Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers press for answers on Thrift Savings Plan cyber breach
Sen. Susan Collins asks why beneficiaries weren’t notified of the July 2011 attack sooner.
Pay & Benefits
TSP offers free credit monitoring after cyber breach
Board stands by hacked third-party contractor Serco.
Pay & Benefits
Cyberattack exposes 123,000 TSP accounts
Social Security numbers, financial information compromised.
Tech
DARPA settles in at new ultra-secure headquarters
Arlington building also wins distinction for green attributes.
Tech
Survey finds agencies are not taking full advantage of data analysis
Sixty-seven percent are using new techniques, but few are completely integrating them into operations.
Tech
Analysis: Taking bots into battle
As unmanned systems advance, do humans have to remain in the loop?
Nextgov
Schmidt resigns from White House cyber post
Howard Schmidt, who coordinated the Obama Administration's push for cybersecurity policy and legislation, is stepping down after two-and-a-half years on the job.
Tech
Beleaguered GSA praised for telework program
Agency honored, along with USDA and Homeland Security, for innovations in promoting the work arrangement.
Tech
Telework is increasingly satisfying and less problematic, study finds
Management is slower to take to this workplace innovation.
Tech
Federal Register coordinating more with Regulations.gov
Submitted comments now accessible from both websites.
Tech
Patent Telework Success
Patent and Trademark Office remains a telework leader -- and boosts satisfaction, too!
Tech
House approves transparency bill, citing GSA scandal
DATA Act would require online disclosure of spending and curb conferences.
Tech
Telework Data and Defense
OPM may have trouble reporting telework progress; Pentagon unveils new telework policy.
Tech
FDA issues draft guidance on nano-food
Nano-chocolate dusted on diet foods and microscopic particles of silver to keep food smelling fresh will receive individual regulation.
Oversight
No taxes, no travel: Why the IRS wants the right to seize your passport
Does the Tax Man have the right to prevent us from traveling, even without a formal charge of evasion or another crime? Maybe we're about to find out.
Tech
Make Way for Microtasking
IT platform offers up small State Department projects to eager college student volunteers.
Management