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Feds: You Need to Fix Your TSP Passwords This Weekend
The federal retirement program website is changing its policy to stop giving identity thieves clues about how to crack employee passwords.
Pay & Benefits
Phased Retirement Is in Regulation Limbo
The rule implementing the two-year-old law to allow eligible feds to partially retire and work part-time is still under review.
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Cancer Maps Show the Power and Limits of Data for Public Policy
You can learn a lot about people’s vulnerability from where they live, but other factors are tougher to track.
Management
Ex-Employees Want ‘Incompetent’ Forest Service Executive Fired
Letter claims the investigative chief fostered an environment of 'all-consuming chaos, fear, stress, defeat, anger … [and] retaliation.'
Management
Obama Administration Sidesteps Congress With Immigration Proposals
Proposals would allow up to 100,000 highly-skilled undocumented immigrants to stay legally in the United States.
Defense
How Congress Plans to Prevent Military Suicides
Lawmakers hope to use an annual defense bill as a vehicle for mental-health screenings.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How the GOP Woos Donors
All the Republican presidential candidates want to the equivalent of winning <em>The Bachelor.</em>
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The Fingerprint Scanner You Don't Want on Your Smartphone
The FBI plans to offer agents smartphone apps for checking a suspect's biometric data against information in criminal records.
Defense One
Smith Tries for BRAC, McKeon Shoots Him Down
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee says his proposal would avoid the costly mistakes of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure. By Ben Watson
Defense One
Odierno: Ukraine Shows Us ‘You Never Know What’s Around the Corner’
In an exclusive interview with Defense One, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno talks about the future of the Army and the threats posed by an unstable world. By James Kitfield
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Pentagon Smartphone Plan Is Off to a Slow Start
The Defense Department's program for adopting commercial mobile devices is officially operational, but problems remain.
Pay & Benefits
EPA to Collect Retention Bonuses It Mistakenly Paid to Employees
Agency gave nearly $500,000 in incentive payments without properly verifying the need to do so.
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The NSA Might Hire You If You Can Crack Their Coded Tweet
The challenge is 'part of recruitment efforts to attract the best and the brightest.'
Management
Yes, Obama's Management Agenda Is Different From George W. Bush's
Current goal is to drive results by focusing on strategic objectives, not narrower programs, OMB performance officer says.
Defense One
Every Country Will Have Armed Drones Within 10 Years
The proliferation of weaponized drone technology is inevitable, and there’s nothing the U.S. can do to stop it. By Patrick Tucker
Defense
Bill Supports 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops, More Than Obama Proposal
Fiscal 2015 Defense authorization legislation, scheduled for committee markup Wednesday, also upholds pay freeze for general and flag officers.
Pay & Benefits
OPM Finalizes Plan to Allow Most State and Local Government Employees to Run for Partisan Office
Hatch Act update will take effect in June.
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