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Wingo Wins Individual Crown, Paul VI Takes Team Title in WCAC Golf

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From JOSH BARR AND STEPHEN BALL, The Washington Post,  12 May 2009
Related Topics: Pittsburgh Panthers

Notre Dame’s Faustian Bargain

My younger son will be graduating from the University of Notre Dame in May. Last Friday, he informed me by email that President Obama will be giving the commencement speech and will be awarded an honorary degree. I was, frankly, stunned. The joyful ...

From STEPHEN BARR, First Things,  24 Mar 2009
Related Topics: University of Notre Dame,  Barack Obama,  New York Times Company

On the Edge of Discovery

As many of you know, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is turning on today in Geneva. So maybe I should say a little about it, since this is the kind of physics I do for a living. The LHC is a very big deal for physics. It is likely to make the first ...

From STEPHEN BARR, First Things,  11 Sep 2008

Time for a Transition, and a Thank You

According to The Post's database, today's column will be No. 2,335. Starting with the first column eight years ago, the goal has been to provide federal employees and retirees with news and information about their pay, benefits and changes affecting ...

From STEPHEN BARR, Stephen Barr: Federal Diary (Washington Post),  13 Jun 2008
Related Topics: US Department of Defense,  National Science Foundation,  The Pentagon,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security,  U.S. Congress

A Farewell, After Nearly 40 Years of Advocacy

Park was the legislative director for the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), and, with the help of colleagues and a consulting firm, she spent two years building consensus among unions and employee associations on how to ...

From STEPHEN BARR, Stephen Barr: Federal Diary (Washington Post),  10 Jun 2008

The Pentagon's Latest Recruits: Professors

The department last week announced the selection of six university professors who will form the first class of the National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows Program. The professors will receive grants of up to $600,000 per year for up ...

From STEPHEN BARR, Stephen Barr: Federal Diary (Washington Post),  8 Jun 2008
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  US Department of Defense,  Johns Hopkins University

Pressing for Stronger Protections for Whistle-Blowers

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From STEPHEN BARR, Stephen Barr: Federal Diary (Washington Post),  6 Jun 2008
Related Topics: White House,  U.S. Senate,  U.S. Congress

Campaigns Go On, but the Transition Is Around the Corner

When it comes to organizing a new administration, history "tells us that any winning candidate who has not started at least six months before the election will be woefully behind come the day after Election Day," John Kamensky wrote on his blog last ...

From STEPHEN BARR, The Washington Post,  5 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  Barack Obama,  Al Gore,  U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Telework Bill Cleared by the House

A bill that would permit many federal employees to telecommute at least two days every two weeks was approved by the House yesterday on a voice vote. Under the bill, federal agencies would be required to create and implement policies to enable eligible ...

From STEPHEN BARR, The Washington Post,  4 Jun 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  John Sarbanes,  U.S. Congress,  Danny K. Davis

Past the Time for Tinkering on Public Service

If federal employees are lucky, an enterprising aide to the next president will make sure that a new book by Paul C. Light, the longtime expert on public service, gets on the agenda for the inevitable Oval Office discussion on what to do about the ...

From STEPHEN BARR, Stephen Barr: Federal Diary (Washington Post),  3 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Alexander Hamilton,  Walter Reed Hospital,  New York University,  Brookings Institution,  White House

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