Defense
Should Red Meat Warnings Include Damage to the Environment?
A political battle shapes up around federal dietary guidelines.
Management
FutureGen is Done: Energy Ends Troubled Bush-Era Coal Electricity Project
A 12-year-old vision for a public-private partnership to create an advanced, climate-friendly coal-fired power plant has come to an apparent end.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Rand Paul and Barack Obama Talk Vaccines
A hot topic becomes even hotter when these two enter the fray.
Employee Policy
NTEU says situation dire at IRS
Addressing an audience at her union's annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C., National Treasury Employees Union President Colleen Kelley warned delegates that agencies will begin to fail at their missions if Congress continues to cut funding.
Employee Policy
Dems call for 'clean' DHS funding bill
After Senate Democrats closed ranks to reject a Republican-sponsored fiscal 2015 appropriations bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, the ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee urged his colleagues to pass a "clean" version of the bill.
Benefits
Where are my drugs?
Thanks to an idea suggested by a Department of Veterans Affairs employee, vets now can track the status of most of their prescriptions online, the department said.
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Boston Activates a New Snow-Removal Tracking Tool
Mayor Marty Walsh: ‘Snow Stats brings the people of Boston closer to municipal government.’
Nextgov
The Public Participation Playbook Goes Live
After months of work by both the government and public, the new handbook is ready to help foster engagement.
Pay & Benefits
Five Charts That Show the Pentagon's Shrinking Civilian Workforce
The percentage of Uncle Sam's civilians employed at the Defense Department is decreasing.
Management
Obama Administration Frustrates Inspectors General on Records Access
House hearing on agency 'stonewalling' reveals split over which laws take precedence.
Oversight
Republicans: Obama's Budget Is Providing 'a Good Laugh'
Federal employee groups like the White House's blueprint, but the plan is unlikely to get very far on Capitol Hill.
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A 30-Year Plan for U.S. Transportation Summed Up by One Word: Choice
With "Beyond Traffic," Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx pivots U.S. policy away from cars and toward multimodal options.
Management
Work From Home, Just Not Alone and Not in Your Own Home
The Scandinavian startup Hoffice aims to bring rigor and productivity to the concept of home-based co-working spaces.
Management
The Federal Government is Getting Ready For the Commercialization of the Moon
How will the government regulate lunar development?
Management
Obama Administration Announces New Rules on NSA Spying
A new report from the intelligence community outlines post-Snowden changes to how the government spies on Americans and foreigners.
Pay & Benefits
Senior Executive Service Is Meant to Be Mobile, Lawmaker Says
Republican defends bill to reassign top career VA employees to new posts every five years.
Pay & Benefits
NTEU Troops Blitz Congress Seeking 3.8 Percent Pay Raise, End to Sequestration
Sen. Hirono tells legislative conference she backs the union’s agenda on pay and agency funding.
Management
DHS Spending Bill Stalls in the Senate As Deadline for a Partial Shutdown Draws Closer
Mitch McConnell now faces the same problem with his party’s right flank as Boehner does in the House.
Management
Exactly How Much Sleep Is 'Enough'?
New recommendations from the National Sleep Foundation
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