Management
FEMA Ups Its Game in Sussing Out Phony Aid Claims
GAO reports Hurricane Sandy-related improper payments are down compared with those for Katrina.
Route Fifty
A Complicated Land Transfer Saga Simmers in North Carolina
Local leaders in Raleigh want to transform a former state psychiatric hospital campus into their own “Central Park." But a deal has been hard to reach.
Oversight
Tom Coburn: The Senate-Stalling Republican No One Hates
Cruz and Coburn have both blocked bills and slowed adjournment. So why does one have so many enemies and the other so few?
Management
Contractor CEO Pleads Guilty to 20-Year Fraud of USAID
Millions of dollars of overbilling found in Iraq, Afghanistan reconstruction.
Management
OPM, State Dept. Employees Sent Home as Several D.C. Agencies Experience Power Outage
No one injured in small fire at OPM headquarters.
Defense
Dick Cheney Tells NBC: 'I'd Do It Again in a Minute'
The former vice president denies that the CIA tortured and says Bush knew everything all along.
Oversight
Democrats' Depressing New Reality in the Spending Deal
The divisions that were on full display during the debate over a $1 trillion spending bill may become the norm in 2015.
Management
Video: Sketch Comedy Show Plays Off Stereotype of TSA Agents as 'Listless'
Key & Peele mock airport security in al Qaeda bit on their show.
Management
Bringing Out the Best in the Executive Ranks
President Obama says the SES is key to making government smarter and faster.
Defense
The Humane Interrogation Technique That Works Much Better Than Torture
Confessions are four times more likely when interrogators adopt a respectful stance toward detainees and build rapport, a study finds.
Nextgov
Agencies Mold Regulations around ‘Voluntary’ Cyber Standards
Coast Guard, NHTSA and FDA are adapting the NIST framework for boat owners, car companies and medical device manufacturers.
Pay
USPS maintenance workers get settlement in subcontracting case
An arbitrator ordered the U.S. Postal Service to pay postal maintenance craft employees $8.6 million after deciding that USPS improperly subcontracted work that could have been performed by bargaining unit employees.
Benefits
VA initiative clears way for private care — or maybe not
The Veterans Choice Cards that the Department of Veterans Affairs began mailing to certain vets last month were supposed to provide those vets with quick access to private care in their communities—but the reality is turning out to be a bit different ...
Employee Policy
Senate averts shutdown; DHS fight moves to next Congress
The threat of a government shutdown passed over the weekend with the Senate's 56 to 40 vote to approve funding for most of the federal government through the remainder of fiscal 2015.
Route Fifty
'Religious Freedom' or a 'License to Discriminate'?
Michigan may soon become the 20th state to pass a religious freedom law. Critics say such laws open the door to discrimination.
Oversight
Senate Approves Massive Spending Measure
Action means most agencies will get full fiscal year funding.
Oversight
Senate Buys Time for Spending Negotiations
Members approve a short-term continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.
Management
Obama Watches ESPN While Pretending to Work
He told ESPN Radio he may turn on the game at night if he's got "a really fat briefing book."
Oversight
Eyeing the Exits, Senate GOP Expects Swift Spending Bill Passage
Lawmakers will wrap up the 113th Congress in a matter of days.
Oversight