Route Fifty
The Alarming Research Behind New York's Fracking Ban
An analysis of the findings in Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 184-page review of hydraulic fracturing.
Pay
Feds get 1 percent pay boost
President Obama on Dec. 19 signed an executive order authorizing a 1 percent across-the-board pay increase in 2015 for civilian federal employees.
Employee Policy
GSA wants to do a swap for new FBI HQ
The General Services Administration has a proposition: It is looking for someone to develop a new FBI headquarters building outside of Washington, D.C., in exchange for the old J. Edgar Hoover Building in the city.
Pay
DOD posts 2015 military pay and compensation rates
The Defense Department on Dec. 22 announced its 2015 military pay and compensation rates for military service members.
Route Fifty
Q&A With Gov. John Hickenlooper: Creating Joy … at the DMV
How government can catch up with business in redefining the consumer relationship.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Makes it Official: 1 Percent Pay Raise For 2015
President issues order implementing increase for civilian federal employees and uniformed military service members.
Nextgov
Navy’s $2.5B Plan for Shipboard Networks Hits Snag after GAO Partially Upholds Protest
GAO's action could further delay Navy's plans to upgrade the nation’s surface warship fleet.
Route Fifty
New D.C.-Area Express Toll Lanes Test P3 Financing Models
Toll projects so far have proven to be the riskiest types of public-private partnerships.
Oversight
Environmentalists Split With the Obama Administration Over Key Power Plant Rules
The Obama administration is offering the first-ever regulations on the waste from coal-fired plants.
Management
Year in Review: Obama Holds End of 2014 News Conference
Before he left for a Hawaii vacation, the president had big words for Sony at his annual year-end presser.
Nextgov
There’s Still No Governmentwide Definition of the Internet of Things
Key questions about the emerging technology remain unanswered, and the government is still firming up the basics.
Insights
Is IT Procurement in Your Agency as Competitive as You Think?
A November 2014 GBC survey found most federal managers believe their agency's IT procurement process is sufficiently competitive, but a closer look reveals that some procurement offices aren't always following the rules.
Management
OMB Trumpets Progress on Tracking Contractor Performance and Other Cross-Agency Goals
Obama push for data-driven management is paying off, according to update.
Pay & Benefits
Possible Furlough Days Coming to IRS Employees
Full-day agency shutdowns could complement hiring freeze and overtime suspension.
Tech
'The Interview' Is Not the First Time Hollywood Has Killed a World Leader in a Movie
It's also not the first time that Hollywood has caved to world pressure.
Pay & Benefits
Obama Signs TSP Bill Into Law
Smart Savings Act will automatically enroll new feds into a more diverse, age-appropriate fund rather than the safer G Fund.
Management
The Overseas Diplomatic Life is Not All Sips of Tea
"The students, I don’t know how many there were, several thousand, surrounded the cars and began to pelt them with eggs and rocks and to jump up on top of the cars and stamp on the roofs." When Warren Christopher had to deliver bad news in Taiwan.
Management
7 Very Telling Signs Your Job Is a Poor Fit
How to avoid a long-term ‘soul sucking’ experience.
Benefits
Former DOD employee sentenced in $2.5 million health care fraud scheme
A former Defense Department civilian employee was sentenced Dec. 18 to three years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to a health care fraud scheme though which he collected more than $2.2 million.
Employee Policy