Nextgov
E-Filing Enables IRS to Issue Refunds Faster Despite Shutdown, Smaller Staff
A rise in computer tax filing helped the agency process more returns faster
Management
4 Ways the Workplace Has Become More Dangerous
Tips for preventing and handling threats and violence on the job.
Management
The Confidence Gap
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
Defense One
Number of Foreign Fighters in Syria Jumped from 800 to 8,000 in the Past Year
Once a two-sided war, CENTCOM’s Gen. Austin calls today’s Syria ‘the most complex problem I’ve seen.’ By Kevin Baron
Oversight
Obama's Real Job: Fundraiser in Chief
The Supreme Court's latest campaign finance decision is going to put even more pressure on the president to spend time chasing cash.
Management
Does a Better Fate Await this Year’s Presidential Management Fellow Finalists?
New hopefuls are announced as the deadline expires for the class of 2013 to land jobs.
Nextgov
DHS Wants to Recycle Its Own Computers
Department thinks it can do a better job than GSAXcess.
Management
It's Hard to Know How Much Agencies Are Spending on Environmental Impact Analyses
GAO notes differences in efforts to weigh costs and benefits of requirements under a 1969 law.
Oversight
Why a Sebelius Senate Run Could Help Republicans
Having the woman who oversaw the rollout of the Affordable Care Act on the ballot could boost GOP fundraising efforts.
Oversight
Virginia Hasn't Learned Anything From Last Year's Government Shutdown
The commonwealth's current budget impasse centers around Medicaid expansion.
Nextgov
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Tech
It's Getting Easier to Find Records of Meetings Between Feds and Lobbyists
Transparency group praises reformatted database.
Nextgov
Amazon and Google Are Battling to Dominate the Cloud -- and Amazon May Already Have Won
Whatever the endgame, it could take decades to reach. In the meantime, this is a fight that rewards scale.
Oversight
The Fight Over the Bundy Cows Will End as Civics 101, Not Fort Sumter II
Government is bringing its legal powers to bear on rancher who initiated an armed stand-off with BLM.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Craig Ferguson is happy with the return on his California taxes.
Management
How 'Monsters, Inc.' Met Priority Goals
What agencies can learn from Pixar about effective progress reviews.
Employee Policy
Going great guns
Passenger screening at the nation's airports occasionally raises the hackles of some members of the public, many of whom seem to think that a lot of the screening is more inconvenient than productive.
Employee Policy
Postal unions pool efforts to oppose White House reform proposal
The leaders of four major postal unions wrote a letter to the leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to express their opposition to the president's budget proposals concerning the U.S. Postal Service—as well as the committee's plans to try to marry those proposals with its own legislation.
Benefits
Survey shows vets satisfied with VHA service
While some members of Congress may not be pleased with the performance of Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, VA is touting an independent survey that indicates customer satisfaction among their patients is equal to or greater than that of patients of private-sector hospitals.
Defense One