Management
Lawmakers Look to Give More Postal Employees Appeal Rights
Postal group says bill would fix misunderstanding from 1987.
Route Fifty
El Paso Makes Filling Potholes Look So Easy
Winter-weary drivers may not want to watch this.
Nextgov
Feds Say They Finally Have a Database of Every Cyber Job in Government
Federal cyberwarriors hail from more than 100 different job categories scattered across agencies.
Tech
Hillary Clinton Not Alone in Using Private Emails to Govern
Government Executive survey shows a third of high-level executives see it done.
Oversight
House Passes Bill Allowing VA Secretary to Claw Back Bonuses
Legislation allows employees to ask for a third-party review of secretary’s decision.
Oversight
GOP Leaders Will Allow Clean DHS Vote, Possibly Ending Impasse
Over conservatives' objections, Republicans will let a measure come to the floor that doesn't block Obama's immigration actions.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Jim Inhofe Has a Secret Weapon to Disprove Global Warming
The Oklahoman brought a snowball to the Capitol and waved it around.
Management
Hillary Clinton Used Private Email While at State
Former Secretary of State didn't use state.gov account to conduct official business during her tenure at Foggy Bottom.
Employee Policy
Federal Coach: How to diplomatically get out of horrible meetings
Meetings! Ah, that stark fact of life in the workplace. Personally, I have come to a basic conclusion: They take up too much time, produce too few results and need to be made shorter and more focused, if not curbed altogether.
Employee Policy
NFFE blasts DOD shifting travel burden on employees
The National Federation of Federal Employees on March 2 sharply criticized the Department of Defense for pushing millions of dollars of travel costs onto some employees--and the union praised a new bill that that will ban the practice.
Employee Policy
TSP sees strong gains in February
Despite this February's arctic weather and continuing budgetary deadlock on Capitol Hill, feds have something to cheer: the Thrift Savings Plan took off last month.
Employee Policy
House bill would order VA to pay back bonuses
The House of Representatives has approved a bill, by voice vote, to force the Department of Veterans Affairs to take back bonuses paid to executives who are found to have engaged in misconduct.
Defense One
US, Allies Reviewing Bomb Stockpiles for ISIS Fight
The U.S. military is making sure it has enough bombs and missiles to continue striking Islamic State strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
Defense One
John Allen: ISIS Losing, But Iraq Still Isn't Ready To Win
Iraq’s government may not be ready to handle what happens when it defeats ISIS.
Nextgov
6 Biggest Blunders in Government's Annual Cyber Report Card
The White House has released its yearly assessment of agency compliance with the governmentwide cyber laws.
Management
Senators Press for Flood Insurance Fraud Probe
FEMA and SBA faulted for mishandling Hurricane Sandy aid.
Tech
Funding Impasse Is Already Disrupting DHS Operations
Plans for new technologies and equipment remain up in the air.
Nextgov
Clapper: Maintaining Phone Call Surveillance is Like Buying Insurance
The nation's top spy said keeping logs of U.S. citizens' phone calls is a preventive measure for discerning potential threats.
Defense