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One Chart Shows Why You Shouldn’t Trust the Feds With Your Data
The number of reported information security incidents involving personally identifiable information has more than doubled in recent years.
Pay & Benefits
Your Mass Transit Benefits Could Soon Double
Legislative provision bringing benefits back to their 2013 levels would apply retroactively to Jan. 1.
Defense
How Can Government Battle a 'Suicide Epidemic' Among Veterans?
One hurdle is paying for measures improving mental health care.
Insights
Defense Acquisition Reform: Is Something Different this Time?
Defense acquisition reform has recently become a hot topic again for the defense community. Though acquisition reform has been attempted again and again over the last 50 years, circumstances today suggest structural reform may actually be possible now.
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DHS Telework System Lacks a Disaster Plan, IG Says
Workplace as a Service program needs an alternate processing site, report says.
Oversight
Analysis: Want Effective Government? Then You Have to Pay Better
Civil servants face a brain drain if Congress persists with pay freezes, benefit cuts, and badmouthing dedicated employees.
Nextgov
Republicans Fear Obama Will Let Russia Seize Internet Power
The administration insists no government will gain new influence over the Internet.
Nextgov
The U.S. Government Secretly Built a 'Cuban Twitter' to Stir Dissent
USAID hoped the social network would grow enough to allow activists to organize 'smart mobs,' AP reports.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Approves Plan to Increase Feds’ Pension Contributions
Republican fiscal 2015 budget resolution would require feds to contribute up to 5.5 percentage points more to their retirement benefit.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Phone Call Heard Round The World
Fallon lampoons Vladimir Putin, Sarah Palin and the NSA in one comedy bit.
Management
3 Ways to Build an Agile Workforce
With the right tools, employees can drive change instead of hitting the brakes.
Employee Policy
Court will not hear due process case
The Supreme Court refused to hear a challenge to a lower court decision that denies federal employees in positions that are classified as national security "sensitive" the right to appeal their firing or demotion.
Employee Policy
OPM's online training platform hits $100 million in savings
Office of Personnel Management Director Katherine Archuleta said that the agency's "one-stop shop" for federal human resources training—HR University—has achieved $100 million in cost savings so far across the federal government.
Retirement
House panel approves FY15 budget resolution
The House Budget Committee on April 3 advanced House Republicans' fiscal year 2015 budget resolution.
Defense
Fort Hood Shooting Rampage Leaves 4 Dead, 16 Injured
Soldier kills himself and three victims.
Defense One
The U.S. Military’s Most Crucial Mission Yet in Afghanistan
This weekend’s presidential election in Afghanistan will help determine the fate of the U.S. mission there. By Stephanie Gaskell
Oversight
Civil Service Reform Might Not Be a Pipe Dream
Political climate is favorable for acting on proposed changes, observers say.
Tech
The Death of the Presidential Selfie?
Obama's selfie with Red Sox player David Ortiz was a sham designed by Samsung.
Nextgov
NASA Weighs Ethics of Astronaut Health Risks on Long Missions Into Deep Space
Independent report offers ethical guidelines and a decision-making framework.
Pay & Benefits