Management
Homeland Security Passes Starbucks Audit
Watchdog finds $31,000 tab employees racked up in 2013 at coffee company was mostly legit.
Route Fifty
Race, Pollution, Cancer in Louisiana; Dispatches from Bone Dry California
Also: Ohio lawn-care refuseniks, making the Clean Power Plan bulletproof, Austin music festival lovers meet organic farmers
Management
Clinton Will Give Her Email Server and Thumb Drive to Justice
The Democratic White House front-runner's campaign says she "pledged to cooperate with the government's security inquiry."
Management
After the Toxic Spill, Colorado's Animas River Was Orange for Days
The waterway is clear again as of Tuesday after the EPA accidentally dumped 3 million gallons of wastewater from a mine into it.
Defense
Let the Great Debate Over the Iraq War Begin -- Again
Forget the primary — it’s gloves off for Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush, already beginning to slug it out over who lost Iraq.
Management
Government Is Losing the War for the Best and Brightest
The key to solving big problems is people, not technology.
Oversight
The FDA is Cracking Down on Kim Kardashian’s Instagram Pharmaceutical Promotion
Kardashian failed to describe the risks and side effects of a morning sickness drug.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump and Clinton Are Not Concerned… Or Are They?
The frontrunners in each party are having some frontrunner problems.
Management
Labor Department: American Workers Are Not Getting Much More Productive
If things keep going this way, we might need to rethink our growth expectations.
Management
The EPA Is Working With Several Federal Agencies to Clean Up Its Self-Created Disaster
Millions of gallons of toxic water have leaked into major rivers thanks to an EPA mistake.
Pay & Benefits
NTEU Elects 25-Year Veteran of the Union as President
Tony Reardon, who received 89 percent of the votes cast, replaces long-time leader Colleen Kelley.
Management
White House Focus, SES Visibility Help Agencies Meet Small Business Goals
SBA’s Shoraka expresses confidence that set-aside abuse by large firms is minimal.
Management
Lawrence Lessig is Considering a Presidential Run
The Harvard professor and Creative Commons co-founder wants to get money out of politics—and thinks he has the best plan to do it.
Nextgov
White House Details Draft Contractor Data Breach Rules
Feel free to weigh in on GitHub, the code-sharing site.
Management
Your 'Gut Feeling' Can Literally Control What Happens in Your Brain
It involves hundreds of millions of neurons that aren’t in your brain.
Management
Sorry Feds: You Have to Bring Your Own Plates and Forks to Work
GAO says agencies cannot use appropriated funds for disposable plates and cutlery.
Nextgov
Obama Asks for 72 Percent Raise in IRS Cyber Funding to Combat ID Thieves
White House proposes pushing $242 million into agency data analysis, IT controls and victim support, among other things.
Management
Contractors to Obama: Enough With the Executive Orders
Protest comes amid reports of plan to require contractors to offer paid sick leave.
Pay & Benefits
Some Feds Will See Life Insurance Rate Hikes in January
Premiums will increase for retiree basic coverage and other options under older age bands.
Oversight