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Yes, There Will Be a Federal Spending Spree This Fall
Expect another end-of-fiscal-year surge, especially in IT contracting.
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Pentagon’s Bring-Your-Own-Device Project on Hold Until Fall
The pilot project will include some 10,000 users.
Management
How Do You Measure the Effectiveness of Government?
Understanding the citizen’s perspective can drive quality data and decisions.
Oversight
Congressional Democrats Don't Trust Iran, But Do They Trust Obama?
The president needs his own party to believe he got the best possible deal.
Pay & Benefits
Your Data Is Compromised. (Yes, Yours.) What Now?
"Everybody's data is at risk and vulnerable, and has probably been compromised multiple times, if they're an adult," says data breach expert.
Management
Obama's Foreign Policy Is Hurting Hillary Clinton's 2016 Chances
The president’s unorthodox foreign policy, conducted after his reelection in 2012, will receive a clear up-or-down vote in Florida next year—but with Hillary Clinton on the ballot.
Management
Obama Lays Out Plan to Overhaul The American Criminal Justice System
"Any system that allows us to turn a blind eye to hopelessness and despair—that is not a justice system, that is an injustice system," the president said Tuesday.
Oversight
Play of the Day: El Chapo Threatens The Donald
Trump and the Mexican drug kingpin are feuding on social media.
Route Fifty
How a ‘Vampire Hunter’s Set’ May Be Connected to Harrisburg’s Fiscal Crisis
A lengthy criminal complaint filed against former Mayor Stephen Reed includes 499 counts involving bribery, theft and the misuse of bond funds.
Oversight
New OPM Chief Calls Anxious Lawmakers to Share Her ‘Enthusiasm’ for Fixing Agency
Members of Congress press new OPM leadership for appropriate protections for hack victims.
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House Panel Dents Budget for Cyber Tool That Scoped out OPM Breaches
Citing proposed pay raise costs and concerns about contracts for the EINSTEIN tool, lawmakers pass $5 million reduction.
Defense
The Defense Department's IED Office Reinvents Itself For a New Era
JIEDDO is now JIDA, with a permanent place in the bureaucracy and license to target more than roadside bombs
Pay & Benefits
How Much Damage Can Hackers Do With a Million Fingerprints From the OPM Data Breach?
The pilfering of 1.1 million fingerprints is “probably the biggest counterintelligence threat in my lifetime,” one former NSA official said.
Management
What Kind of Leader Are You?
There are three types of leaders, and organizations need all three.
Management
Seven Agencies Experiment with Publishing FOIA Releases
Justice leads effort to gauge impact on staff time and costs.
Pay & Benefits
Feds’ Pay Raise Takes Unexpected Diversion
Legislation allowing the pay boost to advance gets caught up in political battle.
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Defending the Digital Consumer
FTC Commissioner Julie Brill prepares for the day there is no Internet.
Management
Time Management Is Only Making Our Already Busy Lives Worse
Time management is a 250-year-old innovation; it's time to move on.
Route Fifty
Landlocked Fla. City Far From BP Spill Gets $1 Million Payout; Iowa Bird Flu Appeal?
Also: West Virginians reminded to use 911 and some good news for Atlantic City!
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