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DHS agrees to outside study on cancer risks of airport body scanners

The National Academy of Sciences will probe the health and safety risks of the airport machines

Management

Why Taking Breaks Will Help You Get More Work Done

The latest thinking in the science of productivity, animated

Defense

GAO: Management of job placement services for military spouses could be better

Watchdog says Defense needs to improve guidance and monitoring of multi-million dollar employment assistance programs.

Management

Bigger Than Apps: Our 3D Printed Future

How the next stage of 3D Printing will create a new market space, how governments can benefit, and what they need to do now to spur its growth.

Management

Obama calls for 'meaningful action' despite politics after shooting

President says the U.S. has "endured too many of these tragedies in the past few years."

Defense

How the main candidates for Defense chief differ

Chuck Hagel and Michelle Flournoy, both haunted by the ghosts of Vietnam, represent a stark choice for Obama.

Management

Analysis: Stopping gun violence starts with Obama

Amid one shooting after another, the only way to guarantee a gun-control debate is if the president starts one.

Oversight

Congress lightens GAO’s load

Watchdog agency welcomes cancellation of ‘outdated’ mandatory reports.

Defense

Don't trust 'Zero Dark Thirty'

The acclaimed thriller represents a troubling new frontier of government embedded filmmaking

Management

The Five BEST Places to Work in Government

See how your agency performed in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work index.

Defense

American troops are headed to Turkey to defend against Syria

Leon Panetta signed the order personally on Friday morning after arriving in Turkey on an unannounced visit to the US Air Force Base in Incirlik.

Oversight

Susan Rice learns what it's really like to be Hillary

Sure, everyone loves Clinton now. But first she had to survive a decade and a half of right-wing attacks.

Oversight

Democrats declare checkmate in fiscal cliff debate

Republicans, meanwhile, reject as fantasy the idea that they are boxed in.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Christmas confusion

The fiscal cliff continues to confound the nation, comedians say.

Management

Analysis: Obama gets a solution to his Susan Rice problem

Leading secretary of State candidate allows him to dump her without seeming to.

Tech

OMB unveils upgrade to governmentwide performance website

Additions include bar graphs and other features to help measure progress on goals.