Management
NIH Cuts the Monkey Business
The National Institutes of Health will retire 110 government-owned chimpanzees.
Management
Senate delays STOCK Act for senior execs
Bill postpones online publication of feds’ finances until Dec. 8.
Management
Federal agencies recognized for ‘bright ideas’
Harvard University selects initiatives as best in government.
Management
Does Your Job Matter?
If what we do doesn't make a difference to at least one person, perhaps it's time to stop.
Management
Retirement Saving’s Big Data Problem
Many American's aren't financially literate enough to make effective plans for retirement.
Defense
Obama: U.S. will 'do what we must' to stop a nuclear Iran
Report finds Iran's rate of uranium enrichment has nearly tripled since Obama took office.
Oversight
Play of the Day -- Ahmadinejad at the UN and candidates on TV
Iran's president always provides fuel for late-night comedians.
Defense
Defense budget chief: Sequester would have serious impact on civilians
'High probability' of hiring freeze, furloughs.
Oversight
The politics of a late-night Senate session
Why the Defense authorization bill came up for consideration at 1:40 a.m. Sunday.
Oversight
Romney to call for foreign aid ‘reform’ at Clinton confab
Aid too often supplants private enterprise, candidate says.
Oversight
Bipartisan group of senators sounds the sequester alarm
Letter to leadership highlights looming cuts.
Pay & Benefits
TSP board finds a ‘happy medium’ with the fiscal 2013 budget
Spending will increase, but not by as much as requested -- for now.
Pay & Benefits
Next administration should broaden pay range within grades, academics say
Policy memos call for strengthening OPM’s role in strategic hiring.
Nextgov
Army plans to buy battlefield radio that performed poorly in Pentagon tests
JTRS manpack radio will be fielded to combat brigades deploying to Afghanistan next year.
Defense
Analysis: The path to war with Iran
The United States and Iran are on a collision course, and neither side is blinking.
Management
TSA officers begin voting on first labor contract Oct. 1
Agreement offers new evaluation system, more emphasis on seniority.
Oversight
Proposal to change poultry slaughter process under renewed scrutiny
Twenty-three groups and 16 individuals urge USDA to withdraw plan.
Oversight
Bill Clinton games out the lame-duck session of Congress
Says he has 'no earthly idea' whether his wife will run for president in 2016.
Management
Stay Off E-mail After Work, Say Employers
No after-hours e-mail is part of a growing trend to repair work-life balance.
Defense