Management

Brookings Launches Center to Improve Public Management

Former Gore aide hopes to address governance challenges with 'cutting-edge' research.

Tech

How to Get a $173,000 Job as the NSA’s Privacy Officer

Can you be both righteous and morally flexible?

Defense One

Obama’s 5 Rules for the Middle East

It may not be a strategy but at the United Nations on Tuesday, President Obama outlined his five 'core interests' for the United States in the Middle East and North Africa. By Stephanie Gaskell

Management

The White House Launches Its Obamacare PR Blitz

President is rallying the troops from now until the end of the enrollment period in six months.

Defense

The Justice Department's AP Leaker Was an Ex-FBI Agent

Sachtleben will plead guilty to charges of unlawfully disclosing national defense information and face 43 months in prison.

Nextgov

Making the President Viral

Obama’s digital reelection team focused on what the president’s supporters wanted their friends to think they liked.

Oversight

Senate Tees Up Clash Over Shutdown Threat, Obamacare

Texas Republican’s bid to filibuster stopgap spending bill encounters a setback.

Nextgov

From Twitter Revolution to Twitter Diplomacy in Iran

President Rouhani’s foreign minister is engaging in Twitter diplomacy; activists wonder when they can too.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Breaking Bad Government

How does Walter White's tactics apply to the government?

Defense One

Pentagon Prepares for Government Shutdown

Officials at the Pentagon are warning employees to prepare for a government shutdown on Sept. 30. By Stephanie Gaskell

Nextgov

Q&A: Author Says Pentagon Underreported Nuclear-Weapon Accidents

Eric Schlosser worries there's not enough public awareness about the danger such weapons still pose.

Management

IRS Accepts Retirement of Official at Center of Scandal

Exempt Organizations leader Lois Lerner angered Republicans by declining to testify.

Oversight

Government Audits for Unauthorized Workers Can be a Lose-Lose Situation

Firms stand to lose reliable employees, and the government has a hard time proving companies knew ID documents were fake.

Nextgov

The End of Party Balloons – and Computer Chips

National helium reserve dissolves on Oct. 1, unless Congress saves it.

Defense

Army Set to Ban Tattoos Below the Elbow or Knees

Existing ink jobs could be grandfathered in.

Management

Service to America Medal Finalists: The Top Public Servants in the Sciences

The 2013 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal nominees have been announced in the sciences.