Pay & Benefits
Government’s Publisher to Offer Buyouts, Early Outs to Employees This Fall
Agency wants to reduce its 1,850-person workforce by 5 percent between October and December.
Management
Obama to Cabinet: I Expect Better Performance
President tells agency heads they’ve got room for improvement.
Oversight
Congress Quietly Deletes a Key Disclosure of Free Trips Lawmakers Take
House Ethics reverses decades of precedent as lobbyist-sponsored lawmaker travel expands.
Oversight
Just How Wealthy Is Hillary Clinton?
If elected president, the former secretary of State would be richer than close to four out of five of her predecessors.
Pay & Benefits
Capitol Police Suspend Three Supervisors for False Overtime Claims
The alleged misconduct is the latest in a string of controversies.
Management
Confidence in the Presidency Has Been Tanking for Years
Obama and George W. Bush are both part of a bleak trend.
Defense
Obama to Deploy 200 Combat-Ready Troops to Iraq
This will bring the total number of U.S. forces in Iraq to nearly 800.
Management
Habit Hacks That Make a Difference
How one small tweak in your routine can improve your outlook.
Employee Policy
Being seen and heard at work
Nick Morgan is a communication coach and the author, most recently, of “Power Cues: The Subtle Science of Leading Groups, Persuading Others, and Maximizing Your Personal Impact.” Morgan spoke about how federal leaders can improve their communication skills with Tom Fox.
Employee Policy
USPS to resume facility closures
The U.S. Postal Service said it would resume the closure and consolidation of up to 82 mail processing plants beginning in January 2015.
Employee Policy
House panel drops obligation to report free travel
The House Ethics Committee has quietly voided a requirement for lawmakers to reveal gifts of free, privately funded travel on their annual financial disclosure forms.
Employee Policy
Postmasters offered early outs, incentive payments
About 3,000 eligible postmasters at post offices slated for cutbacks in business hours under organizational changes laid out in the U.S. Postal Service's POStPlan will have the opportunity to accept a voluntary early retirement offer before a reduction in force kicks in at the beginning of 2015.
News
Treasury Posts Proof That Obama Kept Promise to Give Up 5 Percent of His Salary
Department shows the president followed through on 2013 sequester promise.
Nextgov
ISIS Opponents Take Aim at Its Online Presence
Groups as different as Anonymous and the U.S. government are taking the fight to ISIS on the Internet.
Management
The Four Biggest Challenges the Next VA Secretary Faces
McDonald will inherit a scandal-plagued department with few easy fixes.
Nextgov
The Downside of Not Exhausting a $6 Billion Cyber Contract
Agencies are partially taking advantage of a bulk-price deal to automate network threat-tracking.
Defense
Audit Questions Savings in Pentagon Plan to Cut Strategic Command, Other Senior Staff
Plan would exclude from consideration a lot of positions that could be cut, GAO finds.
Management
President Obama Announces Plan to 'Fix As Much of Our Immigration System As I Can'
In a Monday statement from the White House, the president laid out a path for executive action.
Oversight
Democrats Face Unfair Fight in Midterms
Democrats face a heavy headwind going into the midterms due to the president’s low approval ratings.
Pay & Benefits