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DHS Wants to Recycle Its Own Computers
Department thinks it can do a better job than GSAXcess.
Management
It's Hard to Know How Much Agencies Are Spending on Environmental Impact Analyses
GAO notes differences in efforts to weigh costs and benefits of requirements under a 1969 law.
Oversight
Why a Sebelius Senate Run Could Help Republicans
Having the woman who oversaw the rollout of the Affordable Care Act on the ballot could boost GOP fundraising efforts.
Oversight
Virginia Hasn't Learned Anything From Last Year's Government Shutdown
The commonwealth's current budget impasse centers around Medicaid expansion.
Nextgov
How Government Data Could Make College Cheaper
The Education Department is asking developers how they could use APIs to make college a better value for students.
Tech
It's Getting Easier to Find Records of Meetings Between Feds and Lobbyists
Transparency group praises reformatted database.
Nextgov
Amazon and Google Are Battling to Dominate the Cloud -- and Amazon May Already Have Won
Whatever the endgame, it could take decades to reach. In the meantime, this is a fight that rewards scale.
Oversight
The Fight Over the Bundy Cows Will End as Civics 101, Not Fort Sumter II
Government is bringing its legal powers to bear on rancher who initiated an armed stand-off with BLM.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Your Tax Dollars at Work
Craig Ferguson is happy with the return on his California taxes.
Management
How 'Monsters, Inc.' Met Priority Goals
What agencies can learn from Pixar about effective progress reviews.
Employee Policy
Going great guns
Passenger screening at the nation's airports occasionally raises the hackles of some members of the public, many of whom seem to think that a lot of the screening is more inconvenient than productive.
Employee Policy
Postal unions pool efforts to oppose White House reform proposal
The leaders of four major postal unions wrote a letter to the leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to express their opposition to the president's budget proposals concerning the U.S. Postal Service—as well as the committee's plans to try to marry those proposals with its own legislation.
Benefits
Survey shows vets satisfied with VHA service
While some members of Congress may not be pleased with the performance of Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, VA is touting an independent survey that indicates customer satisfaction among their patients is equal to or greater than that of patients of private-sector hospitals.
Defense One
Where Genocide Is Most Likely To Happen Next
One university team may have found a way to predict the world’s next genocides. By Ben Watson and Kedar Pavgi
Defense
Biden, Survivors Pay Tribute on Anniversary of Boston Marathon Bombings
Vice president says recovery has been inspirational.
Management
Advocacy Group Wants Obama to Issue Even More Executive Orders
The president should use his authority to bypass the gridlocked Congress on 15 additional issues, group suggests.
Nextgov
From the Cloud to Your Pentagon-Issued Phone
The Defense Department plans to augment cloud services to work on mobile devices, a Defense Department acquisition manager said.
Management
Should the IRS Outsource Collection of Tax Debt?
Congress is considering bills to require the use of private sector companies.
Nextgov
Repurposing Old Drones to Bring Wi-Fi to War Fighters
DARPA’s turning unmanned aerial vehicles into very mobile hotspots.
Management