Insights
What Can the Military Do About the Readiness Crisis?
The military faces a looming readiness crisis as sequestration threatens to return, troops return to garrison, and the nature of warfare evolves. To offset these pressures on its own accord, the military can reevaluate how it trains its personnel.
Nextgov
What's Under the Hood of GSA's $100M Cloud Contract
Don’t worry: Aquilent says it won’t be a cloud broker in name only.
Management
Edward Snowden Is More Admired than President Obama in Germany and Russia
Obama wants the fugitive leaker to return home and face trial, but a lot of Europe still loves him.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Hillary Clinton Weighs In On Vaccinations... And Other Things
The former State Department head took to Twitter to point out some obvious facts.
Oversight
Democrats Flip the Script on Security Spending
They attempt to use Paris, Islamic State, and 9/11 in debate over DHS bill and immigration.
Employee Policy
APWU opposes Staples-Office Depot deal
The American Postal Workers Union, which has been leading the fight against a U.S. Postal Service initiative that places USPS retail counters manned by non-postal employees in Staples office supply stores, said it will “vigorously oppose” Staples' $6 billion acquisition of Office Depot announced this week
Employee Policy
GPO completes buyouts
The Government Publishing Office reduced its workforce by 5 percent using employee buyouts during the first quarter of fiscal 2015, the agency announced Feb. 4.
Pay
Oversight committee leaders indicate support for 2016 pay raise
Addressing an audience of federal union members, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) offered a ray of hope for feds, saying that he supported the “idea of a pay raise” for federal employees.
Oversight
Oversight Leaders From Both Parties Endorse Pay Raise for Feds
But agreement over treatment of federal workforce largely stops there.
Pay & Benefits
Prescription Drug Price Hikes, Pay Raises, Benefits in the 2016 Budget and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Nextgov
Pentagon Proposes At Least $27M to Grow Ranks of Cyber Forces
The military services each want to bring on board an additional 20 to 60 computer security whizzes starting next fall.
Management
Justice Department Exec Pulled Strings to Get Son Hired, IG Finds
The watchdog found ethics violations in the Interpol Washington office.
Management
How Not to Ask for a Recommendation Letter
When we work up the courage to ask, we often end up saying the wrong thing.
Defense
Ash Carter's Confirmation Hearing Is Not About Ash Carter
The Senate Armed Services Committee isn't going to let President Obama or the Pentagon off easy.
Nextgov
Calling Agile Contractors: Come Show and Tell for 18F
Officials at the General Services Administration and 18F are now sending a message to the traditional contracting industry: We need your help, too.
Route Fifty
‘Igniting Innovation’ Puts Public Sector Projects in ‘Shark Tank’-like Contest
Utah hunting licensing app entry one of a handful of state and local finalists competing in D.C.
Management
Government’s Publisher Cuts Staff by 5 Percent Through Buyouts
The agency estimates it will save $7 million in fiscal 2015 from trimming workforce.
News
When Obama’s Veto Threat Is Serious
The administration usually leaves itself some wiggle room. But not always.
Oversight