Oversight
Play of the Day: NSA Reform Is Doomed
The Daily Show is skeptical about the possibility of reform.
Pay & Benefits
What Will Congress Cut to 'Support Our Troops'?
Lawmakers are scrambling to avoid veterans' anger over spending cuts, but they can't decide how to pay for it.
Defense One
Deciphering Obama’s Necessary Message to the Intelligence Community
President Obama’s NSA speech was what the public, and intelligence workers, needed to hear. The president of one intelligence group explains why. By Joseph R. DeTrani
Management
Federal Offices in Washington Closed Tuesday
Snowfall expected in region starting midday.
Employee Policy
Federal employment numbers continue to shrink
End-of-year numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that federal employment dropped by nearly 80,000 positions between December 2012 and December 2013.
News
Obama Lauds OMB Staffers
President picks unusual location to sign omnibus appropriations bill into law.
Pay & Benefits
Report: Boosting Military Retiree Health Costs Would Save Billions
Defense now pays $52 billion annually -- about 10 percent of its base budget -- toward health care.
Oversight
IRS Training Guidance Doesn’t Appear to Have a Smoking Gun
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act cover period before agency’s mishandling of applications.
Nextgov
BlackBerrys Will Make Up 98% of Mobile Devices on New Defensewide System
About 80,000 of them and 1,800 Apple and Android phones and tablets will be managed by the system launching Jan. 31.
Nextgov
It’s Official: Accenture Wins Contract to Manage HealthCare.gov
HHS will pay the contractor $91 million to manage the site for one year.
Tech
Innovation Fellows Detail Efforts to Improve Agency Operations
Projects range from user-centered Web design to a “Google” for procurement price data.
Management
Zappos Is Nixing Managers, But Are They Needed?
Imagine if government was run by self-governing 'circles.'
Management
Obama: NSA Reforms Should Give Americans 'Greater Confidence'
But will they be enough to satisfy critics?
Nextgov
Target Data Breach Saga Is Starting to Resemble an International Spy Thriller
It may be part of a larger, unprecedented attack on U.S. retailers by Russian hackers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to Get Off the NSA's Grid
Stephen Colbert has tips to avoid the surveillance.
Oversight
Crusader Against Government Waste Cuts Senate Career Short
Tom Coburn, R-Okla., is battling a recurrence of cancer.
Tech
Obama Plan Would Limit NSA Phone Sweeps
Under proposal, government would no longer retain phone records.
Management
4 Ways to Boost Morale—Even When Incentives Are Scarce
How you can make your office a bright spot in the gloomy federal landscape.
Management
Omnibus Spending Bill Sails Through Senate; Headed for Obama's Signature
Bill prevents another shutdown and provides more than $1 trillion in discretionary funding for agencies.
Nextgov