Federal Insider: Benghazi review sharply critical of State Department

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	Wednesday, December 19, 2012

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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a speech 'Frontlines and Frontiers: Making Human Rights a Human Reality' at Dublin City University in the Irish capital on December 6, 2012. Clinton on December 6 issued a sharp warning to European and central Asian nations that some countries were backsliding on democratic values and human rights. AFP PHOTO / POOL / KEVIN LAMARQUEKEVIN LAMARQUE/AFP/Getty Images

Review of Benghazi attack blames broad security, leadership failures

Anne Gearan

But the report didn't single out any officials as violating procedures and didn't recommend disciplinary action.

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Federal plaintiffs sense victory in fight against Defense of Marriage Act

Joe Davidson

Federal employees and retirees are optimistic that Supreme Court will rule against the Defense of Marriage Act.

Federal question of the week

Q: Did you participate in the "federal employee day of action"?

A coalition of 20 unions tried to pressure officials not to take any more away from the workforce.

On Leadership

Isabel Myers used this answer sheet card in her research during the early stages of developing steps 2 and 3 of the famous Myers-Briggs personality tests. She kept copious records of each person who took the test which was noted in the overall Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Isabel Myers and her mother Katharine Briggs were the two women who created the test during World War II. (Courtesy Kathy Myers) Photo of Katharine Briggs (L) and daughter Isabel Myers in 1923. The pair creatored the world famous Myers-Briggs personality tests. (Photo Courtesy Kathy Myers) BOCA RATON, FL - SEPTEMBER 28: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Century Village Clubhouse on September 28, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida. Biden continues to campaign across the country before the general election. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, sings 'America the Beautiful' as he campaigns at Lake Sumter Landing, The Villages, Fla., Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Does it pay to know your type?

Lillian Cunningham

Companies, agencies and colleges love the Myers-Briggs personality test. Many psychologists don't.

History of Myers-Briggs | 16 personality types

Federal Player of the Week

Tracking storm surges and flooding from hurricanes

The Partnership for Public Service

Thanks to a new application developed by Benton McGee of the U.S. Geological Survey, officials can now make more precise measurements during major storms.

The voting database

'Fiscal cliff' calculator: What it will mean for me?

As President Obama and Congress negotiate a plan to avoid the fiscal cliff, use this tool to estimate how real families would be impacted by some of the options on the table.



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