News

Federal Employees Honored in Time's 'Person of the Year'

Workers at two agencies recognized with honorary title.

Management

Play of the Day: In Its Defense, The U.S. Is 'Awesome'

Fox News tries a redirect on the torture report's release and Stephen Colbert takes note.

Oversight

Departing Members of Congress Find Their Work Benefits Slipping Away -- Or Already Gone

Served for four decades? Doesn't matter, they're disconnecting your phone anyway.

Oversight

The Senate's Torture Report Cost at Least $40 Million

Sen. Dianne Feinstein is firing back at allegations that her committee is the reason for the torture report’s costly price tag.

Management

Interviews Show the Secret History of the Clinton White House

In newly released interviews, members of Bill Clinton's administration remember his greatest strengths, toughest moments, and worst foibles.

Route Fifty

North Carolina Suburb Empowers Water Customers With Hourly Usage Updates

Cary’s new Aquastar system can help alert residents when they might have a leaky toilet—or, potentially, a more wasteful and costly problem.

Nextgov

Real-Life ‘Criminal Minds’ Team Tries to Root Out Rogue Federal Employees

Researchers say using technology to detect behavioral patterns could help federal managers screen out mischief-makers.

Route Fifty

Seattle Police Make Public Appeal to Help Tackle a Major Tech Problem

The department hopes hackers can help it make more than 1 million hours of surveillance video available while balancing privacy and transparency.

Pay & Benefits

Retirement Wait Times Drop, But OPM Still Falls Short of Goals

Major IT overhaul of claims processing to begin in 2015.

Management

Psychologists' $81M Torture Contract Exposes CIA's 'Remarkably Broad' Acquisition Authorities

Expensive award to potentially underqualified firm raises eyebrows.

Management

Leading America's Workforce

Three initiatives created to spark innovation among senior executives.

Nextgov

6 Tech Takeaways in the New Spending Bill

From the Pentagon’s cloud efforts to a new $35 million cybersecurity center, read some of key tech takeaways of the bill.

Oversight

Winners and Losers From the Deal to Avoid a Shutdown

Things look good for feds, but several agencies continue to bear the brunt of cuts.

Oversight

Udall Calls for CIA Director's Resignation

“The CIA is lying,” the Colorado Democrat said on the Senate floor Wednesday.

Oversight

Hill Democrats' Opposition to Omnibus Is Building

Provisions on Dodd-Frank, campaign finance alienate Pelosi and other top Democrats.

Management

How Sexism Stifles Creativity

When people in mixed-sex groups are told to be "politically correct," their ideas are more numerous and more original.

Defense

Watchdog Creates High-Risk List for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Special IG Sopko warns that corruption could derail U.S. effort to build Afghan self-sufficiency.

Management

Don’t Run in the Pentagon

Leadership lessons from a career in the military.