Pay & Benefits
Navy rejects benefits for laid-off sailors
Congressman’s plea to delay layoffs for 172 sailors nearing retirement benefit-eligibility is turned down.
Nextgov
Drones outlast narco boats in Caribbean
Remotely piloted jets can linger for up to 20 hours, helping them track unpredictable drug smuggling vessels.
Management
Some Defense civilians likely to lose jobs, with or without sequestration
Proposals to avoid automatic cuts involve downsizing.
Management
Mistakes sharing death data could cost taxpayers
IG report finds Social Security recorded 1.2 million deaths improperly.
Management
Three Steps to Avoid an E-Mail Disaster
Take some time and avoid problems, says our management coach.
Oversight
Pelosi has a problem with U.S. Olympic uniforms
It's not the style; it's the fact that they're made in China.
Pay & Benefits
Women a minority in six-figure government jobs
Women hold 42 percent of Washington positions paying more than $100,000.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- It's all boos and laughs with Mitt Romney
The candidate's NAACP convention appearance did not go as planned.
Oversight
House to take up Defense spending bill, hold off on others
After consideration of Defense appropriations measure next week, no other spending bills are likely to make it to the floor before lame duck session.
Pay & Benefits
Is Telework Good For Your Health?
Tell us whether working outside the office allows you to adopt a more wholesome lifestyle.
Oversight
House passes health care repeal -- again
The chamber has voted more than 30 times to repeal or defund parts of the law.
Nextgov
DARPA to get a new director -- one with Solyndra connections
Investment firm executive will lead Pentagon’s venture capital arm.
Oversight
House will put off postal reform debate until the fall, Hill source says
Passage might have to wait until after November lame duck session.
Management
Calling all federal employees with great waste-cutting ideas
SAVE competition submissions due by July 24.
Management
Academy aims to get people talking about the budget and other challenges
Series of memos is designed to start a dialogue on domestic issues.
Management
Union sounds off over governor’s Gestapo comment
NTEU demands full apology from Maine Republican who compared IRS to Nazi secret police.
Management
OMB plans for automatic cuts, urges Congress to find sequestration alternative
The cuts ‘would be terrible for our country,’ Jeff Zients says.
Pay & Benefits
Firefighters win health care benefits
President Obama orders agencies to extend health insurance to part-time workers who battle wildfires.
Oversight