge Porn Will Arrive After Recess
Lawmakers led by Rep. Jackie Speier want to outlaw nonconsensual porn, but they'll be up against opposition from free-speech advocates.
Insights
Feds Think They’re Solid on Customer Service. The Public Isn’t So Sure.
Organizations are starting to recognize the importance of positive federal customer experience, but according to GBC’s latest report, achieving it is still very much a work in progress.
Management
The Only Candidate Making Federal Workforce Issues a Campaign Centerpiece Is Climbing the Polls
Fiorina's post-debate surge could elevate federal employee concerns.
Management
TSA to Move Headquarters to Alexandria
Shift from Arlington, Va., offices projected to save $95 million over 15 years.
Management
Homeland Security Passes Starbucks Audit
Watchdog finds $31,000 tab employees racked up in 2013 at coffee company was mostly legit.
Route Fifty
Race, Pollution, Cancer in Louisiana; Dispatches from Bone Dry California
Also: Ohio lawn-care refuseniks, making the Clean Power Plan bulletproof, Austin music festival lovers meet organic farmers
Management
Clinton Will Give Her Email Server and Thumb Drive to Justice
The Democratic White House front-runner's campaign says she "pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry."
Management
After the Toxic Spill, Colorado's Animas River Was Orange for Days
The waterway is clear again as of Tuesday after the EPA accidentally dumped 3 million gallons of wastewater from a mine into it.
Defense
Let the Great Debate Over the Iraq War Begin -- Again
Forget the primary — it’s gloves off for Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, already beginning to slug it out over who lost Iraq.
Management
Government Is Losing the War for the Best and Brightest
The key to solving big problems is people, not technology.
Oversight
The FDA is Cracking Down on Kim Kardashian’s Instagram Pharmaceutical Promotion
Kardashian failed to describe the risks and side effects of a morning sickness drug.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump and Clinton Are Not Concerned… Or Are They?
The frontrunners in each party are having some frontrunner problems.
Management
Labor Department: American Workers Are Not Getting Much More Productive
If things keep going this way, we might need to rethink our growth expectations.
Management
The EPA Is Working With Several Federal Agencies to Clean Up Its Self-Created Disaster
Millions of gallons of toxic water have leaked into major rivers thanks to an EPA mistake.
Pay & Benefits
NTEU Elects 25-Year Veteran of the Union as President
Tony Reardon, who received 89 percent of the votes cast, replaces long-time leader Colleen Kelley.
Management