Pay & Benefits
TSP, Pensions and More
There’s been a lot of activity lately on provisions that could affect your retirement plans.
Management
Leaks to Republican ally prompt calls for labor board member to resign
Alleged breaches warrant congressional investigation, lawmaker says.
Management
NOAA cancels solicitation for ‘magic’ motivational speaker
Online notice came one month after GSA spending scandal.
Management
Take the Rupert Murdoch Test
Murdoch's latest scandal brings up some questions to ask about leadership.
Management
New agreement leases drug flops to NIH for further study
Under agreement, firms will let NIH commission new studies on old drugs.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement claims backlog shrinks
OPM received fewer retirement applications in April and was able to chip away at its inventory.
Defense
Obama reveals new details on bin Laden raid
Interview with Brian Williams of NBC marks the most comprehensive look yet at the decision-making involved in the raid.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Finally, Newt's proper exit
Comedians salute and mock Gingrich as he formally ends his campaign.
Oversight
Senator wants 'open and transparent' White House review of Colombia incident
Grassley says officials must be held accountable for scandal.
Pay & Benefits
Revved Up About Transit Parity
Bills to bring mass transportation benefits in line with those for driving could be gaining momentum.
News
Gingrich Abandons Campaign, Not Moon Base Idea
GOP presidential contender says he will "cheerfully" take up the issue as a private citizen.
Oversight
Postal watchdog keeps an eye on potential closures
Commission head is hopeful USPS will move slowly to close or consolidate post offices.
News
HUD Chief a Player?
Article maintains he was instrumental in persuading President Obama to launch probe into Wall Street's role in 2008 financial crisis.
Defense
One of two nearly censored bird flu papers published
U.S. voices national-security concerns over bird-flu findings.
Defense
Air Force chief talks of shrinking budgets, post-Iraq exhaustion
Key priority is funding operations and maintenance, Gen. Norton Schwartz says.
Pay & Benefits
Huge round of arrests for $450 million in Medicare fraud
Attorney General Eric Holder will provide details of the arrests at a press conference.
Tech
Beleaguered GSA praised for telework program
Agency honored, along with USDA and Homeland Security, for innovations in promoting the work arrangement.
Defense
Taliban announces 'spring offensive'
Annual campaign comes on the heels of President Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Tech
Telework is increasingly satisfying and less problematic, study finds
Management is slower to take to this workplace innovation.
Defense