Oversight
Play of the Day -- Taking on the Nobel Peace Prize
Stephen Colbert mocks the committee's choice of the EU.
Management
Chief Learning Officers: What Would You Say...Ya Do Here?
A survey shows 63 percent of feds misidentify who's responsible for organizational learning.
Pay & Benefits
Federal retirees will get 1.7 percent COLA next year
Low inflation in 2012 results in smaller boost.
Oversight
The book of government waste: from robo-squirrels to caviar
Senator lists 100 government-funded projects he deems unnecessary.
Oversight
Americans donate almost $8 million to pay down debt
Gifts to the government are allowed under a 1961 law.
Nextgov
Looking for a job? Use social media.
Hiring managers increasingly use tools like LinkedIn and Facebook to recruit candidates.
Oversight
Obama orders flags flown at half-staff for Arlen Specter
The former senator from Pennsylvania 'stood by federal employees,' AFGE says.
Defense
Did the CIA arrange a marriage in order to kill Al-Awlaki?
A Danish spy claims that the third marriage of the al-Qaeda terrorist was actually part of a CIA plot.
Defense
How Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette won the Bin Laden book competition
The author rushed to publish his book before receiving Pentagon approval to get a jump on the competition.
Oversight
Ryan says he backs term limits for Congress
Candidate made the idea an issue in 1998, but refused to sign term-limit pledge.
Nextgov
What happens when staff use their own devices for work? They do their jobs.
How BYOD works in one low-security office.
Management
The CFPB’s 3 Rules for Recruiting Top Talent
How the CFPB used innovative recruitment methods to attract the best and brightest.
Pay & Benefits
Most feds get an extra pay period’s worth of leave this year
Use-it-or-lose-it policies remain in effect.
Oversight
Republican senators press Treasury on debt limit plans
Country is expected to reach its borrowing limit in late 2012.
Management
What You Missed at Excellence in Government
From unseen footage of Curiosity to the latest on sequestration, a lot happened at Excellence in Government.
Nextgov
GAO denies CWT protest of governmentwide e-travel contract
Auditors found no wrongdoing in GSA’s award to Concur Technologies.
Pay & Benefits
Government to release cost-of-living adjustment Tuesday
Retirees are expected to receive a much smaller COLA increase for 2013.
Defense
Weapons going into Syria are arming extremists, U.S. officials warn
Our allies may be arming the next Osama bin Laden.
Management
Leadership and Life Lessons from the Baseball Playoffs
The Nationals, Cardinals and others prove that lessons can be learned from baseball
Management