Pay & Benefits
Report: Boosting Military Retiree Health Costs Would Save Billions
Defense now pays $52 billion annually -- about 10 percent of its base budget -- toward health care.
Oversight
IRS Training Guidance Doesn’t Appear to Have a Smoking Gun
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act cover period before agency’s mishandling of applications.
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BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
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It’s Official: Accenture Wins Contract to Manage HealthCare.gov
HHS will pay the contractor $91 million to manage the site for one year.
Tech
Innovation Fellows Detail Efforts to Improve Agency Operations
Projects range from user-centered Web design to a “Google” for procurement price data.
Management
Zappos Is Nixing Managers, But Are They Needed?
Imagine if government was run by self-governing 'circles.'
Management
Obama: NSA Reforms Should Give Americans 'Greater Confidence'
But will they be enough to satisfy critics?
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Target Data Breach Saga Is Starting to Resemble an International Spy Thriller
It may be part of a larger, unprecedented attack on U.S. retailers by Russian hackers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to Get Off the NSA's Grid
Stephen Colbert has tips to avoid the surveillance.
Oversight
Crusader Against Government Waste Cuts Senate Career Short
Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is battling a recurrence of cancer.
Tech
Obama Plan Would Limit NSA Phone Sweeps
Under proposal, government would no longer retain phone records.
Management
4 Ways to Boost Morale—Even When Incentives Are Scarce
How you can make your office a bright spot in the gloomy federal landscape.
Management
Omnibus Spending Bill Sails Through Senate; Headed for Obama's Signature
Bill prevents another shutdown and provides more than $1 trillion in discretionary funding for agencies.
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NSA on Text Messages: 'A Goldmine to Exploit'
NSA and British partners collect 194 million texts a day.
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Gates Tells Jon Stewart He 'Failed' on Joint Health Record
Could not overcome turf wars, the former Defense secretary says.
Oversight
Congress Pushes Forward on Security Clearance Reform Bill
Legislation provides more oversight of government and contract investigators.
Management
Federal Contractors Saw Available Work Shrink in 2013
New York Times analysis says awards fell 11 percent.
Defense One
Congressional Intel Leaders Want Little Changed Ahead of Obama Speech
House and Senate intelligence committee bosses hope that whatever NSA and other reforms President Obama wants, he can do with executive authority and without legislation. By Stacy Kaper and Michael Catalini
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