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Op-Ed: How Do You Improve Federal Operations? Mix Cloud and Big Data Analytics
A new approach to data analysis holds huge potential for solving some of government’s thorniest problems.
Management
What Would It Mean for Governments to Compete Like Businesses?
Can government provide services for which outsiders are willing to pay a premium?
Defense
Next Year’s Winter Olympics Are Being Held in Just About the Most Unsafe Place They Could Be
The region around Sochi is a cauldron of ethnic hatred and anti-Russian separatist movements.
Defense
Nuclear Arsenal Subject to Pentagon Cuts, But New Subs May Escape Ax
Budget scrub will advise Hagel by late this month on how best to apportion $500 billion in congressionally mandated funding reductions over the next decade.
Management
Senators Renew Bipartisan Regulatory Reform Bid
Update of Administrative Procedure Act pushes cost-benefit analysis.
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HHS Bets on New Model to Fund Biodefense Drug Development
The approach is more flexible than the government's traditional strategy of funding drugs.
Pay & Benefits
A Forced 4-Day Weekend for 1 in 20 Feds
Several agencies shut their doors for the day, forcing unpaid leave.
Pay & Benefits
Interior Announces Summer Jobs Program, Cancels Park Police Furloughs
Grants help pay for 17,000 jobs for young people.
Management
Obama Names Chicago Survey Center Chief as Census Director
John Thompson served at the bureau more than two decades.
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OPM Launches Job Search, Operating Status Apps
Goal is to broaden the reach of the USAJOBS website.
Pay & Benefits
Older Feds Less Likely to Use Strengths at Work
In the private sector, youngest workers are least likely to use their strengths.
Defense
Overhauling the Military-Justice System
Senate bill would remove decisions about sexual assault prosecutions from the chain of command.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Everyone Has Awkward Prom Photos, Even the President
The release of 1979 photos prompts late-night TV to look at Obama's youth.
Management
Washington Bridge Collapse Sparks the Infrastructure Talk
Cause of the collapse isn't yet known.
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Get a Computer Science Degree for Just $7,000
A new offering from Georgia Tech could upend higher education and help address the IT talent gap.
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GSA Softened Some Requirements for Bulk Wireless Buying Program
The agency stepped back on demands to pool minutes and prohibit roaming charges after GAO agreed with complaint from Verizon.
Management
Head of IRS Exempt Organizations Division Placed on Administrative Leave
Fallout continues over the agency’s targeting of conservative groups.
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