Management
Want to Innovate? 4 Ways to Stimulate Creativity
Break your non-starter routine with these techniques.
Management
Consumer Bureau Earns Mixed Reviews on Oversight
Fledgling agency should boost transparency, report says.
Pay & Benefits
Employees Will Find Out Their Shutdown Furlough Fate By the End of Friday
Agencies also are expected to post their contingency plans for a government shutdown before the weekend.
Defense
Navy Chief: Sequester Threatens to Undo Four Years of Progress
Mabus warns industry group that ships are sailing less, pilots flying less.
Oversight
Republicans Not Sold on Boehner's Debt-Ceiling Plan
Package could include cuts to federal pensions.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Pensions Could Be At Risk -- Again
House lawmakers might require federal employees to contribute more to their retirement benefits to help pay for a debt limit increase.
Nextgov
Feds Already Knew It's Too Soon for Cyber Workforce Standards
Recent report confirms what federal managers already knew, NIST official says.
Nextgov
Commentary: Looking Ahead to Obamacare's Day 2
With so much emphasis on the Oct. 1 deadline, it’s important to remember this is merely the beginning.
Oversight
Poll: Majority Sides With GOP on Debt-Ceiling Hike
Sixty-one percent say the debt ceiling should be leveraged in exchange for spending cuts.
Oversight
House Republicans Appear Ready to Retreat, Easing Shutdown Fears
Talk has shifted to chipping away at the health care law.
Oversight
The NSA Used to Spy on MLK — and the Senator Who Forced It to Reform
Senator Frank Church helped prohibit the NSA from spying on people in the United States.
Oversight
Chambers May 'Ping-Pong' Spending Bill to Avoid a Shutdown
House demands may include a one-year delay in implementing Obamacare.
Management
Red Tape and Bureaucracy Bungled Hurricane Sandy Warnings
And why that (hopefully) won't happen again.
Oversight
Play of the Day: America's 'Devoted Cruzader'
Ted Cruz and his 'filibuster' are late-night fodder.
Management
Service to America Medal Finalists: The Top Public Servants in Citizen Services
The 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal nominees have been announced for citizen services.
Pay & Benefits
Quiz: What Happens to Pay and Benefits During a Shutdown?
See how much you really know about how you could be affected.
Defense
FBI Releases Chilling Security Camera Footage of Navy Yard Shooter
Video is part of a full report on what the bureau knows about Aaron Alexis so far.
Oversight
Democratic Senator: Obamacare Is Like 'Green Eggs and Ham'
Chuck Schumer thinks Ted Cruz misinterpreted the moral of the classic children’s story.
Oversight
Why Does Congress Need a Whole Seven Days to Solve Its Money Problems?
Report indicates House Republicans may want a one-week funding extension.
Nextgov