Defense
Get Lasers Into the Field Faster, Lawmakers Tell the Pentagon
The Senate’s version of the annual defense bill provides $200 million for rapid prototyping of directed energy weapons.
Oversight
Play of the Day: North Korea Doesn't Understand American Holidays
A potential show of force may not resonate as much as the hermit kingdom thinks it will.
Management
FEMA Still Planning Additional Influx of Federal Personnel in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration currently has 14,000 military and federal employees supporting Maria recovery.
Oversight
IRS’s Controversial Review of Nonprofits Was Broader Than Reported, IG Says
Scrutiny of tea party groups that angered Republicans extended to progressive groups too.
Pay & Benefits
House Democrats: Hold Hearings on the 'Degradation of the Federal Workforce'
Oversight lawmakers want more transparency on Trump’s efforts to cut federal rolls.
Pay & Benefits
TSP: House Proposal Would Make G-Fund 'Virtually Worthless'
Change to securities fund’s rate of return would cut interest by more than half.
Management
New Analysis Counters Claim that Federal Workforce Grew in Recent Years
President Trump should better target efforts to right-size government, scholar argues.
Pay & Benefits
When Can You Retire?
It’s a straightforward question, but the answer can be complicated.
Pay & Benefits
House Approves Budget Plan that Would Cut Federal Employee Benefits
Retirement program, health care cuts could be in the offing for workers.
Route Fifty
CHIP Reauthorization Efforts Hit Partisan Roadblocks on Capitol Hill
Fights over funding and amendments could further delay a process that has no time to spare.
Management
The Department of Justice Takes a Stand Against Transgender Rights in the Workplace
A new memo rescinds an Obama-era policy on gender-identity discrimination, setting the stage for a possible Supreme Court fight.
Nextgov
House Bill Starts Internet Surveillance Debate, Round 2
The bill would rein in surveillance authorities but is still opposed by civil liberties groups.
Oversight
A Definition of 'Love' From the Food and Drug Administration
A federal agency managed to do what so few poets and lovers never could.
Defense
The U.S. Will Be Dropping A Lot More Bombs on Afghanistan
More air support for Afghan forces will help drive the Taliban to the negotiating table, Mattis and Dunford tell Congress.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Secretaries of State Are Just Like Us
Rex Tillerson's called a press conference to dispute that he called President Donald Trump a "moron."
Management
Needed: A Commitment to Effective Performance Management
Civil service reform is important, but without management reform it’s unlikely to generate the expected results.
Nextgov
House Cyber Leader Wants to Give Equifax the Kaspersky Treatment
Rep. John Ratcliffe wants DHS to issue a binding operational directive to end a $7 million Equifax contract with IRS.
Nextgov
FBI’s Cyber Strategy: Shame The Hackers
The agency is trying to take a more preventive, and not a reactive, security strategy.
Route Fifty