Pay & Benefits
TSP Participants Could Be Vulnerable to Hackers, Auditors Say
Once in the system, hackers could take loans or withdrawals from retirement accounts.
Pay & Benefits
New Program Will Give Feds a Break on the Cost of Higher Ed
Partnership between OPM and Vermont college will offer feds and their families up to 70 percent off online tuition rates.
Management
The Risk of Letting Employees Know Where They Rank Versus Their Peers
If your organizational culture is more collaborative, doing so could hurt performance.
Management
Bipartisan Team Launches Effort to Better Assess Whether Programs Work
Bill would establish commission to recommend data for judging programs.
Nextgov
Republican Lawmakers Want More Accountability for US CTO Role
The new legislation would make it easier for lawmakers to compel the U.S. chief technology officer to testify before Congress.
Oversight
Senators See Progress on Lynch Nomination
The House turns to cybersecurity—while President Obama meets a foreign dignitary and the New England Patriots.
Management
Chris Christie's Maneuver to Put Himself Right of the 2016 Field
He’s doing it in New Hampshire—and by tackling entitlements.
Management
Contractor BP Wants You to Think the Gulf Is OK
With billions on the line, the oil giant wants to change minds five years after the Gulf spill.
Management
What Women Want: A Fair Shot at Defense Careers
Start by changing the ‘good old boy’ culture, survey says.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trolls, Raccoons and Trial Lawyers
The patent troll problem is truly out of control.
Employee Policy
Army to cut number of transition units
The Army last week said it would deactivate 10 of its Warrior Transition Units across the country.
Benefits
OPM releases new leave guide for childbirth, adoption
The Office of Personnel Management last week released a new online guide that details employee leave policies related to having a baby, adopting a child or becoming foster parents.
Retirement
BBG offers buyouts, early outs
The Broadcasting Board of Governors on April 20 began offering buyouts to eligible employees.
Route Fifty
With a May 31 Transportation Deadline Ticking, State Officials Wait for Congress to Act
A big challenge for state transportation directors: The “uncertainty of whether or not we’re going to have long-term federal funding.”
Nextgov
White House Promotes Tech Meetups
Under federal CTO Megan Smith, the White House hosted its first tech meetup, encouraging technologists from across the U.S. to network with each other.
Management
Broadcasting Board Offers Buyouts
The application period runs through May 29, and this is the final round the agency will offer in fiscal 2015.
Management
Will Hillary Clinton Embrace Social Security Expansion?
Expanding the program’s benefits has become a central tenet for progressives led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Pay & Benefits
American Tragedy: 20 Years After the Oklahoma City Bombing
Twenty years after the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building devastation, and the only thing we really know for sure is that 168 people should not have died.
Oversight
Republicans Planning 'Big Fights' on Agency Funding to Rein in Bureaucrats
White House says it hopes to hold GOP to its word that shutdown will be avoided.
Management