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Distance learning is no longer the wave of the future. The growth of enrollment in online courses continues to outpace that of higher education overall.

When most people think of distance learning, they think of Internet-based classes, but many agencies also use a satellite network to train their employees.

The federal government paid federal employees more than a quarter-billion dollars in recruitment, retention and relocation incentives in 2008 , a 37 percent increase over the previous year.

“Undercover Boss,” a CBS show that began airing in February, follows Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) as they go undercover to work primarily in lower-level positions in their own companies. Beyond its entertainment value, the episodes have exposed a significant disconnect between senior management and employees. While featured CEO’s have not recently, if ever, worked [...]

The federal government's carbon footprint is big: 51.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents. That's roughly twice the size of Walmart's carbon footprint and about one-ninth that of California.

President Obama will nominate Robert Harding, a retired Army major general, to take over the top job at the Transportation Security Administration, the White House announced this afternoon.

The U.S. Postal Service is officially in a panic.

Political pressure on federal pay levels is mounting at a time when many Americans are unemployed or underemployed.

Almost everyone agrees there is a gap between federal and private sector wages. But agreement stops over who that gap favors.

About 2,000 Transportation Department employees will not be reimbursed for their two-day furloughs after being caught in a congressional dispute over spending last week.