Defense
Here Are the House's Recommendations for the Border Crisis
The House and Senate are now on a collision course.
Management
House Tries to Bait OMB Into Submitting Annual Budget Proposal Faster
Lawmakers vote to withhold most of OMB’s funding until it submits fiscal 2016 plan.
Defense One
Dunford Didn’t Endorse Plan to Pull Troops from Afghanistan by 2017
The president’s plan for withdrawing from Afghanistan can’t escape comparisons to Iraq – even from his top commander. By Molly O’Toole
Defense
FAA Has Issued Advisories Against Region Where Plane Crashed in Ukraine
The Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 could have been shot down by a surface-to-air Buk missile system.
Route Fifty
Michigan Suburb Blocks Street on Detroit Border
Grosse Pointe Park’s traffic-calming blockade raises boundary questions and stirs cross-border tensions.
Pay & Benefits
Senator Wants to Ensure People Who Retaliate Against VA Whistleblowers Get Fired
Employees who punish whistleblowers can currently get away with just a reprimand, senator says.
Tech
Snowden: NSA Employees Are Passing Around Nude Photos
“Regardless of what happens, if I end up in chains in Guantanamo, I can live with that,” the 31-year-old former NSA contractor said.
Oversight
House Passes Bipartisan Bill Extending Whistleblower Protection
Legislation extends for three more years a provision that gives whistleblowers additional appeal rights.
Oversight
Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Hispanics Oppose Faster Child Deportations in Border Crisis
The Hispanic Caucus met with Obama on Wednesday.
Management
ESPN’s Stuart Scott Brings You the Best 15 Minutes of Your Day
What it means to never give up.
Nextgov
Hamas Interrupts Israeli TV with Urgent Message
A Channel 10 satellite broadcast was briefly hacked by the Palestinian Islamist group.
Oversight
Why Rand Paul Loves to Fight Over Foreign Policy
Arguing over military intervention with his fellow Republicans is an ideal platform for the libertarian senator's most popular, and disruptive, ideas.
Oversight
What Happens If Boehner's Lawsuit Against Obama Succeeds?
Experts are split over whether Obamacare delays were legal.
Defense
Congress Thinks This Statue Is a Threat to National Security
GSA is in a battle with Congress to re-install it.
Oversight
Play of the Day: 'Three' Benefits of Rick Perry's New Look
He looks more serious, more intelligent and... one more...
Pay
Bill opens possibility for 1 percent pay raise
A bill passed the House this week that would permit the White House to approve a 1 percent pay raise for federal employees next year.
Employee Policy
Acting Secretary Gibson says VA has lost trust of people, vets
The acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Sloan Gibson, said that because of recent scandals affecting the agency veterans and the people have lost trust in it.
Employee Policy