Route Fifty
How Cities Can Make Money Off Discarded Cigarette Butts
Inspired by New Orleans, Salem, Massachusetts, is deploying an innovative program that cleans up the streets and steers money back into communities.
Management
Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?
Many aspects of daily life require us to be more tech-savvy, no matter the career.
Oversight
Reid vs. White House Tensions Cloud Majority's Final Days
Divides over electoral strategy and a tax deal reflect stresses between the Senate's top Democrat and the Obama administration.
Management
Leaders, Use These Tips to Stay Relevant With Younger Workers
Don’t try to be hip if you’re not.
Management
Can Presidents Be Managers?
Presidents who bask in the policy limelight are surprised and puzzled when their support erodes.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What Congress Can Finally Agree On
Everyone can gree that Nazis shouldn't get Social Security benefits.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Tax Deal That Would Retroactively Boost Mass Transit Benefits
Bill would allow feds to claim a $250 monthly benefit for 2014.
Employee Policy
VA whistleblowers honored
The Office of Special Counsel this week honored three whistleblowers with its Public Servant of the Year award for their disclosures revealing problems with patient care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Employee Policy
Mass transit benefit boost included in tax bill
The House has passed a provision that would increase the mass transit commuter benefit for 2014. The provision equalizes the tax exclusion for employer-provided commuter transit and parking subsidies.
Employee Policy
Military Spouse Employment Partnership expands
Military officials this week inducted 38 more organizations into the Military Spouse Employment Partnership, a public-private effort that helps military spouses find employment.
Route Fifty
17 States Challenge Obama's Immigration Directive
The coalition is being led by Texas governor-elect Greg Abbott.
Nextgov
Agencies Under the Gun to Meet Data Transparency Deadlines
The Obama administration has six months to prove its implementation of a sweeping new data transparency law is on track.
Oversight
Obama's Pick to Head Immigration Agency Caught in Executive-Order Crossfire
Nominee to run ICE has cleared two Senate committees, but it's unclear if Democrats will get her approved before they lose the majority.
Pay & Benefits
New Health Benefit Offering Could Drive Some Feds Out of the Program
OPM says self plus one, available in 2016, will likely decrease costs for some while raising them for others.
Management
Top-Performing Executives to Advise Policymakers on Improving Government Performance
Senior Executives Association and Volcker Alliance create network of Presidential Distinguished Rank Award winners.
News
A Beatle’s Role in Obama’s Immigration Order
Expanded deferred action has its roots in John Lennon's 1970s deportation battle, attorney says.
Nextgov
Don’t Expect a Physical Threat from Iranian Cyberwarriors Anytime Soon
Any nation state needs three qualities -- not just the capability -- to carry out a cyberattack that could crash a plane, cut off power or damage other infrastructure.
Defense
Pistole Offers Valedictory on Once-'Beleaguered' TSA
Colleagues laud shift from 'one-size-fits-all' to risk-based terrorist screening approach.
Management
Video: Never Tell People How Old They Look
Looking at age discrimination in the workplace.
Pay & Benefits