Pay & Benefits
How the Postal Service Could Overhaul Its Retirement and Leave Benefits
USPS inspector general compares the agency’s benefits programs to those of other organizations, suggests updates.
Management
Commentary: Poor Morale Should Not Be Ignored
Agency leaders should not wait to act until GAO studies the issue.
Oversight
Here's Chuck Grassley's Real Problem With the Use of Executive Authority on Immigration
Barack Obama's not George W. Bush.
Tech
House Takes Major Step to End NSA Mass Surveillance
The House Judiciary passed an amended version of the USA Freedom Act on Wednesday.
Management
House Democrats Won't Get on Board With Republican, White House-Backed Postal Bill
Oversight committee postpones vote after failing to win bipartisan support.
News
EPA Employee Spent 2-6 Hours per Day at Work Watching Porn
Federal worker kept 7,000 pornographic files on agency server.
Nextgov
Feds: You Need to Fix Your TSP Passwords This Weekend
The federal retirement program website is changing its policy to stop giving identity thieves clues about how to crack employee passwords.
Pay & Benefits
Phased Retirement Is in Regulation Limbo
The rule implementing the two-year-old law to allow eligible feds to partially retire and work part-time is still under review.
Nextgov
Cancer Maps Show the Power and Limits of Data for Public Policy
You can learn a lot about people’s vulnerability from where they live, but other factors are tougher to track.
Management
Ex-Employees Want ‘Incompetent’ Forest Service Executive Fired
Letter claims the investigative chief fostered an environment of 'all-consuming chaos, fear, stress, defeat, anger … [and] retaliation.'
Management
Obama Administration Sidesteps Congress With Immigration Proposals
Proposals would allow up to 100,000 highly-skilled undocumented immigrants to stay legally in the United States.
Defense
How Congress Plans to Prevent Military Suicides
Lawmakers hope to use an annual defense bill as a vehicle for mental-health screenings.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How the GOP Woos Donors
All the Republican presidential candidates want to the equivalent of winning <em>The Bachelor.</em>
Nextgov
The Fingerprint Scanner You Don't Want on Your Smartphone
The FBI plans to offer agents smartphone apps for checking a suspect's biometric data against information in criminal records.
Industry Insights
Understanding Insider Threats Through Data Loss Prevention
After 2013 saw incredible growth in the number of insider threats, federal agencies are scrambling to find technological solutions to bolster information security.
Pay
EPA IG finds uncertified bonuses
Federal employee bonuses are once again in the news, this time at the Environmental Protection Agency.
Employee Policy
MSPB calls for new law to clarify sexual orientation protections
A new report from the Merit Systems Protection Board recommends new legislation to remove any ambiguity from current prohibitions against discrimination in the federal workplace based on sexual orientation.
Benefits
Eleven charged with Workers' Compensation fraud
Federal officials on May 6 announced charges against 11 federal employees for allegedly defrauding the Workers' Compensation program by claiming to be injured or disabled.
Defense One