Oversight

ISIS May Be Using Bitcoin and This is Worrying Treasury Department Regulators

Last summer, Sky News reported that one pro-ISIS blog discussed using the digital Currency.

Defense

Pentagon: Sexual Assaults Are Down on Military College Campuses

Defense Department estimates there were 200 fewer victims among academy students in 2014 than in 2012.

Nextgov

HealthCare.gov 2.0: By the Numbers

How the second edition of the scandal-plagued website is doing.

Management

The Alarming, Long-Term Consequences of Workplace Stress

Health problems associated with job-related anxiety account for more deaths each year than Alzheimer's disease or diabetes.

News

The Interior Department Knows How to Celebrate Valentine's Day

A video tribute to love in the National Parks.

Management

OMB's Management Side May Coordinate Earlier With Budgeteers

Controllers expect more agencies to embrace shared services.

Tech

IRS Welcomes Jump in Taxpayers Using Its Website

Call volume around President’s Day expected to strain staff.

Management

Could the Pentagon Take a Cue From Britain on Public-Private Partnerships?

Expanding the use of P3s could ease DOD’s budget pressures.

Nextgov

Here’s How DHS Says a Shutdown Would Affect Cyber Operations

A shutdown could delay the issuing of a key contract award under the multibillion-dollar continuous monitoring program DHS manages.

Management

Even Republicans Love Obama's Immigration Policies

GOP voters support the executive actions in principle, but oppose them once they're linked to the president.

Management

What the FBI Chief Got Right—and Wrong—About Race and Police

James Comey insisted that if citizens saw things from a beat cop's perspective, they'd be more sympathetic.

Management

Say Goodbye to the Classic White Boxy U.S. Postal Truck

The postal service wants to change over its fleet by 2018.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Jeb Bush Should've Been More Candid Over Email

There's some embarrassing stuff in there.

Management

No One Ever Really Fits a Job Description, So Let Applicants Write Their Own

Most of the time, regular job postings are terrible.

Nextgov

The Two Acronyms That are Key to Obama’s New Plan to Fight Hackers

The terms are essential for explaining how the government will expand information sharing with the private sector.

Employee Policy

White House calls for Presidential Innovation Fellows

The White House sent out a call for "innovators and technologists" to apply to become Presidential Innovation Fellows and focus on challenges in the areas of education, climate change, job creation and health and patient care.

Employee Policy

Secret Service panel recommends larger force, more training

Members of a special panel created to examine the Secret Service told Congress that the agency needs to hire an additional 200 uniformed officers and 85 special agents.

Employee Policy

NTEU says taxpayers will feel effects of IRS budget cuts

The National Treasury Employees Union warned that the high expected volume of calls to the IRS during Presidents Day week is going to result in "millions of frustrated callers" because of severe agency understaffing due to budget cuts.

Oversight

Boehner: Blame Democrats If Homeland Security Shuts Down

"I want you to ask the Senate Democrats when they're gonna get off their ass and do something other than to vote 'no,' " the House speaker told reporters Wednesday.

Nextgov

How Tiny Pieces of Space Junk Could Wreak Havoc on US Weather Forecasts

The proliferation of space debris -- and its destructive capacity -- is bad news for the thousands of satellites orbiting Earth.