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Navy’s $2.5B Plan for Shipboard Networks Hits Snag after GAO Partially Upholds Protest
GAO's action could further delay Navy's plans to upgrade the nation’s surface warship fleet.
Route Fifty
New D.C.-Area Express Toll Lanes Test P3 Financing Models
Toll projects so far have proven to be the riskiest types of public-private partnerships.
Oversight
Environmentalists Split With the Obama Administration Over Key Power Plant Rules
The Obama administration is offering the first-ever regulations on the waste from coal-fired plants.
Management
Year in Review: Obama Holds End of 2014 News Conference
Before he left for a Hawaii vacation, the president had big words for Sony at his annual year-end presser.
Nextgov
There’s Still No Governmentwide Definition of the Internet of Things
Key questions about the emerging technology remain unanswered, and the government is still firming up the basics.
Insights
Is IT Procurement in Your Agency as Competitive as You Think?
A November 2014 GBC survey found most federal managers believe their agency's IT procurement process is sufficiently competitive, but a closer look reveals that some procurement offices aren't always following the rules.
Management
OMB Trumpets Progress on Tracking Contractor Performance and Other Cross-Agency Goals
Obama push for data-driven management is paying off, according to update.
Pay & Benefits
Possible Furlough Days Coming to IRS Employees
Full-day agency shutdowns could complement hiring freeze and overtime suspension.
Tech
'The Interview' Is Not the First Time Hollywood Has Killed a World Leader in a Movie
It's also not the first time that Hollywood has caved to world pressure.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Signs TSP Bill Into Law
Smart Savings Act will automatically enroll new feds into a more diverse, age-appropriate fund rather than the safer G Fund.
Management
The Overseas Diplomatic Life is Not All Sips of Tea
"The students, I don’t know how many there were, several thousand, surrounded the cars and began to pelt them with eggs and rocks and to jump up on top of the cars and stamp on the roofs." When Warren Christopher had to deliver bad news in Taiwan.
Management
7 Very Telling Signs Your Job Is a Poor Fit
How to avoid a long-term ‘soul sucking’ experience.
Benefits
Former DOD employee sentenced in $2.5 million health care fraud scheme
A former Defense Department civilian employee was sentenced Dec. 18 to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to a health care fraud scheme though which he collected more than $2.2 million.
Employee Policy
Panel calls for Secret Service staff increases, new White House fence
The panel that conducted an independent review of the Secret Service has issued recommendations calling for improved training, greater funding to increase staff and refresh technology, and stronger leadership to promote a range of new goals.
Employee Policy
New cybersecurity breach exposed feds' info
The Office of Personnel Management notified more than 48,000 federal employees that their personal information may have been compromised in yet another breach of systems used for security clearance background investigations.
Employee Policy
IRS to freeze hiring
IRS plans to freeze hiring and overtime except in the most critical situations due to budget cuts in the fiscal 2015 budget approved by Congress.
Nextgov
Most Federal Agencies Wouldn’t Be Able to Bounce Back from a Sony Hack
60 percent of federal agencies lack contingency plans in the event of a cyber emergency.
Management
The Limits of Obama's Clemency
The president granted pardons and commutations to 20 on Wednesday, but many more wait.
Oversight
Congress Fails to Confirm Postal Nominees, but USPS Says It’s Found a Workaround
Agency had prepared a plan B in the event of congressional inaction.
Defense