Oversight
Play of the Day -- Celebrating Independence Day with Jimmy Kimmel
While other hosts are on vacation, Kimmel gives celebration tips.
Management
Obama wants partial tax cut extension now
The president seeks to re-up break for those earning less than $250,000 a year.
Defense
Six U.S. soldiers killed in Afghanistan attack
Attacks also kill 16 civilians, five policemen and two coalition members on Sunday.
Tech
More than 20 percent of employees now telework, OPM says
More feds are working from remote locations since the 2010 law was enacted.
Nextgov
Drone makers and their friends in Washington
Unmanned Systems Caucus draws in lobbying bucks.
Management
Labor Department tries a new way of releasing sensitive jobs data
Friday’s monthly rollout goes smoothly as modified new security safeguards are phased in.
Pay & Benefits
USPS estimates 7,400 employees may take buyout offers
Thousands who signed up by the July 2 deadline still can change their minds.
Nextgov
The human side of developing integrated electronic health records
Human processes, not technology, will be the biggest challenge in building the Defense-VA system.
Defense
Navy revamps sexual assault training
New policy requires personnel to complete program by the end of the year.
Management
The incredible shrinking American government
Federal agencies lost 52,000 jobs in the past year; local governments felt even more pain.
Defense
Homeland Security chief talks cyberthreats, immigration, and baseball
Aviation and computer security are two areas that keep Janet Napolitano up at night.
Defense
Analysis: Educating the brass
The nation’s elite defense universities could be losing their shine.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog slowly shrinks
OPM continues to steadily chip away at the pileup, but retirees are still frustrated.
Pay & Benefits
VA temporarily halts employee pay downgrades
Decision comes less than a month after protest.
Management
The price tag for a proposal to root out program duplication: $100 million
Cost of requiring agencies to track all programs would not be offset by any revenues, CBO says.
Tech
Military exceeds BRAC cost projections in relocating geospatial agency
GAO faults communication in $1.4 billion overrun.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies dish out more in student loan repayments
Report on 2010 spending finds the benefit helped with recruitment and retention.
Nextgov
Air Force plans ‘see-and-avoid’ system for drones
System of sensors and software will help pilots avoid collisions.
Management