Pay & Benefits
TSP funds show small declines in June
Majority of investment options post losses, but all remain in the black for the year.
Trends
Focus on the Family
The military ramps up outreach to spouses feeling the strain of multiple deployments.
Trends
Anchors Aweigh
Navy chief Adm. Gary Roughead stresses a flexible force poised for warfighting as well as disaster assistance.
In Every Issue
Briefing
The last laugh, vacation daze, the e-gov squeeze, NASA’s space travels and rethinking NIH.
Viewpoint
The Best Defense
The deeper meaning of ‘surge’ is to ramp up for any contingency, including civilian disaster response.
Managing Technology
Unplugging Data Centers
The shift to shared facilities is easier said than done, state and industry officials say.
Viewpoint
Out in the Open
Public participation can make a difference in the cleanup of toxic nuclear sites.
Intelligence File
No Talking
While politicians took credit for the death of Osama bin Laden, career employees were told to keep quiet.
Features
Mapping Human Terrain
Intelligence analysts are tracking the potential for poverty, extremism and pandemic disease to predict the next national security crisis.
Features
Letters From the Edge
With revenues in freefall and a complex business mandate, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe sets the path out of fiscal crisis.
Defense
Analysis: Defining down war
Obama is already adept at going to war without saying so, but the team of Panetta and Petraeus is likely to turn this age-old deception into an art form.
Oversight
NASA IG: Commercial partners don't quite copy
The space agency must clarify requirements to developers, handle potential conflicts of interest better and cooperate more with the FAA, watchdog says.
News
Geithner sticking around for time being
Treasury Secretary tries to put to rest rumors that he would step down after a debt ceiling deal.
Pay & Benefits
Officers’ Options
A look at special retirement provisions for law enforcement officers and firefighters.
News