Dear Bureaupat, I was discharged in 2006 with an honorable discharge. I completed 22 months of active duty after 9/11. What sort of benefits can I expect? Dear Honorably Discharged, The new Post-9/11 GI Bill is complex (what isn&#...

The government of Nepal has come up with a pragmatic solution to stop airport officials from lining their pockets with bribes: by removing them. Not the officials… the pant pockets! The Nepalese Ministry of Civil Aviation will soon see to...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may seem wantonly unsympathetic or justifiably pragmatic, depending on how you feel about the government's role in managing obesity. Last month, Rudd objected to the use of tax money to fund weight loss cour...

Last week the Oregon House of Representatives passed a law so graphic that proper decorum dictates that it not be discussed on this fine, upstanding media website. Fortunately we have never been...

Thanks to the Center for a New American Security, a think tank, Internet street mapping software has now moved beyond saving Gen Y drivers who never learned to read a map and become a proactive...

We can't cover every story out there, much as we try. But the least we can do is let you know we are paying attention to breaking news across the government sphere, and to explain our choices for bypassing these big stories.  5. Unemployment rate...

A resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize the New York Yankees for winning the 2009 World Series passed easily this afternoon, but fell short of a shutout victory as 17 members of Congress voted Nay on the ceremonial bill. Another 30...

A new study of Congress and European legislative bodies found that staffers are increasingly reliant on the internet to do their jobs. But, their personal use of Web 2.0 technologies outpaced their professional use of them. Read about the use of...

A Freedom of Information Act request was recently answered by the CIA, and a few documents relating to the Iran-Contra scandal sent in response. Pretty much standard procedure, except that the request was submitted in 1989. Also, the CIA forgot about...

Federal Computer Week is looking for nominations for its Federal 100 awards. Candidates should have made a meaningful contribution to the federal information technology community in 2009. The deadline to nominate is December 11.