Defense
Troops, Defense Employees Will Have Less Money for Extended Travel Starting Nov. 1
Opponents of a new policy designed to cut costs had hoped the Pentagon would delay its implementation, pending further debate.
Management
Watchdog: Congress Should Help HUD Improve List of Buildings for Homeless
Inventory of agency properties that could become shelters called too broad.
Pay & Benefits
More than 25,000 Feds Will Have to Switch Health Plans in 2015
Five plans are dropping out of FEHBP, while four new plans are coming in.
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Navy Takes on Internet of Things with New Task Force
"Task Force Cyber Awakening" will draw from the head U.S. Cyber Command's reaction strategy to a major Navy computer system hack.
Management
Prescription Drug Payments Still Going to Dead People, Watchdog Finds
CMS struggles to enforce pharmacy reporting deadlines on HIV treatments.
Management
How Does Clinton Overcome Obama?
Her biggest problem won’t be age, her campaign strategy, or GOP attacks. It will be that many voters lack faith in government.
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When Government is the Hacker, How Do You Protect Yourself?
FBI malware and mass government surveillance breach U.S. citizens’ privacy, tech firms say.
Oversight
Republicans Lower Expectations on Obamacare Repeal
Mitch McConnell reminds voters why repeal isn't going to happen in the 114th Congress, even if he becomes Senate majority leader.
Defense
'An Epidemic of Fear': Ebola in the United States
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci's lessons from three decades of public health crises.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Is Texas Turning Away from Conservatives?
Lone Star politicians express themselves a little differently.
Management
7 Workplace Vampires That Can Suck the Life Out of You
How to keep your distance and conserve your emotional energy.
Route Fifty
New Socrata Benchmarking Study Details Open Data Attitudes Across the U.S.
Study shows that open data is no longer just about transparency and good government. It's also about public trust, engagement, jobs creation and economic development.
Defense
One Agency's Short-Lived Idea to Have Its Employees Test a New Ebola Vaccine
News editors at VOA found volunteers, but BBG general counsel balked.
Oversight
House Republicans Can't Find Anyone to Sue the President
The silver lining? The two law firms ditched the case so quickly they didn't perform enough work to cost taxpayers any money.
Nextgov
White House Challenge: Make Our First 3-D Printed Christmas Ornament
You don’t even need a 3-D printer.
Defense
CDC to Award More Money to Fight Ebola
The $10 million grant will go to multiple recipients.
Management
Just Looking at Cash Makes People Selfish and Less Social
Money might not be the root of all evil, but it is the root of some.
Management
Team Obama Isn't Blinking on Cutting Carbon
Even under the threat of a Republican Congress, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz insists the White House will keep pushing for lower emissions.
Tech
Puzzling Fact: Trade Envoys May Not Text Foreign Counterparts
Federal Records Act requires archiving except for transitory messages.
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