Management
Quality Cost Data Is Key to Making Better Management Decisions
Executives must distinguish between two important (and often confused) types of cost estimating.
Oversight
Remember the Veterans Health Care Crisis?
Here's what Congress needs to do to push reform legislation over the final hump before campaign season hits.
Oversight
Boehner Defends Plans to Sue Obama Over Executive Power
Democrats call it an election-year ploy.
Nextgov
Pro-Russian Hackers Mug Key Ukrainian Bank
Cyber Berkut allegedly published customer data from PrivatBank, co-owned by the pro-government Dnipropetrovsk region's governor.
Nextgov
Syrian Electronic Army Spreads False Rumors of Israel Nuclear Leak
Pro-Assad hacktivists usurped the Israeli Army’s Twitter feed to post a potentially volatile message.
Management
USPS Will Shed 3,000 Employees by 2015, Through Retirements or Layoffs
Postmasters can receive one-time $10,000 payment.
Management
Veteran Dies in VA Hospital Cafeteria After Waiting 30 Minutes for an Ambulance
Cafeteria is just a five-minute walk from the facility's ER.
Management
Happy Birthday, America. Now What About National Preparedness?
How to build a multijurisdictional homeland security framework.
Nextgov
Do You Want To Pay for USPS Shipping With Cash Or Bitcoin?
An agency inspector is polling citizens for an upcoming audit of potential “innovative payment methods” for letters and parcels.
Nextgov
Hackers Log Into DQ, Remember the ‘80s, and Rip Off Poor People
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Defense One
‘You Have to Kill Them’ Says Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq
America can ‘twiddle our thumbs’ no longer, say former U.S. ambassadors in the region. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
Pay & Benefits
USPS Employees Used Travel Cards for Grocery Shopping, Eating Out
Better oversight of employees’ use of the cards can reduce bad publicity, report says.
Management
Agencies Defend New Contract for Firm That Vetted Snowden and Navy Yard Shooter
USIS wins immigration services work.
Defense
Iraq's Probably Going to Need Help Taking Back Its Country
But Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said no U.S. troops will perform combat missions.
Management
Federal Jobs Picture Changes Little in June
Postal Service adds 1,800 jobs but rest of federal government stays flat.
Pay & Benefits
White House Summit Reignites Talk Of Paid Parental Leave for Feds
President Obama wants the government to be a model for the American workforce, but paid parental leave for civilian employees is no closer to reality.
Defense One
Dempsey Says Iraq Can’t Beat ISIL, Won’t Rule Out More U.S. Troops
Don’t call it ‘mission creep’ in Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey says, call it ‘mission match.’ By Stephanie Gaskell
Tech
Commerce, Prisons Bureau at High Risk for Losing Email
The National Archives scores agencies on compliance with records preservation laws.
Oversight
Ethics Chair: House Will Reverse Itself on Disclosure of Free Trips
The panel's decision to delete a disclosure requirement—as lawmakers' travel climbs—sparked quick criticism.
Defense