Pay & Benefits
Last Chance to Save Some Bucks on Health Insurance
Open season draws to a close on Monday.
Management
President’s Visit to NIH Highlights Research on Ebola
How scientists are pulling together to tackle this urgent threat.
Management
White House Procurement Chief Issues Steps to Simplify Acquisition
Agencies encouraged to centralize routine purchasing, share talent.
Defense
House OKs Bill With Pay Raise for Troops, Pay Freeze for Some Officers
Troops are on track to receive a 1 percent pay increase in 2015; bill freezes pay for general and flag officers next year.
Route Fifty
Where to Move If You Want a Job, More Money, or Lots of Single People
Digging through the new Census tool on which large cities are the nation's leaders in singles, earnings, and unemployment for younger Americans.
Management
The Real Roots of Midlife Crisis
What a growing body of research reveals about the biology of human happiness.
Management
Federal Hourly-Rate Contract Workers Ask Obama for a Bigger Pay Raise
Two lawmakers endorse rally portraying government as largest poverty-wage employer.
Route Fifty
How Cities Can Make Money Off Discarded Cigarette Butts
Inspired by New Orleans, Salem, Massachusetts, is deploying an innovative program that cleans up the streets and steers money back into communities.
Management
Is the U.S. Focusing Too Much on STEM?
Many aspects of daily life require us to be more tech-savvy, no matter the career.
Oversight
Reid vs. White House Tensions Cloud Majority's Final Days
Divides over electoral strategy and a tax deal reflect stresses between the Senate's top Democrat and the Obama administration.
Management
Leaders, Use These Tips to Stay Relevant With Younger Workers
Don’t try to be hip if you’re not.
Management
Can Presidents Be Managers?
Presidents who bask in the policy limelight are surprised and puzzled when their support erodes.
Oversight
Play of the Day: What Congress Can Finally Agree On
Everyone can gree that Nazis shouldn't get Social Security benefits.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Tax Deal That Would Retroactively Boost Mass Transit Benefits
Bill would allow feds to claim a $250 monthly benefit for 2014.
Employee Policy
VA whistleblowers honored
The Office of Special Counsel this week honored three whistleblowers with its Public Servant of the Year award for their disclosures revealing problems with patient care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Employee Policy
Mass transit benefit boost included in tax bill
The House has passed a provision that would increase the mass transit commuter benefit for 2014. The provision equalizes the tax exclusion for employer-provided commuter transit and parking subsidies.
Employee Policy
Military Spouse Employment Partnership expands
Military officials this week inducted 38 more organizations into the Military Spouse Employment Partnership, a public-private effort that helps military spouses find employment.
Route Fifty
17 States Challenge Obama's Immigration Directive
The coalition is being led by Texas governor-elect Greg Abbott.
Nextgov
Agencies Under the Gun to Meet Data Transparency Deadlines
The Obama administration has six months to prove its implementation of a sweeping new data transparency law is on track.
Oversight