Nextgov
Goodbye Paper: VA Installs Automated Claims System in All Regional Offices
Program is key to addressing the claims backlog.
Management
Leave the Drama Outside
The best teams reduce drama and focus on making their teammates feel good.
Oversight
Federal Employees Increasingly Under Attack on Public Lands
Park Police report 43 percent rise in violent attacks in 2012.
Oversight
Why Obama’s Approval Rating Isn’t Higher
Controversies could prevent him from getting credit for the improving economy.
Defense
Hollywood Didn’t Get Undue Access for Bin Laden Film, Auditors Say
Pentagon refers probe of Panetta disclosure to the CIA.
Management
Bedbugs Infest Homeland Security Office in Vermont
For the third time since April, exterminators have been called in to deal with the pests.
Oversight
IRS Supervisor Clarifies Washington Role in Tax-Exempt Targeting
Paz tells Hill investigators she scrutinized some applications.
Nextgov
NSA Leaks and the Pentagon Papers: The Difference Between Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg
How we answer may say more about us than it does about either of them.
Oversight
House Oversight Leader's Plan to Resuscitate the IRS Scandal
Rep. Darrell Issa is committed to keeping the scandal in the spotlight.
Pay & Benefits
Forest Service Employees Rack Up Improper Travel Card Charges
Most Agriculture cardholders comply with travel policies, , IG finds.
Oversight
In Rare Interview, Cheney Champions NSA Surveillance
But he doesn't quite throw his support to President Obama.
Oversight
Obama's Approval Ratings Have Taken a Huge Hit After Scandals
Numbers dip especially among young people and on handling of terrorism.
Oversight
Al Gore: NSA Surveillance 'Violates the Constitution'
Former vice president pushes President Obama and Congress to revisit the laws underlying the program.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Obama, Clinton and Snowden
The NSA leaker reminds Jimmy Fallon of a television advertising staple.
Nextgov
IG: DHS Does Not Track Security Training of System Administrator Contractors
Department relies on companies to perform work historically done by government employees.
Benefits
Leave transfer program for Okla. storm victims
Feds affected by the storms and tornadoes in Oklahoma will be able to tap donated leave thanks to an emergency leave transfer program.
Management
The Case for Making Bike-Share Membership an Employee Benefit
With bike sharing programs growing, organizations start offering access as wellness incentive.
Nextgov
Is This PRISM 2.0?
Microsoft alerts feds to bugs before issuing a public patch, allowing Washington to exploit the vulnerabilities.
Management
Thomas Jefferson: Home Brewer
Third U.S. president made malt liquor. And he was kind of a snob about it.
Oversight