Management
Should Political Sex Scandals Be News?
A new book about Gary Hart and an uncensored letter from the FBI to Martin Luther King Jr. reopen the debate on the line between the private and the political.
Pay & Benefits
Misbehaving VA Execs Could Lose Some of Their Pension Benefits
Bill would give the secretary power to strip a portion of an employee’s retirement benefits on account of wrongdoing or poor performance.
Management
The Complete Guide to Networking For Introverts
It's important to carefully manage interactions and play to their strengths
Route Fifty
City Manager Facing Big Storm: ‘There Is No Bad Weather, Just Bad Clothes’
Successful snow removal efforts rarely attract headlines. For this frigid city, they’re prepared 365 days for inclement weather.
Defense
Five Things You Could Buy for the Price of an F-35
How $180 million could improve national security.
Management
Congress, White House Unite to Kill Useless Reports
Lawmakers of all stripes laud passage of bill striking 53 "unnecessary" agency products.
Route Fifty
Manhattan DA to Help Other Cities Dig Through Their Rape-Kit Backlogs
As untested sexual assault evidence gathers dust in warehouses in other cities, Cyrus Vance Jr. wants to share what's worked in New York City.
Management
Report: BP Tried to Lobby the EPA to Let It Continue As a Government 'Business Partner'
Vice News obtained a confidential 72-page report the company produced to convince the agency to keep giving it contracting dollars.
Defense
$300,000 an Hour: The Cost of Fighting ISIS
What price will the U.S. ultimately pay to neutralize the Islamic State?
Oversight
Move to Authorize Force Against ISIS Unlikely in Lame Duck
White House invites Congress to formally authorize strikes in Iraq and Syria, but neither branch appears eager to make the first move.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What the Ivory Trade Has to Do With Terrorism
The Ivory trade brings the most endangered species: bipartisan agreement.
Nextgov
Risky Business at IRS When It Comes to IT Security, IG Finds
Risk-based decision-making describes the tradeoffs an agency makes -- or doesn’t make -- when confronted with a potential cyber vulnerability.
News
One Way Officials Can Dodge a Question
Activist who tried to pose questions to retired Gen. David Petraeus at an event went to jail instead.
Employee Policy
Lawmakers call for moratorium on USPS facility closures
Two Democratic lawmakers are calling on House appropriators to impose a moratorium on planned closings of mail processing plants and reductions in postal service standards.
Employee Policy
Director of VA's Pittsburgh Healthcare System fired
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has fired the director of the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, but one key House lawmaker said the firing comes far too late.
Benefits
USPS says health insurance premium jump less than OPM estimate
The U.S. Postal Service says that the Office of Personnel Management's estimate that USPS employees and retirees will have to pay about 19 percent more on average for their healthcare premiums in 2015 is far off the mark.
Nextgov
DHS Drafts Blueprints for Self-Repairing Networks as Hacks Mount
Resiliency is the key to preventing the attackers from finding sensitive information or disrupting activities, experts say.
News