Pay & Benefits
Defense Would Get the Most Mileage From Trimming Pay, Benefits
Budget office lays out projected savings for an array of potential cuts to military compensation.
Pay & Benefits
Pentagon Pays More for Prescription Drugs Than Other Federal Health Programs
Defense spent $0.99 per unit in 2011, compared to $0.82 for Medicare Part D and $0.62 for Medicaid.
Oversight
As Infamous Germ-Research Lab Moves West, What Happens to Plum Island?
Homeland Security wants to sell the mysterious island to developers, but some lawmakers fear damage to the Long Island Sound's ecology.
Management
The Red Panda That Escaped From the National Zoo Last Year Is Now a Father
He better get his act together.
Defense
Report: Two Years After Y-12 Break-In, U.S. Nuclear Security Still 'Chaotic'
GAO analysts say NNSA's lack of a 'clear vision' since nun's breach of a nuclear weapons site could be problematic.
Management
Will an Obscure Pentagon Small Business Program Live On?
Fate of 25-year-old research project depends on fiscal 2015 Defense authorization.
Pay & Benefits
The White House’s Total Payroll is Down, But the Typical Staffer is Earning More
Average pay for a White House aide is nearly $83,000, similar to that of other feds.
Nextgov
A Computer to Watch Over Federal Watch Guards
DHS seeks an employee-tracking system to ensure officers are on duty and qualified to be on duty.
Management
Shaping the Workforce You Need: Lessons From a Manufacturing Innovator
How Shinola turned janitors, manicurists, and autoworkers into fine watchmakers.
News
What Does Running the VA Have to Do With Selling Soap?
From Procter & Gamble to one of government’s biggest bureaucracies.
Oversight
The Costly Lobbying War Over America's Dying Honeybees
Obama in June launched an investigation into what is driving the bee decline.
Management
Federal Grants Bring New Cash to Local Emergency-Response Efforts
HHS announces $840 million in fiscal 2014 grants to state and community public-health programs.
Oversight
Majority of Voters Think the Obama Administration Is Incompetent at Running the Government
This is the second recent poll to give the president or his administration a bad rating on a "competency" question.
Oversight
Hillary Clinton Is as Good at Courting Wall Street as Mitt Romney
About 12 percent of the amount Bill and Hillary Clinton have fundraised over the last two decades has come from the financial sector.
Nextgov
Vets, Service Members Say They Worry Less Than Civilians
"The military experience is defined by resilience," Gallup consultant says.
Oversight
Pelosi Says Decision to Delete Reporting Requirement for Free Trips 'Must Be Reversed'
A spokesman for Speaker Boehner says Democrats already signed off on 'bipartisan change to reduce duplicative paperwork.'
Employee Policy
Heads of VA, OSC discuss whistleblower protection
The acting secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs met with the head of the Office of Special Counsel to lay the groundwork for ensuring whistleblowers at the department are encouraged to speak up and are protected from retaliation.
Employee Policy
Arbitrator rules for postal union in 'excessed' employees dispute
The American Postal Workers Union announced that it won an arbitration ruling that requires the U.S. Postal Service to make sure that certain postal employees meet minimum job qualifications before they are reassigned outside their craft.
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