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Is Post-Breach Credit Monitoring Useful? Lawmakers Ask GAO to Review
The use of such services has become routine as the number of data breaches in both government and the private sector has ratcheted up.
Nextgov
Jeh Johnson Says He'll Stop Checking Gmail from Work, 'Probably Should Have Done It Sooner'
Johnson addressed reports that he and his senior staffers were using work computers to check private webmail accounts.
Management
John Kerry on Restoring Relations With Cuba: 'Nothing is More Futile Than Trying to Live in the Past'
After more than a half century, the U.S. and Cuba took a major symbolic step toward re-establishing diplomatic relations.
Management
NASA’s First Image of The Whole Earth Since 1972 is Breathtaking
The Deep Space Climate Observatory sent back a new blue marble photo.
Management
What It Will Take to Move the Needle on Reform
For each step forward on acquisition, rules or inaction stall progress.
Nextgov
Were Background Investigations Falsified During the OPM Hack?
Administration will not confirm or deny it has verified the integrity of 21.5 million compromised records.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump is Just Palin Redux
The real estate mogul's comments about John McCain remind Jon Stewart of Palin's comments over the years.
Route Fifty
Getting Debt-Ridden Harrisburg Back on the Right Track Hasn’t Been Easy
“I would certainly hope to believe that this is the moment that the city has stabilized and begun to rebuild itself,” Mayor Eric Papenfuse says in an interview.
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Treasury Taps 18F to Craft New $10 Bill's Digital Strategy
GSA's tech fix-it team advised the Treasury on getting the public to speak up about the redesign.
Management
A New Flag Rises on Washington's Embassy Row
After decades of estrangement, the United States and Cuba formally reestablished diplomatic relations on Monday.
Management
The Surprising Benefit of Comparing Yourself to Others
Your peers probably don't have it all figured out, even if it seems that way sometimes.
Pay & Benefits
Jeb Bush: Strip Feds of Automatic Pay Raises and Due Process
Republican presidential candidate lays out plan for overhauling federal personnel system.
Management
Government Shutdown Could Have Helped Former HUD Employee Commit Fraud
A new audit of the department’s purchase card program reveals one of the ripple effects of furloughs.
Oversight
Crowded Primary Field Is Good News for Republican Voters
Particularly in Iowa and New Hampshire, where party activists crave being courted, they are in heaven these days.
Route Fifty
States Rethink Laws Denying the Vote to Felons
Election laws disenfranchise 5.9 million felons, but many states are rethinking those rules.
Management
Setting Your Own Schedule Actually Makes You Work More
Telework can be both a blessing and a curse.
Oversight
TSP Benefits Remain at Risk in Clash Over Highway Funding
Senate is considering changes in the G Fund's rate of return as one way to finance a multiyear funding extension.
Management
Can Design Help the USPS Make Stamps Popular Again?
The Postal Service's new Forever stamp series, 'Summer Harvest,' targets two kinds of audiences: foodies and nostalgics.
Nextgov
Hackers Enter UCLA Health and Expose Carl’s Jr. Model, While Worker Leaks National Guard Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
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