Management
Are Civilian Agencies Held to a Higher Standard Than the Military?
Lawmakers expect heads to roll when civilian agencies screw up. Not so much when it’s the military.
Management
How VA Is Trying to Rewrite the Story on Caring for Vets
Maura Sullivan hopes the department’s focus on "success, one veteran at time" will change the narrative.
Nextgov
Can These 40 People Fix Federal IT in 6 Months?
Federal Chief Information Officer Tony Scott on Thursday officially launched the IT Solutions Challenge at the White House.
Pay & Benefits
Don’t Mess With the G Fund
A House proposal would fundamentally change the Thrift Savings Plan’s “safe” investment fund.
Oversight
Despite Cuts, Appropriators Look to Lock Down Some Dam Money
Inland shippers want to capitalize on movement to solve decades-old infrastructure problems.
Defense
Immigration Activists Won't 'Coronate' Hillary Clinton As Their Candidate
At least not until she explains what immigration policy would look like in her White House.
Route Fifty
Kansas's Failed Experiment
The state's budget problems didn't go away after Governor Sam Brownback's reelection—they got worse. Will the lesson of tax-cuts-gone-awry give Republican candidates pause in 2016?
Oversight
Play of the Day: Fixing Rand Paul's Campaign
His videos and his slogan need a lot of work.
Management
Madam CEO, Fetch Me a Coffee
Women in business are still expected to bring cupcakes, answer phones and take notes.
Employee Policy
Secret Service supervisor under investigation
The Secret Service has taken the “unusual step” of placing a senior employee on administrative leave while he is being investigated for allegedly sexually harassing one of his employees.
Employee Policy
USPS tweaks consolidation plan deadlines for some facilities
The National Postal Mail Handlers Union notified its members that the U.S. Postal Service has modified some of the deadlines in its most recent list of changes to its facilities consolidation program.
Employee Policy
No April Fool's joke for smuggler
Customs and Border Protection said its New York officers are always turning up "interesting concealment methods" for smuggling drugs.
Defense
Reenacting War to Make Sense of It
A new documentary follows a group restaging battles from Vietnam, including enthusiasts hoping to emulate the reality of conflict, and veterans trying to better understand it.
Route Fifty
New York City Residents Getting Direct Say in How $25 Million Is Budgeted
“We, as a representative government, should respond and should listen to that vote,” the City Council speaker says.
Nextgov
First Draft Big Data Framework Seeks to Tackle the Big Questions First
It's part of NIST's efforts to standardize global conversations about big data.
Pay & Benefits
Compensation for Cyber-Breach Victims, Parking Perks for 'Special' Feds and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Nextgov
The Dot-Gov Rejects: The 1,000 Government Websites Shuttered Over Past 10 Years
Some of the websites clearly never caught on.
Management
How Mass Surveillance During the Drug War Helped Justify Spying on Citizens
How justification for programs during the war on drugs turned into rationalization for spying on citizens in the war on terror.
Defense