News
From Nextgov: Pentagon's cyber strategy aims to quell fears of militarizing cyberspace
Expert interviews shown on a Government Business Council infographic predict the outcome of cyber defense efforts worldwide.
Oversight
Atlantis launch marks a bittersweet end to shuttle program
NASA must downsize and reorient itself as 30-year space travel effort draws to a close.
Defense
HUD reminds military personnel of their housing rights
Service members on active duty have legal protections against foreclosures by lenders.
News
IRS decision to end gift audits not political, specialist says
Career official in tax agency’s nonprofit division announced end to examinations of five campaign organizations.
Defense
House approves 1.6 percent pay raise for service members
The boost is consistent with president’s fiscal 2012 budget request.
Tech
Last shuttle mission takes off
Astronauts are carrying equipment and supplies to the International Space Station before Atlantis, NASA's final space shuttle, is retired.
News
House cancels upcoming recess in anticipation of debt-ceiling deal
The House will be in session the week of July 18, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, announces
News
Stunning jobs report complicates debt deal for both Obama, GOP
Weak employment numbers seen as argument against the president's strategy of mimicking Republicans' call for government belt-tightening.
Pay & Benefits
What Congress Gets
Separating myth from reality when it comes to lawmakers' pensions.
Defense
From Nextgov: Threat of destructive coding on foreign-manufactured technology is real
High-ranking cybersecurity official confirms security loopholes embedded in product parts shipped to the United States.
Oversight
Cut contracting costs by 15 percent, agencies are told
OMB sets goal of saving $6 billion on management support services as part of campaign to ‘buy smarter and buy less.’
Pay & Benefits
Discrimination allegations on the rise, report shows
EEOC complaints increase in fiscal 2010, and agencies pay out more in settlements and benefits to employees.
Defense
Pentagon's second-ranking official to resign
William J. Lynn III says he couldn't commit to staying through President Obama's first term.
Oversight
HUD rebuts charge of illegal grant to ACORN
Judiciary Watch says housing money violated congressional ban on funding for dismantled community action group.
News
Democrats, Republicans to work over weekend on debt deal, Obama says
Bipartisan group of Congressional leaders agrees a deal to raise the debt ceiling must be reached soon, president says.
News
Social Security changes are on the table in debt talks
It's unclear if Obama is willing to raise the retirement age or merely accept changes in inflation-adjustment calculations that would reduce benefits.
Defense
Condolence letters for suicides fuel debate over war wounds
How the military should look at suicides is a subset of a broader debate about what it means to be a casualty of Iraq or Afghanistan..
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