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Federal IT Reforms are Freeing Up Funds in an Otherwise Flat Budget Forecast
Obama-era federal IT reforms are starting to have an effect, but there’s a long way to go, analysts say.
Route Fifty
Local Health Officials Decry House Plan to Gut Disease Prevention Fund to Pay for CHIP
The House plan to reauthorize CHIP would cut the Affordable Care Act’s Public Health and Prevention Fund by 75 percent over the next decade.
Defense
Washington Is Never Quite Sure Where It Is at War
The Niger debacle exposed just how little Congress grasps about what U.S. forces are up to around the world.
Defense
Senator to Donald Trump: Americans Deserve to Know the Costs of a North Korea Conflict
In a letter to the president, Tammy Duckworth cites the lack of debate before she was deployed to Iraq—and insists that it not happen again.
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DHS Wants Tech to Scan Your Face as You Drive to Mexico
The department is opting for a faster procurement option for the technology.
Management
There’s One Thing Both Sides in the Debate Over Privatizing Air Traffic Control Can Agree On
Uncertainty of FAA funding consistently cited as a problem during panel discussion.
Management
Low Morale Is Contagious
Organizations can’t afford to ignore the problem and hope it gets better on its own.
Oversight
Donald Trump’s Choice to Lead America Back to The Moon Has a New Take on Climate Change
In the past, NASA appointee Jim Bridenstine supported cuts to climate research funding. Now, he says he believes humans are probably responsible for climate change.
Pay & Benefits
Leave Transfer for Wildfires, TSP Portfolios Grow, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Route Fifty
The N.Y.C. Terror Attack Is Part of a Trend That’s Getting More Difficult to Combat
As attacks become less sophisticated, they are also becoming harder to prevent.
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GAO Says Cybersecurity is Top Concern for 2020 Census
The Census Bureau has only tested four of 43 systems needed for the 2020 Census.
Management
Evidence-Based Policy Principles Take Legislative Form
House Speaker Ryan and Sen. Murray would require all agencies to submit a plan for building evidence on program effectiveness.
Management
The Key to Managing Millenials is to Let Them Fail
If I don’t let millennials go beyond their limits, I will not stop hearing about how they feel stuck.
Oversight
A Former CIA Director Describes the Dangers of 'Trump Unleashed'
John Brennan praises the advisers who restrain Donald Trump’s impulses, calls out the president’s “enablers” inside the White House, and considers the prospect of World War III.
Defense
The ACLU Says the FBI is Accusing Chinese-American Scientists of Espionage Because of Their Race
The American Civil Liberties Union has joined a lawsuit from a professor that the FBI—as it's done in other cases with Chinese-Americans—wrongly accused of espionage.
Oversight
Play of the Day: 12 Years a Lack of Compromise
Late-night examines John Kelly's history of the American Civil War.
Management
The Attack in Manhattan Poses a Test for Donald Trump
The president was notably restrained in the wake of an apparent terror attack on Tuesday—that hasn’t often been the case.
Oversight
Trump Officials Rebuff GAO Auditors
Resistance to Congress’ nonpartisan auditing arm is unusual, but not unprecedented.
Route Fifty
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Questions State-Federal Balance in Disaster Response
“In these situations, it really should be the state and local governments that take charge and FEMA is really a subordinate,” Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson told Route Fifty.
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