Management
4 Easy Steps to Boost Citizen Engagement
Whether it’s disaster planning or flu shots, targeting your message gets people to take action.
Oversight
IGs Should Do a Better Job of Helping Whistleblowers
POGO jabs Homeland Security, USAID and Railroad Board for failing to provide information about protections.
Management
Immigration Judges Want to Break Free from the Justice Department
Judges warn of retirement ‘tsunami’ if changes aren't made, cite record backlog amid border crisis.
Nextgov
UK Prisons Issued Encrypted Drives to Stop Leaks But Had No Luck
Turns out, disk encryption wasn't turned on.
Oversight
Will Republicans Shut Down the Government Again?
House GOP leaders fear a conservative revolt when government funding comes up for a vote next month.
Tech
Uber’s War on Lyft Could Prompt Federal Investigation
The ride-share service’s apparent attempts to sabotage its competitors might become red meat for the Federal Trade Commission or state attorneys general.
Management
Federal Employees Are Donating More Than 80,000 Pounds of Food Each Day to Food Banks
Still, it looks like workers will fall short of last year’s record Feds Feed Families haul.
Defense
Fort Lee Releases Name of 33-Year-Old Female Shooter
Sgt. 1st Class Paula M. Walker was a human resources specialist stationed at the base since December 2011.
Management
Job Requirements Are Mostly Fiction and You Should Ignore Them
Hiring managers get overexcited and list too many things, even though only a few parts of the description are truly core.
Oversight
Federal Deficit Is Set to Rise Sharply, CBO Warns
Growing shortfalls will limit lawmakers' flexibility to handle fiscal challenges.
Management
The Procrastination Doom Loop—and How to Break It
Why the science of delaying hard work is all about your mood.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Fox News Has A Beef With How Ferguson Has Been Covered
A news organization is upset with how other news organizations are covering a national event.
Defense
Coast Guard Narrowly Avoids Sparking World War III
A Coast Guard fired a single shot at an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf. Somehow, We are not at war with Iran.
Pay
Postal workers to get COLA
The American Postal Workers Union on Aug. 25 advised members that they will receive a cost-of-living adjustment of $686 per year in September.
Employee Policy
OPM to conduct usability study of USAJOBS
The head of the Office of Personnel Management said the agency is looking for volunteers to help it research ways to make its USAJOBS employment website easier to use.
Benefits
VA IG: No conclusive evidence that VHA delays caused deaths
A report from the inspector general of the Department of Veterans Affairs said that although an IG review of patients at VA's Phoenix Health Care System revealed poor-quality care and delays in obtaining care, investigators were unable to conclude that those factors caused patient deaths.
Tech
Is There a Better Way to Measure Earthquakes?
USGS' logarithmic magnitude scale is confusing to many, but it's here to stay.
Nextgov
Police Allegedly Vetted Dates Using Law Enforcement Database
While working at an investigations bureau in California, cops visited dating websites Tinder, eHarmony and Match.com.
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