Management
Must Every Federal Bureaucrat Speak Off the Record?
Even the most banal agencies resist transparency.
Nextgov
HealthCare.gov Bugs and 16 Other Ways to Qualify for an Obamacare Extension
The administration releases a long list of loopholes to the enrollment deadline.
Nextgov
Boehner Supports End to NSA Mass Surveillance
The House speaker backs moderate legislation from the Intelligence Committee.
Defense
FBI: Syria Is 'Metastasizing' Terrorist Threats Against U.S.
Comments arrive on the heels of reports that al-Qaida is setting up training camps within Syria.
Defense
At Least Russia and the U.S. Still Get Along in Outer Space
Ukraine crisis is just another blip for collaboration in space exploration.
Management
The Scant Science Behind Anything That Claims to Boost Your Brainpower
Researchers have yet to find conclusive evidence that brain training works.
Nextgov
Military Green Lights Amazon Cloud for Defensewide Use
Decision based on FedRAMP tests and additional security controls.
Pay & Benefits
Bill Would Give Feds a 3.3 Percent Pay Raise in 2015
Legislation would apply to both General Schedule and hourly workers.
Management
Want to Work in Science? Men Have the Advantage
How gender discrimination affects hiring.
Pay & Benefits
Do Cafeterias Need Better Vegetarian Options?
Hill aides campaign for a tastier menu in Capitol eateries.
Nextgov
IT Grads Rank 14 Agencies as Top Employers
NASA, NSA and the FBI compete with Google, Facebook and Amazon in new survey.
Defense
Missed Cues and Clerical Errors Allowed Tamerlan Tsarnaev to Slip By U.S. Authorities
Name was misspelled in a security database.
Defense
The Secret Service Partied Too Much in Amsterdam
Three agents go on administrative leave after a night of drinking.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Putin's High-Level Sanction Technology
Sanctions are going both ways with Russia and the United States.
Retirement
Air Force to continue buyouts, early outs
The Air Force said it will continue a voluntary early retirement authority (VERA) and offer voluntary separation incentive pay (VSIP) in a second-round effort to encourage eligible civilian employees to leave federal service.
Employee Policy
Forest Service video-cam purchase called 'waste of money'
A government watchdog group bashed a Forest Service purchase of wearable video recording devices that the group said had not been field tested and ultimately proved to be impractical.
Pay
House bill calls for larger civilian raise
Federal employee unions threw their support behind a House bill that would give most of the federal workforce a 3.3 percent pay raise in 2015.
Defense One
3 Things That Have to Happen Before Robot Soldiers Hit the Battlefield
Rumors of Terminator-style soldiers have been greatly exaggerated. By Patrick Tucker
Defense One