Pay & Benefits
Recruits Begin a Year-Long Isolation Mission to Simulate Mars
An actual trip to the red planet for the NASA recruits could take up to three years.
Oversight
Obama Restores Mount McKinley to Its Original Name of Denali
The park encompassing the mountain has been called Denali National Park since 1980.
Management
Can Joe Biden Be an Alternative to Hillary Clinton?
Some Democrats are desperate for the VP to join the 2016 field.
Nextgov
Hackers Breach Catholic Agency’s Security, Stalk 2-Year-Old Indiana Girl, and Access U. of R.I. Women’s Emails
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
Harsher Storms and Rising Waters Are Forcing Norfolk to Sink or Adapt
Accommodating the future in Tidewater Virginia and beyond: “As waters rise, all coastal communities are going to face what we’re facing right now.”
Management
NOAA Maps The Raging Future of American Wildfires
The risk of major blazes could increase 600 percent by mid-century, say scientists.
Route Fifty
Katrina, 10 Years Later: Facing Our Future Intertwined Natural and Manmade Disasters
What have states and localities learned about mass disruption emergencies and adapting to risk in the decade since the crisis in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast?
Defense
Here's How JSOC Became a Manhunting Machine
A brief history of special operations, from Panama to the war on terror.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Issues Plan to Give Feds 1.3 Percent Raise in 2016
Proposal would lift locality pay for first time in six years.
Oversight
Protecting Adulterous Feds, Boosting USPS and Other Ideas From Presidential Candidates
An unexpected defender of the federal workforce emerges.
Management
The Secret Suffering of the Middle Manager
All of the downsides of being a subordinate, combined with all of the downsides of having to tell people to do things they don't want to do.
Management
Ex-FEMA Chief Makes No Apologies for Katrina Performance
In extended interview, Michael Brown goes after news media, DHS, state and local indecisiveness.
Management
Buzz Aldrin Wants to Colonize Mars
He says he has a "master plan" to colonize the planet by 2039.
Management
How the Postal Service Managed a Remarkable Response During Katrina
Employees got work, mail was delivered and normalcy, eventually, was restored.
Oversight
Court Overturns Ruling Against NSA Surveillance Program
The bulk-collection program was reined in earlier this summer when Congress passed the USA Freedom Act.
Nextgov
Can US Cyber Nerve Center Hold Onto Its New Leaders?
"Churn over there within DHS has been problematic," says departed official.
Nextgov
Pentagon Partners with Silicon Valley on 'Flexible Electronics'
The Defense Department plans to invest $171 million on the initiative.
Oversight
Note to Feds: Don’t Let Family Members Store Porn on Your Work Computer
Senior Commerce official had seven government computers at home.
Management
NASA’s 20-Year-Old Astronaut Hiring Procedures Still Work Today
Putting several extremely talented, smart and confident people into space together requires the ultimate in teamwork, physical and mental toughness, and psychological agility.
Nextgov