Pay & Benefits
Fed Groups Blast Proposed Switch to Less Generous COLA Formula
Retiree advocates worry Congress and White House will reduce benefits in a deal to raise debt limit.
Oversight
House Overseers Seek to Weld IRS Scandal to Obamacare Rollout
Angry hearing raises grab bag of issues from agency politicization to Salem witch trials.
Nextgov
Los Alamos, Sandia Labs Prepare to Shut Down Amid Budget Impasse
Most of the labs' 18,000 employees are at risk of being furloughed.
Tech
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Oversight
How Paul Ryan Would Solve the Shutdown Showdown
Washington should focus on reforming the tax code and entitlement programs, he says.
Defense One
Obama Expects Troop Death Benefits Fix ‘Today’
The public outrage over the shutdown halting ‘death gratuity’ payments to the families of fallen soldiers has reached the White House -- President Obama says he expects a fix today. By Stephanie Gaskell
Defense One
Shutdown Could Crimp Pentagon Training and Confuse Contractors
Lack of funding will disrupt operations and impact the national security supply chain, a new report says. By Charles S. Clark
Nextgov
If Shutdown Persists, VA Will Cut Off Claims Payments to Vets on Nov. 1
Claims staff will be cut from 20,000 to 1,500.
Insights
Defending from Within: How Insiders Threaten Data Privacy
In the age of increased information collection, analysis, and storage, nearly all organizations struggle to respond to and prevent ever-increasing threats to their data. Personally identifiable information, health and financial data, trade secrets, and national security assets must all be protected, but traditional security measures are not enough.
Pay & Benefits
From Maine to Colorado, Shutdown Puts Federal Employees' Lives on Hold
Effects reach far beyond the Beltway.
Oversight
Verbal Volleys Over the Shutdown Yield No Agreement
Congressional leaders and President Obama continue to argue over opening government and extending the debt limit.
Nextgov
Shutdown Freezes Antarctica Research
Stations will only be staffed enough 'to ensure human safety and preserve government property.'
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Immediate Pay for Feds Working During Shutdown
Republicans tie on-time paychecks for excepted employees to another bill forcing a ‘supercommittee’-like panel.
Defense One
House Scrambles to Reinstate Troop Death Benefits During Shutdown
The House Appropriations Committee is drafting a bill that will let Congress pay death benefits to families of troops killed in action during the shutdown. By Stephanie Gaskell
Management
After the Retirement Wave Crests, Who’s Left?
Why succession planning is more important than ever.
Pay & Benefits
Thousands of Feds Currently Working Could Still Face Furloughs
Funds keeping many offices afloat through the first week of the shutdown will soon dry up.
Management