Pay & Benefits
Senators to Pentagon: Let Services Avoid Furloughs If They Can
Lawmakers question Defense approach to apply unpaid leave across-the-board.
Management
24 Current and Former IRS Employees Charged With Stealing Government Benefits
Accused allegedly took nearly $250,000 in unemployment, food stamp and other benefits.
Management
Why Following Your Passion is Dumb (and Other Career Advice)
The best career advice you’ll never hear in a graduation speech.
Management
A Boston Marathon Memory and Hope
What getting beat by a 79-year-old in the Boston Marathon teaches you.
Management
Sequester Will Crimp Census Bureau, Says Advocacy Group
Cuts will lead to a less informed government and costlier decennial count, study warns.
Pay & Benefits
Air Force Announces Civilian Reduction in Force
Move not related to sequestration; service hopes to realign employees, not let them go.
Tech
How the Government Searches for the Boston Marathon Bomber
The FBI may have been most transformed by post-9/11 reforms.
Defense
Feds Arrest Paul Kevin Curtis Over Ricin-Laced Letters
Mississippi man allegedly signed the toxic notes with the initials 'KC.'
Management
From Laced Letters to Terror Attacks, This Feels Like 2001
Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer understands what Jay Carney was going through Wednesday.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Obama the Travel Planner
Jay-Z and Beyonce’s Cuban vacation is causing quite the stir.
Management
Are You Ready For NASA's Space Apps Challenge?
How you can get involved with NASA's upcoming international technology event.
Nextgov
House Passes Bill to Enhance Cyber Workforce
Measure would establish a task force to develop cyber training.
Management
Federal Acquisition Executives Grapple with Retirement Wave
Younger workforce at Pentagon, DHS and VA is talented but unseasoned, officials say.
Oversight
Dramatic Workforce Reductions, Rate Hikes Likely for USPS
While Congress debates reform, panel tells Postal Service to take cost savings into its own hands.
Nextgov
Hagel Takes Personal Responsibility for Electronic Health Records
Promises to have 'something decided' on the iEHR within 30 days.
Management
How Much is Too Much Caffeine?
Time to ease off the coffee, lest you begin hallucinating.
Management
Furloughs Begin Across Executive Branch
Labor, OMB employees among those starting unpaid leave.
Defense
Washington Scrambles After Letter Addressed to White House Tests Positive for Ricin
FBI says there is no indication of any connection between the letters and the Monday bomb attack in Boston.
Oversight