Oversight
The Obama Scandal That Republicans Won't Let Fade Away
With Republicans in control of the Senate, expect new investigations into old scandals, like Fast and Furious.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Bill To Increase Jobs for Vets
Legislation also would help small businesses by allowing them not to count vets with government health care toward employer mandate.
Route Fifty
How a Seattle Programmer Used Public Records Laws to Push Police to Fix a Surveillance Video Tech Headache
In an expansive interview, a formerly anonymous systems analyst details his plans to assist law enforcement on automated video redactions and greater transparency.
Management
Why Every Agency Needs a Chief Management Officer
The top leader can't do it all in a mere 168-hour week.
Oversight
Four Key Workplace Laws That Don't Apply to Congress
The Office of Compliance has some ideas for updating protections for Hill workers. And it wants a new name.
Defense
The FBI Is Working With France to Find the Charlie Hebdo Gunmen
Agents are conducting “various database searches” to hunt down the attackers.
Management
The Last-Ditch Environmental Push to Defeat Keystone XL
Greens are desperate to keep pro-pipeline majority under veto-proof levels.
Benefits
New OPM rule would head off FEHB coverage gap
The Office of Personnel Management has proposed a new rule that would prevent a gap in coverage for employees who fail to enroll in a new health plan when employees' previous Federal Employees Health Benefits plans or options terminate.
Employee Policy
MSPB report notes shift in federal hiring landscape
The idea of "fair and open competition" for federal jobs has undergone some changes in recent years, according to findings of a new study by the Merit Systems Protection Board.
Employee Policy
Lawmaker demands info on data breach
A key lawmaker is asking a background investigations contractor for more information on the extent of a data security breach at that may have compromised the personal information of more than 40,000 federal employees.
Nextgov
Kim Jong-un’s Operating System Now Available in the Free World
The jingle that plays when you boot up the system is a popular Korean folksong, Motherboard reports.
Nextgov
IBM’s Full-Court Press to Capture DOD Health Records Contract
DOD is expected in June 2015 to award the $11 billion contract for overhauling its electronic health records system.
Nextgov
DISA Aims for Next-Gen System to Secure Millions of Connected Devices
A Jan. 5 request for information queries contractors on a “next-generation” system that would allow the agency to better configure, secure and keep tabs on millions of devices connected to DOD’s networks.
Route Fifty
How a Small Tennessee City Saves Time and Money Reading Utility Meters
Utilities supervisor: “To be Parsons, this little town of Parsons, we are way, way advanced in technology.”
Pay & Benefits
Mileage Reimbursement Hike, Retirement Savings Resolutions and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
Wednesday's Paris Attack Is an Assault on American Values
When Obama committed U.S. forces to combat the Islamic State, he said it was necessary to defend the nation’s core beliefs. That’s why an assault on a French newspaper hits so close to home.
Tech
NASA Scientists Just Discovered the Most Earth-like Planet Ever
Kepler 438b is believed to be 12% larger than Earth and lies within its sun’s "just right" zone.
Oversight
McConnell: I Won’t Back Down From a Fight With Obama
The new Senate majority leader vowed Wednesday to get his chamber working more efficiently.
Oversight