Route Fifty
Employer-Based Retirement Plans: Access Varies Greatly
More than 40 percent of full-time workers have no pension or 401(k); geography, ethnicity, employer size and worker income all play a part.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Has a Big Mac in the Sky
The 2016 GOP nominee celebrates clinching with a hamburger on his jet.
Management
Trump and Clinton Want to Bring Back Millions of Outsourced Jobs – Here's Why They Can't
Instead of trying to bring back the old economy jobs that have been lost, the U.S. should focus on training Americans in new skills.
Oversight
The Real Scandal of Hillary Clinton's Emails
It’s not what she wrote—it’s her tendency to wall herself off from alternative points of view.
Oversight
The Trump Comparison You Have Not Heard Yet
A classics professor writes that Trump’s raucous campaign style is nothing new. He introduces us to a chariot-racing statesman from ancient Athens who may have given Trump a run for his money.
Oversight
Was a Senator’s Report on Waste in Federal Science Grants More Wasteful Than the Research Itself?
Scientists and agency officials say Hill report does not present a full and accurate picture of their projects and the merits of their work.
Management
Take It From a Marine: Leaders Ask For Help
My mission was clear. It was up to me to figure out how to do it.
Defense
Reversing Course on U.S. Soldiers Wearing Kurdish Rebel Insignia
On Thursday, the Defense Department said that in order to blend in, special-operation forces often don the insignia of forces they accompany. On Friday, after Turkey complained, a spokesman called the action “unauthorized and inappropriate.”
Defense
Critics of Obama’s Hiroshima Visit Have Called Him Everything From an Apologist to a 'Lunatic'
North Korea's news agency described the US president as a "nuclear war lunatic."
Nextgov
OPM’s Troubled IT Upgrade Project on Track to Get Millions More in Funding
A new watchdog report finds funding for the project remains an issue in part because of poor planning by the agency.
Pay & Benefits
Surviving Military Spouse Benefit Will Increase Slightly This Fall
The Special Survivor Indemnity Allowance, which will increase $35 to $310 in October, expires at the end of fiscal 2017.
Defense
U.S. Nuclear Operations Are Coordinated Using Old Computers and 8-inch Floppy Disks
The nuclear program runs on the most cutting-edge technology...of 1974.
Management
If You Want Your Employees to Be More Productive, Get Rid of Their Chairs
Standing desks could make you a better employee.
Management
Should Airports Privatize Security to Avoid Long Lines?
Some U.S. cities are looking into hiring private contractors and moving away from the TSA after a month of historically long lines.
Defense
Obama's Historic Hiroshima Visit
The president is the first sitting American leader to make a trip to the city that was bombed by the U.S. with a nuclear device.
Tech
Carter to Engineers: Give 'New Capabilities to Old Platforms'
At a Navy R&D lab, the defense secretary reveals a deeply layered concept of 'innovation' — and a geek's love for tech
Nextgov
Pentagon Is Building Massive Hub of Insider Threat Data
Some civil liberties advocates say the system could create a culture of mutual suspicion that silences whistle-blowers.
Nextgov
White House Issues Cyber Framework for Protecting ‘Precision Medicine’ Patient Data
Personalized treatment means gathering lots of PII.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Clinton Email Conversation or Game of Thrones?
Late-night further examines the State Department IG report.
Management