Management
IG: Energy Lab Lobbied Officials for $2.4 Billion No-Bid Contract
Sandia National Laboratories used government funds in efforts to extend Lockheed Martin’s management deal without competition.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Moves Closer to Offering Mutual Fund Option
Board still has more homework to do on costs and implementation, but so far supports the additional investment flexibility for feds.
Defense
One in Six Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Might Have PTSD
It could be decades before we know the depth of veterans' health problems.
Management
How Future Thinkers Can Revolutionize Strategic Planning
Some countries are institutionalizing anticipatory government; so can the U.S.
Defense One
Bob Work's Quest To Fix The Pentagon's Budget
The Pentagon’s budget process has been turned on its head after 5 years of congressional gridlock, but that’s not stopping Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work from trying to fix it. By Marcus Weisgerber
Pay & Benefits
Health Care Choices, Retirement Savings Safeguards, Faster Holiday Travel and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Small Businesses Might Not be Getting a Say in Rules That Affect Them
Study by nonprofit suggests big-business interests are co-opting OSHA, EPA, CFPB review panels.
Nextgov
Of Asteroids and ETs: How Cloud Innovation is Driving Space Exploration
In just a few years, cloud computing could help aid the search for extraterrestrial life.
Management
Can Obama Split the Difference on Immigration?
Obama promised reform by the end of the year. Now he has to choose whom to offend. It's not a yes-or-no choice, but neither his critics nor his supporters will be happy with anything in between.
Oversight
SBA Takes Flak Over Revising Company Size Standards
Committee chairman calls proposed rule a “capricious” threat to IT industry.
Defense
The Quiet End to the U.S. Ebola Panic
Calm could work against Obama's request for an additional $6.2 billion to fight the disease both domestically and abroad.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Gum Chewing Heard Around the World
Barack Obama visits China and commits a faux pas.
Management
The Four Types of Sleep Schedules
A new study suggests that some people are neither "owls" nor "larks"
Nextgov
Keystone State Aims to Kill the Password
The commonwealth's login network could help secure online shopping and other e-commerce services worldwide.
Management
Hacked Employees File Charges Against Postal Service
Union, lawmakers, unhappy with USPS secrecy.
Management
3 Tips to Help Federal Leaders Prepare for a New Congress
How to field data and hearing requests so you can focus on strategy.
Nextgov
Federal Customer Experience 'Downright Bleak'
Six federal agencies earned an average of “very poor." HealthCare.gov scored the lowest.
Defense
150 Years of Burials at Arlington
A history of the Virginia cemetery where 400,000 U.S. servicemen are interred
Defense
Unemployment Among Post-9/11 Vets Is Still High
But efforts by the government and the private sector to hire former service members are making a difference, data shows.
Management