Management
47 Ways to Boost Your Brainpower This Summer
Summer is in full swing, but that's no reason to let your brain go to waste.
Oversight
Senators Introduce Postal Reform Bill With Bipartisan Support
Legislation would allow for end of Saturday and to-the-door delivery.
Pay & Benefits
Congressional Staff Will Get Help Paying for Obamacare
Government will continue to contribute to congressional health care costs under proposed rule.
Nextgov
This Week in ThreatWatch
A compilation of noteworthy headlines from the weird and wily world of cyber assaults.
Defense One
DC's Political Paralysis 'Means More Casualties' for Untrained Soldiers
The best place to learn how Washington’s budget impasse is putting troops at risk is the Army’s National Training Center, which has cancelled rotations for the first time since 1981. By James Kitfield
Oversight
House Backs Bill to Rein in Regulations
Legislation requiring congressional review of expensive rules is unlikely to clear Senate.
Defense
King George's Revenge: Is Britain Using Our Tax Money to Spy on Us?
Compelling reasons to worry that the NSA is outsourcing Big Brother to the Mother Country -- or will one day
Oversight
Issa Subpoenas IRS Documents, Castigates Agency's Chief
Politics of scandal probe disrupts hearing on fraud and identity theft.
Defense One
Worldwide Travel Alert Issued for Al Qaeda Threat
State Department issues advisories, plans to close embassies on Sunday in response to unspecified threat. By Sara Sorcher
Nextgov
Study Shows Widening Gap in Supply, Demand of IT Grads
IT degrees are falling as job vacancies are rising.
Management
What If John Kerry Outperforms Hillary Clinton as America’s Top Diplomat?
Kerry has already brought Israeli and Palestinian negotiators together for the first time in years.
Nextgov
Privacy Hamstrings Protection of White House Staff Gmail
Hack underscores the national security challenge when private lives and government roles intersect.
Defense
FBI Report: Bureau Couldn't Have Prevented the Boston Bombings
Agency couldn't find much evidence to support Russian claims against Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
Defense
Al Qaeda-Linked Threat Prompts U.S. to Close Middle East Embassies on Sunday
State Department isn't saying exactly which ones will close, or how many.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How Edward Snowden Can Get Back Into the United States
Jimmy Kimmel has ideas for the NSA leaker, including posing as a mail-order bride.
Management
Without Financial Incentives, How Can I Encourage Innovation?
Managers must understand the trade offs that stand in the way of federal innovation.
Management
Analysis: How Obama and Congress Failed AmeriCorps ... and America
Program's woes follow Obama pattern: Raise hopes … hopes crushed … blame GOP.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Republican Plan to Limit 'Out of Control Bureaucracy'
Measures curbing bonuses and federal employee rights pass with minimal Democratic support.
Oversight
House Republicans Fight EPA Bureaucracy With ... Bureaucracy
Bill would add congressional oversight to the agency's regulating power.
Defense One