Pay & Benefits
Senior Execs Press Obama on Alternative to Presidential Rank Awards
Administration canceled honors last year, promising to devise a less expensive way to recognize top federal employees.
Management
Study: Caffeine Can Improve Memory
New research from Johns Hopkins shows caffeine's enhancement of long-term memory.
Pay & Benefits
Congress Cut Its Own Budget. What Happened Next Will Not Restore Your Faith in Government.
When you cut their budgets and take away their health insurance, many Capitol Hill employees will look to the exits, and that's bad news for anyone who wants to fix Congress.
Pay & Benefits
The Behavioral Economics Behind Americans’ Paltry Nest Eggs
Rewards depend on your penchant for risk.
Defense
Analysis: A Free Society Cannot Escape All Terrorism
An NSA official illustrates the totalitarian temptation in bureaucracies charged with stopping 100 percent of attacks.
Management
Gates Goes All In on Biden Criticisms: ‘Frankly, I Believe It’
In a new interview with NPR, the former Defense secretary hedges his admonitions of President Obama and Hillary Clinton, and attacks the media for getting it all wrong.
Oversight
Federal Probe of Chris Christie's Tourism Ads Could Make Bridgegate Look Like an Afterthought
In case you thought it couldn't get worse for the New Jersey governor.
Management
Get Enough Sleep. Your Brain Will Thank You.
Averaging less than 7 to 9 hours of shut-eye affects your work, and can lead to disease.
Oversight
Play of the Day: No Quick Exit for Christie
Letterman looks at the New Jersey bridge scandal.
Nextgov
Health Care Sector to Test Reflexes for Cyber Attack
HHS and industry will simulate assaults on networks underpinning the medical sector and test their ability to fight back.
Financial Planning
Informed Investor: Now is a good time to make deductible traditional IRA contributions
Employees born after June 30, 1943, are eligible to contribute to a traditional IRA for 2013. This week’s column discusses who is eligible to contribute to a deductible traditional IRA for 2013, traditional IRA contribution limits, how much of the contribution is tax deductible, and the deadline for contributing.
Management
Obama to Unveil NSA Changes Next Week
The Jan. 17 speech will come in the wake of a December report calling for sweeping changes to the government's surveillance practices.
Management
Congress to Pass Three-Day Spending Bill To Avoid Shutdown
Short-term stopgap measure will give lawmakers time to hammer out larger deal, chief negotiators say.
Nextgov
BYOD News: The Scramble to Get All the New Devices Online After the Holidays
“Every year, everyone gets a brand new bunch of toys and wants to come in and use them.”
Management
Chris Christie: 'I Am Not a Bully.' Not His Call to Make
If you have to declare you're not, you probably are.
Nextgov
White House to Part Ways With the Contractor Behind HealthCare.gov
CGI Federal's contract expires at the end of February.
Oversight
Taxpayer Advocate Decries IRS Budget Cuts, Lapsed Training
Sequestration translated into reduced service to taxpayers, Nina Olson says.
Oversight
Looking For Bipartisanship? Try the Crusade Against Government Waste
Members of both parties pledge to work together to rein in wasteful spending.
Management