Management

The 4 Ways You Make a Strategic Decisions

How recognizing the different types of decisions can help you make better calls.

Nextgov

Drink Up: DHS-funded Liquid Scanner Could Lift Airport Ban on Larger Bottles

The cooler-like box uses magnetic resonance imaging in conjunction with X-rays to quickly detect explosive substances.

Oversight

Anti-Incumbent Fever Won't Oust Many Incumbents

Don't expect many members of Congress to lose their seats next year, despite Congress's 9 percent approval rating.

Management

How the CDC's Trailblazing Use of Analytics Fights Disease

Data helps detect foodborne illnesses faster than ever.

Defense One

A Return to Stoning Won’t Help the Effort to Rebrand Afghanistan

Ryan Crocker, Peter Bergen, Steve Coll and other key national security figures are banding together to keep hope alive for Afghanistan's finale. Karzai isn't helping. By Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Nextgov

Cyber Monday Meets Obamacare and Other HealthCare.gov News

Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.

Pay & Benefits

Virginia Senator: Don’t Target Feds in Deficit Reduction Deal

Repeatedly going after federal employees’ pay and benefits is affecting workforce morale, recruitment and retention, Democrat tells congressional budget panel.

Management

FDIC to Consolidate Northern Virginia Offices

Vacancy in former DARPA building will allow financial agency staff to move closer together.

Pay & Benefits

TSP Officials Worry Feds Who Made Hardship Withdrawals During Shutdown Won’t Return

Agency will encourage the thousands who turned to their retirement accounts for cash during the shutdown to begin contributing again in the spring.

Management

Oversight Chairman Subpoenas OPM on Security Clearances

Issa accuses Archuleta team of resisting probe of allegedly rushed background checks.

Defense

NSA Chief Offered to Resign After Leaks

Officials were worried letting him do so would hand Snowden a victory, report says.

Nextgov

See Something Say Something Has Aided 2,000 Probes, But How Many Arrests?

Public data sets outlining counterterrorism results could help the program shake off a bad rep, advisers say.

Defense One

Done Deal: Iran to Suspend Nuclear Program, Roll Back Weaponization

In a stunning agreement with Western powers, Iran will virtually halt its nuclear program for six months. By Kevin Baron

Nextgov

Boehner's Covered, 500 Visitors and Other HealthCare.gov News

Follow key reporting on the Obama administration’s signature policy initiative.

Oversight

House GOP Prepares Fallback Plan to Avoid January Shutdown

They're considering a short-term continuing resolution that would fund the government through April 15.