Management
The Art of Not Working at Work
At first, the ability to check email, read ESPN, or browse Zappos while on the job may feel like a luxury. But in time, many crave more meaningful—and more demanding—responsibilities.
Nextgov
Does Anybody Really Know How Many Cyber Professionals the Government Needs?
Quantifying the precise cyber talent gap remains an inexact science. Can a single federal cyber jobs database help?
Nextgov
An Outdoorsy Plea for Open Federal Campsite Data
Recreation.gov needs an API requirement, outdoorsy companies say.
Route Fifty
Voters to Weigh Tax Caps, Increases
Several states, including Tennessee and Georgia, will have taxation measures on ballots Tuesday.
Oversight
Three Key Questions Will Determine What Direction Election Winds Are Blowing
If there is a wave, it is the open Senate seats in Colorado and Iowa, as well as the seats held by Sens. Kay Hagan and Jeanne Shaheen, that will sound the alarm.
Defense
Victims of Toxic Chemicals Fight for Benefits From VA
Former Marines who spent time at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina are among the victims.
Defense
Did a SEAL Team Six Member Violate the Espionage Act?
At the top, federal employees leak with impunity. At the bottom, they're at the mercy of an opaque apparatus that masquerades as justice.
Oversight
Will Boehner's Lawsuit Compromise the House General Counsel?
Former in-house counsels say the suit against Obama is too political for the nonpartisan office.
Oversight
Play of the Day: State Legislatures Are Productive--And Terrifying
The laboratories of democracy have nearly unchecked power.
Management
10 Creative Careers That Rely on Science and Math
Knowledge of STEM subjects isn't just essential for physicists or computer engineers. Fashion designers, zookeepers, and deep-sea divers also use it every day.
Employee Policy
Many feds bolster education during careers
Federal employees as a group not only are more educated than the private-sector work force as a whole, but many feds also improve their educational levels during their federal careers, a new report shows.
Employee Policy
Pentagon issues Ebola protocols for DOD civilians
The Defense Department issued a memorandum detailing protocols for monitoring DOD civilian employees for infection with the Ebola virus during and on return from deployment in West Africa.
Benefits
Five plans to drop out of FEHB
The Office of Personnel Management said that five health insurance plans are dropping out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for the 2015 plan year.
Route Fifty
Colorado, Oregon Voters Set to Decide GMO Labeling Rules
With no federal guidelines in place, the big battle over genetically modified food products is playing out at the state level.
Management
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Get to Space
NASA says rising sea levels threaten launch facilities.
Oversight
Who Controls Foreign Policy: The President or Congress?
A Supreme Court case over whether passports for people born in Jerusalem should read "Israel" or not could have a surprisingly big effect on the balance of power in the United States.
Management
What to Expect From Procurement in 2015
Streamlining agency purchasing systems can unearth surprising savings.
Defense
Troops, Defense Employees Will Have Less Money for Extended Travel Starting Nov. 1
Opponents of a new policy designed to cut costs had hoped the Pentagon would delay its implementation, pending further debate.
Management