Pay & Benefits
Furlough Reprieve at Customs and Border Protection?
Agency says it is 'developing a plan' in response to the fiscal 2013 spending measure.
Management
4 Quick, Easy and Fun Ways to Improve Employee Engagement Now
Did we mention fun? A few outside-the-box ideas for engaging your team.
Defense
Analysis: Paying the Costs of Iraq, for Decades to Come
The wars are ending; the obligations, just beginning now.
Management
What Does the Ideal Work Environment Look Like?
Young leaders provide insight on how managers get best find, and implement, successful work environments.
Pay & Benefits
Justice Postpones Furlough Decision to Mid-April
Attorney general is still weighing unpaid leave for employees because of sequestration.
Nextgov
Postal Service Mobile App Tracks Packages, Locates Mailboxes
Overall, our reviewers gave the software high marks.
Nextgov
Has the IT Salary Gender Gap Disappeared?
Women earn as much as men for the same job but tend to hold lower positions, survey finds.
Management
In Focus: Clocking Clearances
Timeliness of background investigations has vastly improved since guidelines were put in place.
Management
GOP Seeks to Unwind Health Care Overhaul By Starving Agencies of Funding
Law will be hard to kill entirely since many of its requirements involve mandatory spending.
Defense
The U.S. Has a Case Against an Army Vet Accused of Using a 'WMD' Against Assad
Harroun allegedly fought alongside Al Qaeda, employing a "weapon of mass destruction."
Oversight
Play of the Day: Same-Sex Marriage and North Korea
Perceived threats to the United States dot the late-night landscape.
Nextgov
Foreign Investors Can Apply Online for Green Cards This Summer
Transformation, a long-plagued effort to computerize immigration casework, is set to offer the second-ever digital form.
Management
George W. Bush Hopes New Library Will Enhance Presidential Legacy
Exhibits include two tons of twisted World Trade Center steel.
Management
6 Ways You Can Develop Your Team Even on a Shoestring Budget
Just because your budget has been cut doesn't mean your team should cease to grow.
Management
Analysis: For How Long Can Feds ‘Do More With Less’?
As employee engagement rates decline, the cost-cutting mantra may not be helping anything.
Nextgov
Newtown, Aurora Victims Seek National Compassion Fund on White House Petition Site
The proposal would deliver tax-deductible donations to victims’ families with no overhead.
Defense
Pentagon Scales Back Furloughs, Calls for Additional Flexibility
Spending deal fixed some but not all the department's sequestration problems, Hagel says.
Oversight
Senate Backs Amendment to Boost IGs' Power
Provision would increase personnel, training and authority for inspectors general across government.
Management