Nextgov

Want to Know How Developers Use Your Agency's Data? Ask Them.

An upgraded HealthData.gov site will ask users to volunteer what they’re using HHS data for.

Oversight

Obama, Congress Flunk National-Service Test

President brags about 'boldest expansion' of a program that hasn't grown (thanks mostly to the GOP).

Defense One

U.S.-Russian Cultural Relations Are on Ice, Too

The Russians may be coming -- but not in the way any of us had hoped. By Tara Sonenshine

News

No, the Postal Service Is Not 'Hoarding' Ammunition

USPS sets the record straight.

Management

10 Reasons Smiling Is More Than Lip Service

When you’re a leader, if you smile, they’ll smile.

Nextgov

White House: No Deportation for Justin Bieber

Obama administration declines to comment on anti-Bieber We the People petition.

Management

GSA Pinpoints 19 Federal Properties Ripe for Consolidation

Savings in canceled leases and lowered energy costs would top $67 million.

Nextgov

People Are Already Pawning White House Easter Eggs on eBay

Well, that was fast.

Management

Outgoing NTSB Chief: People Expect Government to Make Traveling Safer

Hersman asks media to keep safety in the news, pushes for child restraints on planes.

Management

Commentary: The Power of Mission vs. Dysfunction

What HUD shows us about the limits of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.

Management

A Lot of Americans Fear the Federal Government

More than 70 percent of voters say Uncle Sam is too big.

Management

Technologies Designed to Save Time Are Helping Us Waste It

Time, for the most part, is barely tracked and sucked up by meetings and preparing for them.

Defense One

Future Threats Will Require Much More Than the A-10

Forget the A-10. The Air Force needs a mix of aircraft and capabilities for the 2023 fight. By Col. Robert Spalding

Management

Leaders, Are You Betraying Your People?

When you upset the status quo you might have to upset your staff too.

Oversight

Four Years Later, a Sharp Divide on Gulf Oil Spill

EPA lifted BP's suspension from federal contracts March 13.

Defense

Russian and American Military Dolphins Might Face Off This Summer

Dolphins will be testing a new anti-radar system.

Nextgov

Deltek Breach Raises Questions About Widespread Hacking

Feds won't confirm company assertions about the attack, which affected 80,000 employees of government contractors.

Employee Policy

GSA office consolidation project to cut federal footprint

The General Services Administration announced details on a $70 million real estate consolidation project it said will reduce the government's work space footprint by more than half a million rented square feet.

Employee Policy

Foreign Affairs Security Training Center site chosen

A site about 40 miles southwest of Richmond, Va., will be the home of a new Foreign Affairs Security Training Center.

Employee Policy

DOJ will not pursue criminal investigation in FBI shooting

The Justice Department will not conduct a criminal investigation of an incident in which an FBI agent shot and killed a New Orleans man during the course of a drug sting.