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'Mystery' senator removes hold on cost-of-living increase for vets
Fast action is needed after recess to ensure payments start Jan. 1, VA says.
Management
The Most Overlooked Element of Leadership
Effective employee feedback and development require one all-important ingredient: Time.
Management
HHS chief back on campaign trail after violation
Sebelius will speak in personal, not official, capacity.
Oversight
What your favorite beer says about your politics
Sam Adams drinkers lean Republican; Heineken fans tend to be Democrats.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- The school lunch outrage and unreliable polls
Are polls more unreliable than in the past?
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Napolitano: Cyber exec order under review
DHS chief declines to provide timetable for when it might be issued.
Oversight
Obama, Romney camps agree: The other guy is a great debater
Both sides are working overtime to raise expectations for the opposition.
Oversight
It's now a 2-woman race for top Democrat on House spending panel
Reps. Nita Lowey of New York and Marcy Kaptur of Ohio are in the running.
Defense
Joint U.S.-Afghan operations resuming
Initial ban came after a sharp increase in insider attacks.
Management
Americans Are Fed Up With Politics, Not Government, Says Study
The sickness in Congress, as the public sees it, is a personnel problem, not a structural one.
Pay & Benefits
State government employees out-earn private sector peers by 6 percent, study finds
Debate over the public-private compensation gap extends to the state level.
Management
Seventy agencies delinquent on federal taxes, auditors say
Watchdog finds $14 million in unpaid employment tax withholdings.
Management
Arne Duncan would stay at Education for 2nd Obama term
'I am staying, unless the president gets sick of me,' he tells National Journal.
Management
OPM courts interns, recent grads
Agency is ramping up its efforts this fall to attract new hires to government.
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Defense rejects rigid supply chain security countermeasures
Regulations should accommodate fast-paced innovation, official says.
Management
Lawmakers graded on their resistance to ‘unfair’ government competition
Free-market group blasts government for not checking Yellow Pages.
Management
Federal judge upholds Obama ban on lobbyists sitting on advisory panels
Ruling finds service is not a ‘government benefit’ to which lobbyists are entitled.
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'Mystery' Senate Republican blocks cost-of-living increase for disabled vets
House bill called for 1.9 percent increase to take effect Dec. 1.
Management
When Morale Wanes, Remember Why You Became a Public Servant
Dr. Reginald Wells, Chief Human Capital Officer at SSA, on how to motivate employees during hard times.
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