Management
The Most Valuable Management Degree Doesn’t Exist
To make organizations more effective, we need data-driven leaders.
Oversight
Blowing the Whistle at Your Agency May Have Just Gotten Easier
Senator is creating a new caucus to ensure whistleblower protections are enforced.
Oversight
House Panel Holds Ex-IRS Official in Contempt
Oversight panel divides over whether Lerner waived Fifth Amendment rights.
Nextgov
GSA Announces Plan to Simplify Federal Contracting
Initiative puts expert advice in specific acquisition categories.
Nextgov
Telework Week Saved Feds 14 Million Miles, $13 Million
The stats are in for the annual telework event.
Management
Sweden: The New Laboratory for a Six-Hour Work Day
Officials hope less time at the office will make workers healthier and more productive.
Defense One
The Navy Just Turned Seawater Into Jet Fuel
Researchers announce a major breakthrough, but don’t go filling your F-18 with ocean water just yet. By Patrick Tucker
Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
The Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution includes several provisions affecting the government workforce.
Management
Innovation Lessons Down Under
How the Australian Public Service built an institutional framework that empowers change.
Nextgov
The Heartbleed Bug Shows How Fragile the Volunteer-Run Internet Can Be
It's the worst thing to happen to the Internet since it became a mass medium in the early 2000s, one CEO says.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Obama's Equal Pay Hypocrisy
Watch Stephen Colbert explain how White House women are getting the short end of the pay stub
Nextgov
HealthCare.gov Still Glitchy for Medicaid Enrollees
The size of the problem is hard to pinpoint, as experiences vary by state and info is largely anecdotal.
Oversight
Republicans Want to Fire Someone to Stop Preventable Veteran Deaths
But VA officials warn against widespread punishment for what they see as a limited problem.
Defense
CIA Used Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs to Torture Terrorism Detainee
This is one of many new details from the soon-to-be-released Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture programs.
Defense
The Psychological Toll of 12 Years of War
How our nation's military has become an experiment in how prolonged conflict affects mental health.
Pay & Benefits
Obese Feds Can Now Have Their Diet Pills Covered
OPM also wants to make it easier to receive bypass, lap band surgeries.
Defense One
‘Back to the Future’ Foreign Policy
Defense spending as a share of GDP measures militarization of our society, but that does not necessarily mean strength. By Ben Freeman and Mieke Eoyang
Management
8 Ways We Bring Our Co-Workers Down
How to shake 'attitude brands' that can damage your career.
Defense One
Could Big Data Have Prevented the Fort Hood Shooting?
Researchers say an experimental software program might have been able to get Army Spec. Ivan Lopez help before he pulled the trigger. Here’s how. By Patrick Tucker
Defense