Oversight
Agencies’ progress meeting FOIA transparency mandate mixed
Research institute finds more pressure and leadership from the administration are needed to make significant changes.
Oversight
Census is counting on ad campaign
Agency hopes its offbeat commercials will save money by encouraging more people to return forms.
Oversight
Obama tries to dampen Medicare fears
The president kicks off a week of lobbying for healthcare reform, insisting the proposal is good for older Americans.
Pay & Benefits
Burning Question: How much perfume is too much?
City workers in Detroit are told to avoid the issue -- and potential lawsuits -- by not wearing any at all.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers to unveil leave investment bill for TSP
Bipartisan measure would allow employees to deposit the cash value of leftover annual leave in retirement savings accounts.
Tech
Millennials Ignore IT Use Policies
Survey also finds state-of-the-art equipment and technology is essential when choosing an employer.
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From Nextgov.com: Army, Air Force mine databases to manage evacuations of wounded
Systems balance the need to remove injured soldiers with the safety of medevacs, help design better armor and prepare medical teams for when troops arrive at hospitals for treatment.
Oversight
Senator holds up bill compensating furloughed Transportation workers
Coburn says Congress should pay workers out of its own budget as punishment for its “inability to maintain core federal programs.”
Pay & Benefits
Union seeks to boost IRS employees’ spirits
Group urges lawmakers to write letters of support in the wake of the February plane attack that has left many tax workers shaken.
Oversight
GOP announces debt panel picks
Congressional leaders have pledged to take up the panel's recommendations before the end of the year and have lawmakers cast an up-or-down vote.
Oversight
Stimulus workload taxes agency staffs and missions
Survey shows other projects have been put on the back burner, leading to award delays and less contract monitoring.
Oversight
Blue Dogs advocate three years of spending cuts
The moderate Democrats will suggest reducing nonsecurity discretionary spending by 2 percent annually for three years, and then freezing spending levels for two years.
Oversight
White House to post spending bill earmarks
Move is part of a broader effort to boost transparency and accountability.
Defense
Navy acknowledges schedule for F-35 fighter is slipping
Service had hoped to avoid delays that plagued the Air Force’s portion of the program, but now faces a 13-month lag.
News
Burning Question: Did the CIA spike a town's bread with LSD?
Investigative journalist probes 1951 outbreak of mass hallucinations in French village.
Pay & Benefits
Poverty Line
Does your long-term financial plan involve impoverishment to qualify for public assistance with long-term care?
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