Tech
Virtual training companies offer products to military
Services seek “immersive simulations” to prepare future troops.
Pay & Benefits
President issues plan to limit pay raise to 3 percent next year
Alternative salary increase plan issued to prevent larger increases from automatically taking effect.
News
Mileage reimbursement could hit all-time high in 2008
IRS raises rate to 50.5 cents per mile; GSA likely to follow.
Tech
Peering into the crystal ball of technology
Take our online survey on where the federal technology market is headed.
Management
The Good Fight
Dispatches from opposite sides of the debate about religion in the workplace.
Oversight
Executive diversity legislation gains support
Groups back House and Senate efforts to provide training for women and minorities.
Defense
Defense bill proves lucrative for biggest firms
Top federal contractors received earmarks worth more than $200 million in fiscal 2008 appropriations bill.
Defense
America already is in a cyber war, analyst says
Former CIA official cites 37,000 reported breaches of government and private systems in fiscal 2007.
Defense
Ten fingerprints to be required at some airports for foreign visitors
New US-VISIT system will be used at Dulles next week and be deployed at nine other airports by next March.
Oversight
USDA's chief economist to leave post in January
Keith Collins, a 32-year career federal employee, has served in the position since 1992.
Oversight
FCC agenda in disarray in wake of questions and concerns
Efforts to re-regulate cable industry fall victim to intense lobbying.
Defense
European ports install radiation detectors as U.S. delays
Just last week, U.S. officials announced that the Homeland Security Department is slowing plans to roll out 1,400 monitors, each costing nearly $400,000.
Defense
Internet attacks grow more sophisticated
Information security research group points to Web applications and end users as the biggest threats to agency systems.
Tech
European Parliament sets funding for satellite navigation system
Plan to develop Galileo system as answer to U.S. Global Positioning System had faltered earlier this year.
Oversight