Insights
Getting Out of Afghanistan Isn't Getting Any Easier
Just months before its December drawdown deadline, the military’s retrograde operations still face considerable hurdles
Management
The Imperfect Attempt to Chase Ebola
Scientists are using computer models to predict the outbreak's next moves, but they can't account for human behavior.
Management
NIH Is Curious About Differences in How Male and Female Mice React to Drugs
$10.1 million study will give 82 grant recipients the opportunity to study whether or not drugs, treatments, and diseases influence the sexes differently.
Management
Wait, Do You Really Need to Print That?
Agencies could save more than $300 million in printing costs by changing employee behavior.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Syria, the iPhone 6 of Wars
It's bigger and it's going to be at least a two-year commitment.
Employee Policy
Teachers' union voices opposition to USPS-Staples retail program
The American Federation of Teachers last week sent a letter to the top executive of the Staples office supply chain to notify the company that the union has asked its members not to buy school supplies at the retailer until the company ends it participation in a U.S. Postal Service retail program that places USPS counters manned by Staples employees in its stores.
Benefits
VA says standard disability claim forms will speed up process
The Department of Veterans Affairs said it will introduce new uniform disability claim forms that will standardize the process for veterans to file claims and initiate appeals.
Pay
DFAS announces new myPay features
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service last week announced several new financial tools made available through its fall update of its myPay online pay management system.
Nextgov
White House to Agencies: We’ve Told You Enough About Software
OMB still rejects GAO recommendation to issue further guidance.
Route Fifty
Cook County Homeland Security Director Discusses the ‘Bedrock’ of Planning
This week, Michael Masters addressed the City Club of Chicago about emergency response and preparedness.
Pay & Benefits
QUIZ: Do You Know How to Be an Ethical Political Appointee?
Seventeen questions to test your knowledge of updated ethics rules.
News
Amazing True Stories of the Bureaucracy!
For one night a year, government’s unsung heroes take center stage.
Defense
Al-Qaida-Affiliated Group Was in 'Final Stages' of Planning Attacks Against the West
U.S. forces launched air strikes against the little-known Khorasan Group Monday night.
Nextgov
FBI Plans Rapid DNA Dragnets
FBI could collect stop-and-swab genetic records in biometric ID database.
Route Fifty
Birmingham Promotes Its Local Tech Cred
Watch civic and business leaders in Alabama’s largest city tout innovation and the local tech sector.
Defense
President Obama Praises Syria Coalition and Warns Extremists 'Plotting' Against America
The president made a brief statement on Monday night's strikes against ISIS and the Khorasan Group in Syria.
Defense
The Voice of al-Qaida Was Just Sentenced to Life in Prison
Sulaiman Abu Ghayth worked closely alongside Osama bin Laden leading up to and after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Management