Oversight

Will Darrell Issa Finally Find His Benghazi Smoking Gun?

Issa subpoenaed all the Benghazi talking points-related emails from 10 State Department aides.

Management

Time is Money: Why Time Must Be One of Your Performance Metrics

Why government needs to transition to "fast government."

Management

Cleaning Up GSA: A Year After Scandal, Has The Agency Improved?

GSA's Acting Administrator shares how the agency has turned around.

Pay & Benefits

Who Is Subject to Defense Furloughs?

A look at the web of exceptions to mandatory unpaid leave.

Nextgov

Five Steps to Avoid Getting Hacked

It's time to rethink your passwords.

Nextgov

Cost of Modernized GPS Ground Control System Soars by $3.4 Billion

Information security requirements drive increase.

Tech

Storify: Defense Civilians Take Furlough Notices to Twitter

On social network, employees expressed dismay at the news.

Management

FEMA Opens Disaster Funds to Oklahoma Tornado Victims

Emergency account called sufficient even as sequester tightens agency budget.

Defense

Defense Begins Delivering Furlough Notices

Hundreds of thousands of civilians are expecting 11 furlough days beginning on July 8.

Oversight

Congress Revs Up Resistance to a New BRAC Round

Subcommittee approves legislative language to block the base closure process.

Defense

Air Force Begins Reinstating Suspended Personnel at Nuclear Launch Site

Nineteen employees required additional training; four have completed it.

Pay & Benefits

Broadcasting Board of Governors Offers Buyouts to Avoid Furloughs

‘Many’ employees are eligible for up to $25,000 in departure compensation.

Industry Insights

3 Signs You Need to Upgrade Your Agency's IAM System

Though 83 percent of the 24 major federal agencies have IAM systems in place, a March 2013 FISMA report revealed numerous gaps in agency implementation. Here are 3 signs you may need to upgrade your IAM system.

Management

How to Start Transitioning Your Agency to a Shared Services Model

Agencies need to pepare to use OMB mandated shared service providers.

News

The IRS Explains Itself

The agency posts a Q&A on tax-exempt organizations.

Management

How to Hire Good People Instead of Nice People

Good and nice are not the same thing.

Tech

The Feds Are Fighting Forest Fires Wrong

The government pours billions into fighting fires but skimps on cheap, proven methods for stopping megafires before they start.

Nextgov

DHS Kicks Off $100 Million Employee ID Project

The departmentwide credentials will support iris and facial recognition.

Management

Justice Investigated a New York Times Reporter, Too

Agency pulled fed correspondence with David Sanger after Stuxnet virus story.

Oversight

No Wonder Republican Criticism of Obama Isn’t Working

They’re attacking the president where he’s least vulnerable.