Amelia Brust

2018 sees record number of FOIA requests, information seekers change

The Justice Department’s prediction that fiscal 2018 would be a record year for Freedom of Information Act requests came true.

Open Data/Transparency

FRTIB is looking for Thrift Savings Plan fund managers

TSP

Kurt Yankaskas, program officer for noise induced hearing loss research in the Office of Naval Research

Custom earplugs making big difference for military service hearing loss

Federal Drive

Most TSP fund returns up in April

TSP

National Institutes of Health

NIH juggles digital transformation across dozens of biomedical missions

Twitter

Shutdown caused surge for E-Verify, but modernization helped

Insight of the Month

Bill James, Drew Myklegard, Department of Veterans Affairs

VA hopes modernization of legacy systems means more security in future

Insight of the Month

5 moments that stood out from this week’s budget hearings

Budget

Senators probe Interior nominee’s industry ties, management track record

People

Federal retirement numbers show no surge in February

Retirement

2019 locality pay tables expected early spring

Pay

SBA says it’s back in business after shutdown stall

The 35-day partial government shutdown presented different challenges for federal agencies but the Small Business Administration is back to operating at…

Congress

Shutdown couldn’t have come at ‘worse time’ for IRS

The past few months have been particularly challenging for the IRS, with budget ups and downs, a long government shutdown and a complex new tax code.