Employee Policy
DOD employee satisfaction slips; more consider leaving
Defense Department employees who responded to the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey registered declines from the prior year's survey in the areas of trust, organizational satisfaction and job satisfaction, a department official said.
Employee Policy
Panelists chosen for Secret Service review
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson last week announced the names of four panelists who will conduct an independent review of the Secret Service in the wake of security breach by a fence-jumping intruder at the White House and revelations of other security shortcomings at the agency.
Benefits
VA touts growth of telehealth program
Department of Veterans Affairs said that its national telehealth programs served more than 690,000 vets during fiscal 2014 via more than 2 million online visits.
Oversight
New Texas Ebola Case Fuels Concerns About Care Guidelines
Budget cuts derailed progress on vaccine, NIH chief says.
Tech
Edward Snowden: Supreme Court Will Strike Down NSA Spying Programs
The former NSA contractor also warned that Apple and Google’s new privacy protections on their mobile devices are not impenetrable.
Management
How Governments Use War Games to Prevent Future Catastrophes
Treasury secretary Jack Lew, his British counterpart George Osborne and the heads of both central banks will take part in a simulation Monday.
Route Fifty
Dallas County’s Top Official: New Ebola Case Doesn’t Change ‘Basic Premise of Science’
Clay Jenkins tries to calm nerves and without protective gear enters the apartment where the Ebola-stricken Liberian man had stayed.
Route Fifty
California Health Exchange’s No-Bid Contracts; Tulsa’s Portland Field Trip
Also in our Local & State weekend roundup: St. Pete’s climate worries and Missouri’s solar foothold.
Defense
Far Fewer Unaccompanied Minors Are Now Crossing the U.S. Border
That doesn't mean the crisis is over.
Nextgov
DHS: Attackers Hacked Critical Manufacturing Firm For Months
An unnamed manufacturing firm vital to the U.S. economy recently suffered a prolonged hack.
Tech
The Simple Solution to Hiring Tech-Savvy Talent That Agencies Might be Overlooking
OPM says agencies could be underutilizing authority to boost pay for highly-qualified STEM workers
Defense
Boehner to Dems: Let's Hear Your Position on Guantanamo
"While Republicans stand united against this ploy, each and every Democrat should make their position known," Boehner said Friday.
Nextgov
Intelligence Community Needs More Than a Few Good Women
James Clapper, the nation’s spy chief, is a fierce advocate of diverse intelligence workforce.
Management
Do I Ever Get Overworked and Overwhelmed?
It’s not a real, tangible thing; it’s a mental and physical response.
Nextgov
Hackers Cause Schizophrenia, Eavesdrop on Yahoo in China, and Hijack Unemployed People
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Management
Why the White House Is Using Emoji
In a report about the status of the nation's millennial population, Washington relied heavily on emojis and graphics, abandoning words almost altogether.
Management
The High Cost of Federal Workforce Depression
The Secret Service's problem isn't morals, it's morale.
Defense
Obama's Gitmo Provocation?
Shuttering the terrorist detention center despite an explicit congressional ban would be the president's boldest move yet.
Defense