Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Repeal Cuts to Vets Benefits, Partially Extend Sequester
But the $6 billion battle will be largely fought in the Senate.
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VA Wants to Buy Data Storage the Way It Buys Electricity
The department would only pay for what it actually uses.
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Defense Mulls Location-Specific Health Record Licenses
The department wants to buy discounted software on an enterprise basis.
Management
What Brings You Joy as a Leader?
In a hurried up, hectic workday, it’s easy to blow past the things that bring you joy as a leader.
Defense
Intelligence Leaders: Al-Qaida Is Not on Path to Defeat
"It is morphing and franchising itself, not only here but in other areas of the world," James Clapper said.
Industry Insights
Improving Collaboration through Identity Management
Driven by recent events and several White House and Congressional directives, federal agencies are focused on identity management like never before. With all this pressure, agency leaders face a difficult task ensuring secure access to agency resources by the right people, at the right time, and for the right reasons, without restricting the organization’s operational effectiveness.
Oversight
Play of the Day: No Place Like Sochi
Stephen Colbert wonders about the mistakes at the Russian Olympics.
Management
Office Drama? Here Are 3 Ways to Defuse the Situation
Learning the art of constructive confrontation can preserve your staff’s morale.
Employee Policy
Debt limit clock ticking
As it has done numerous times in recent years, the Treasury Department announced the implementation of "extraordinary measures" to protect the nation's credit until Congress passes legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling.
Employee Policy
Companies commit to hiring 100,000 vets
First Lady Michelle Obama this week said that more than 100 construction industry firms have signed onto a national initiative to hire more than 100,000 military veterans over the next five years.
Employee Policy
Group: Don't vilify federal contractors
A trade group that represents professional and technical services industries that serve the government cautioned against vilifying contractors amid recent allegations that one investigations firm took shortcuts in conducting thousands of federal security clearances.
Management
White House Delays Obamacare Mandate Again
New rules soften the law’s employer mandate, which has already been delayed by a year.
Oversight
The Path to Victory in 2014
The president’s languishing approval ratings point to different strategies for each party going into the midterms.
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Five Things That Cost More Than Space Exploration
Does the U.S. spend too much on space exploration, or not enough?
Pay & Benefits
Union Leader: 'We’re Not Taking Crap From Nobody'
American Federation of Government Employees president J. David Cox says union will campaign aggressively in upcoming midterm elections.
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How to Make Data-Based Hiring Decisions
Typical resumé fodder may not be predictive of an employee’s performance.
Oversight
Pentagon Going Full-Speed Ahead to Improve Ethics
Hagel, Dempsey address theory that wartime pace prompted transgressions.
Oversight
SEC Chief Given Waiver on Work for Former Client
Ethics office says contact between Mary Jo White and Credit Suisse was minimal.
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