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Why Wasn't the NSA Prepared?
Contingency planning is critical to covert operations, and the NSA's failure to anticipate or effectively mitigate its recent leak is inexcusable.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: Retirement Backlog Gone by March 2014
Agency blames sequester and influx of Postal Service claims for falling months behind schedule.
Defense
Joint Chiefs Chairman: 'There Is a Significant Threat Stream'
With terrorist threat warnings swirling, Martin Dempsey and others took to TV to clarify the danger.
Oversight
Senate Republicans Prepare for Coming Fiscal Showdown
Mitch McConnell's team is selling his role as GOP dealmaker.
Management
Embassy Closures Extended in Wake of Al-Qaeda Threat
Move comes 'out of an abundance of caution,' officials say.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How Not to Deal With Obamacare
Congress is all over the place on the Affordable Care Act.
Oversight
The NSA's Future: A Tale of Two Committees
In both the House and Senate, the Judiciary and Intelligence committees will fight over the survival of surveillance.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal to Reduce Fed Workers’ Comp Benefits Attached to Postal Bill
Measure would lower the compensation for retirement-eligible employees.
News
Should Federal Employees Be Forced to Switch Health Plans?
Feds get dragged into debate over implementation of Obamacare.
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.
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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
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