Defense
A Growing Consensus for Shrinking the Defense Budget?
Sequestration’s cuts should be part of larger drawdown, progressive panelists agree.
Defense
Pentagon Hopes to Reduce Furlough Days
Officials are trying to finalize decisions by next week.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Signs Off On Fed Pay Freeze
Law avoids government shutdown and extends pay freeze for the third straight year.
Pay & Benefits
Furloughs Could Endanger Feds’ Security Clearances
Senator asks OPM to protect employees who risk losing their jobs because sequestration forces them into debt.
Management
Can a Female Leader Put an End to the Secret Service's Boys Club?
Report says Obama will name Julia Pierson as the agency's new director.
Management
Stressed At Work? You’re Not Alone
Results of a new survey show most American workers don't have office places that support wellbeing.
Nextgov
Management Fellows Aren't the Only Ones Who Need Help Finding Federal Jobs
Guide aims to assist all students and recent grads.
Nextgov
Redesigning the Federal Workspace for the 21st Century
GSA is testing a flexible office layout that embraces mobility and collaboration tools.
Management
OMB Tells Agencies to Modernize Financial Systems
White House calls for end to agency-by-agency approach to managing finances.
Management
Raytheon to Cut 200 Jobs
Company aims to 'streamline' operations and 'enhance productivity.'
Nextgov
Budget Cuts Hit E-Verify
Anti-fraud enhancements central to immigration reform could be delayed due to sequestration.
Oversight
Play of the Day: A Passover Victory for Obama
The president’s diplomatic skills in Israel were fair game Monday.
Oversight
Analysis: Sequestration Shows That Congress Needs to Be Fixed
Time to reform the institutional dysfunction that led us to crude budget cuts.
Management
5 Cartoons Guaranteed to Make You a Better Manager
Five animations that will give you new insights into the nature of managing people.
Nextgov
Americans Are Okay with Drone Strikes — in Other Countries
A new Gallup poll suggests that public support for drone use, while broad, narrows as strikes get closer to home.
Defense
Have Americans Forgotten Afghanistan?
As the U.S. grapples with sequestration, the economy, and other policy battles, the war has fallen (even farther) from view.
Nextgov
Relive President Obama's Drone War, in Under 10 Seconds
More than 3,000 people have died as a result of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004.
Nextgov
Here’s How the Government Hires a Dishwasher
Some solicitations make the rigorous federal contracting procedures seem silly.
Management