Insights
Defending from Within: How Insiders Threaten Data Privacy
In the age of increased information collection, analysis, and storage, nearly all organizations struggle to respond to and prevent ever-increasing threats to their data. Personally identifiable information, health and financial data, trade secrets, and national security assets must all be protected, but traditional security measures are not enough.
Pay & Benefits
From Maine to Colorado, Shutdown Puts Federal Employees' Lives on Hold
Effects reach far beyond the Beltway.
Oversight
Verbal Volleys Over the Shutdown Yield No Agreement
Congressional leaders and President Obama continue to argue over opening government and extending the debt limit.
Nextgov
Shutdown Freezes Antarctica Research
Stations will only be staffed enough 'to ensure human safety and preserve government property.'
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Immediate Pay for Feds Working During Shutdown
Republicans tie on-time paychecks for excepted employees to another bill forcing a ‘supercommittee’-like panel.
Defense One
House Scrambles to Reinstate Troop Death Benefits During Shutdown
The House Appropriations Committee is drafting a bill that will let Congress pay death benefits to families of troops killed in action during the shutdown. By Stephanie Gaskell
Management
After the Retirement Wave Crests, Who’s Left?
Why succession planning is more important than ever.
Pay & Benefits
Thousands of Feds Currently Working Could Still Face Furloughs
Funds keeping many offices afloat through the first week of the shutdown will soon dry up.
Management
Chief Financial Officers Lament Decline in Government Services
Survey shows clash of diminished resources and expanded reporting requirements.
Management
Shutdown Takes Toll in Canceled Meetings, Events and Reports
Recovery after shutdown will be 'like disaster relief after a hurricane,' observer says.
Management
Obama: 'We Can't Make Extortion Routine As Part of Our Democracy'
At a Tuesday press conference, the president hit on the GOP debt-ceiling and shutdown strategy.
Nextgov
Thwarted Users Vent About Obamacare Website on Facebook
It's not just the opponents who are angry: People trying to sign up for health coverage complain about long wait times and software glitches.
Pay & Benefits
Back Pay Bill in Senate Limbo
Federal employees probably will get retroactive pay for shutdown, but not as soon as they’d like.
Management
The Shutdown Will Slowly Reduce Our Weather Preparedness
Resources are still working, but all maintenance on them has halted.
Management
5 Reasons the Shutdown is the New Normal
Why there's no 'getting back to normal' this time.
Defense One
Hagel Names Special Envoy to Close Guantanamo
The Defense Department appointed Paul Lewis, former HASC general counsel, to help close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. By Stephanie Gaskell
Management
Analysis: Plummeting Public Trust Is a Global Problem
Volcker Alliance takes the international stage on a mission to make government work better.
Management