Benefits
Five plans to drop out of FEHB
The Office of Personnel Management said that five health insurance plans are dropping out of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for the 2015 plan year.
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Colorado, Oregon Voters Set to Decide GMO Labeling Rules
With no federal guidelines in place, the big battle over genetically modified food products is playing out at the state level.
Management
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Get to Space
NASA says rising sea levels threaten launch facilities.
Oversight
Who Controls Foreign Policy: The President or Congress?
A Supreme Court case over whether passports for people born in Jerusalem should read "Israel" or not could have a surprisingly big effect on the balance of power in the United States.
Management
What to Expect From Procurement in 2015
Streamlining agency purchasing systems can unearth surprising savings.
Defense
Troops, Defense Employees Will Have Less Money for Extended Travel Starting Nov. 1
Opponents of a new policy designed to cut costs had hoped the Pentagon would delay its implementation, pending further debate.
Management
Watchdog: Congress Should Help HUD Improve List of Buildings for Homeless
Inventory of agency properties that could become shelters called too broad.
Pay & Benefits
More than 25,000 Feds Will Have to Switch Health Plans in 2015
Five plans are dropping out of FEHBP, while four new plans are coming in.
Nextgov
Navy Takes on Internet of Things with New Task Force
"Task Force Cyber Awakening" will draw from the head U.S. Cyber Command's reaction strategy to a major Navy computer system hack.
Management
Prescription Drug Payments Still Going to Dead People, Watchdog Finds
CMS struggles to enforce pharmacy reporting deadlines on HIV treatments.
Management
How Does Clinton Overcome Obama?
Her biggest problem won’t be age, her campaign strategy, or GOP attacks. It will be that many voters lack faith in government.
Nextgov
When Government is the Hacker, How Do You Protect Yourself?
FBI malware and mass government surveillance breach U.S. citizens’ privacy, tech firms say.
Oversight
Republicans Lower Expectations on Obamacare Repeal
Mitch McConnell reminds voters why repeal isn't going to happen in the 114th Congress, even if he becomes Senate majority leader.
Defense
'An Epidemic of Fear': Ebola in the United States
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Anthony Fauci's lessons from three decades of public health crises.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Is Texas Turning Away from Conservatives?
Lone Star politicians express themselves a little differently.
Management
7 Workplace Vampires That Can Suck the Life Out of You
How to keep your distance and conserve your emotional energy.
Employee Policy
OIG releases findings in 'Fast and Furious' look-alike case
The Justice Department's Office of Inspector General released details on a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives operation reminiscent of that agency's bungled "Fast and Furious" arms-smuggling investigation.
Retirement
GAO examines overlapping payments to disabled military retirees
The Government Accountability Office released a new report that examines overlapping federal benefit programs that provide concurrent payments to military retirees.
Employee Policy
Army to set up Ebola testing labs in Liberia
A group of Army "soldier-scientists" is deploying to Liberia to establish four laboratories to aid U.S. efforts to address the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the Defense Department said in a news report. The deployment may last up to a year.
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