Oversight
EPA and IRS Aren’t Off the Hook for Executive Use of Private Email
Issa continues pressure as environmental agency loses round in court.
Tech
Obama Returns Solar Panels to the White House
Carter installed solar panels when he was president, but Reagan removed them.
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U.S. and Australian Troops Relied on Internet Chat Rooms to Conduct Joint Exercise
Backpack satellite radios also played a key role.
Pay & Benefits
Despite Furloughs and Pay Freeze, Feds Give Record Amounts of Food
Summertime drive helps kids who rely on school lunches the rest of the year.
Defense One
Sexual Assault Reform or 'Slippery Slope' for Military Justice?
The all-or-nothing battle over removing sexual assault cases from command authority shouldn’t stop real reform from happening. By James Kitfield
Management
How to Tackle Complexity Using Systems Thinking
Systems thinking: what it is and why it’s important for fed leaders
Management
How Leaders Can Get to the Truth
A literal life or death situation teaches us why getting to the truth matters.
Defense
The U.S. Still Isn't Ready To Cut Its Aid to Egypt
Secretary of State John Kerry provided the administrations most thorough response so far.
Management
Let's Give Every NSA Employee an Anonymous Whistleblowing Opportunity
A reform that would protect classified information even as it helped tip off Congress and the public to surveillance abuses.
Pay & Benefits
Senator Sees an End to Sequestration, But Not By Oct. 1
Maryland Democrat tells Fort Meade civilians he thinks Congress will deal with the across-the-board cuts later in the fall.
Management
Analysis: What We Don't Know About a Hillary 2016 Bid
No polls, no historic data, no Web indicators tell us how likely a Clinton victory would be.
Defense
The Mind of Bradley Manning
His defense team called him a naive idealistic kid with biological mental disorders.
Oversight
Play of the Day: North Korea’s New Technology
Working backwards from nuclear bombs, the hermit kingdom says it has built its own smartphone.
Management
9 Strategies for Increasing Collaboration and Reducing Waste in Government
Nine strategies for increasing collaboration and reducing waste in government.
Oversight
Conservative Pollsters See Scant Danger in Government Shutdown
But national polls suggest public would blame Republicans slightly more than Democrats.
Nextgov
State Department May Give Embassy Drone Surveillance Another Shot
Officials cancelled an earlier bid for the aircraft, but they've scaled back requirements in a new notice to contractors.
Defense One
What the NSA’s Massive Org Chart (Probably) Looks Like
Amid public cries for greater transparency into the intelligence world, here’s a look at the National Security Agency’s organizational chart -- as far as we know it. By Marc Ambinder
Management
Senior Leaders Advised to Adopt an 'Us' Mentality
An 'enterprise' approach is critical to solving government’s major problems, veteran managers say.
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