Management

The Irish Prime Minister Is Here and He Won’t Stop Talking About U.S. Immigration Reform.

Barack Obama meets with Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny in the Oval Office Tuesday.

Management

Former VA Union President Arrested for Alleged Embezzlement

Stephanie Hicks allegedly stole more than $132,000 from the AFGE chapter at the Birmingham, Ala., veterans hospital.

Management

Nearly Half of the Largest Federal Contractors Are Also Receiving Federal Grants and Loans

Nonprofit’s “corporate welfare” study names Boeing as top “double dipper.”

Oversight

Democrats and Republicans Agree: The Secret Service Is Not Working

Members of the House Appropriations Committee grilled the agency’s director on Tuesday about a string of security failures.

Management

You Are Almost Certainly Starting Salary Negotiations Wrong

Range is much more important.

Management

FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power Advances Despite Privacy Fears

Google had warned that the rule change represents a "monumental" constitutional concern.

Management

Don't Worry About the U.S. Hitting Its Debt Limit Yet

Thanks to increases in tax revenue, a sliding deficit, and extraordinary measures by the Treasury Department, there is time before the U.S. could default.

Oversight

The Big Winner in the House GOP Budget? The Pentagon

Plan leaves sequestration in place, but adds money for Defense in accounts technically considered emergency funding.

Oversight

Three Obstacles that Threaten to Derail the Republican Budget

A plan that actually can pass both chambers will be hard to write, and very easy to mess up.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Where Has Putin Been For 10 Days?

Seth Meyers has a plastic surgery theory… but not the one you're thinking.

Management

​Five Ways to Avoid GAO’s High-Risk List

The challenge isn’t just performance measurement, but also communication.

Employee Policy

Federal Coach: Millennials make ideal public servants

While there are social and cultural differences between different generations, we too often rely on oversimplified ideas about younger workers — and as a result, focus on trying to solve the wrong problems.

Retirement

House budget proposal targets federal retirement

House Republicans on March 17 released a fiscal 2016 budget proposal which once again includes a measure that would increase the amount federal employees must contribute to their retirement.

Benefits

VA changes method for determining eligibility

The Department of Veterans Affairs said it eliminated net worth as a factor in determining a veteran's eligibility for VA health care.

Employee Policy

Army opens more positions to women

A directive signed last month will open more than 4,100 U.S. Army Special Operations Command positions to women.

Defense One

Tom Cotton, the GOP's Newest Hawk, Takes Flight

Is Sen. Tom Cotton the hawk to lead the GOP back to national security supremacy?

News

Union Boss and George W. Bush Deliver Message to Obama: Give Feds a Raise

AFGE leader uses face-to-face with president at Selma march to pitch pay raise for federal workforce.

Defense

Study: Americans Are Mostly OK With Government Surveillance

Americans seem to have greeted the revelations about government snooping from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden with a shrug.

Management

White House Calls Loretta Lynch Delay 'Unconscionable'

The administration made it clear Monday that the Senate delay in attorney general confirmation has been "disappointing."

Management

Obama Says 'a Few Bad Apples' Not Emblematic of VA Workforce

President still supports creation of new, third-party advisory board.