Management
Thousands of Federal Employees Volunteer as Surge Force for FEMA Relief Efforts
Program had been limited to employees inside DHS but is now open governmentwide.
Oversight
Nearly One in Five Female Feds Say They Have Experienced Recent Workplace Sexual Harassment
One percent of feds said they have been raped or assaulted at work in last two years, survey finds.
Management
Knocking the Negativity Out of Your Career and Life
The nattering nabobs of negativity can suck the joy out of every situation if you let them.
Nextgov
Updated: Government Agencies Not Compromised in Deloitte Breach
The breach affected an email system that included information from several markets.
Defense
Here Are the Options for Dealing With North Korea
As tensions between North Korea and the United States continue to intensify, two experts discuss the remaining options.
Management
Senator Calls for Heads to Roll at the Pentagon for $64M Wasted on a 'Hangar Queen'
Grassley urges Mattis to figure out who is responsible for a counternarcotics plane that never flew its intended mission.
Management
Meetings Create a Commodity No Organization Can Function Without
There’s magic in gathering.
Management
Will Trump Change the Way Presidents Approach National Monuments?
Since Theodore Roosevelt, administrations have designated land across the country, but never before have they scaled down sites to the extent proposed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke.
Management
Four Steps To Leading Like Angela Merkel, Master Of Crisis Management
The leader, nicknamed "mother" in German, knows how to work it.
Management
Inside Trump's Newest Travel Ban
The administration enacted new restrictions on foreign travel on Sunday as key parts of its previous order expired.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Kim Escalates His Feud With Trump
The North Korean leader called the American president a "dotard."
Route Fifty
Mostly Cut Off, Puerto Ricans Flock to the Few Spots With Cellphone Service
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP | Amid unrest, St. Louis mayor wants investigation of police actions; report finds mental health care troubles in Kansas; and North Jersey city fumes over mayor’s guilty plea.
Tech
How Solar Power Can Protect the U.S. Military From Threats to the Electric Grid
Military bases usually get their electricity from the civilian grid, which is vulnerable to attack and to disaster. Solar-powered microgrids could protect national security, and would save money.
Defense
U.S. Was ‘Ill-Prepared’ to Help Train Afghan Security Forces, IG Finds
“One U.S. officer watched TV shows like Cops and NCIS” for lesson plans, watchdog says.
Defense
‘Cyber Defense Is Very Much About Political Decisions’
When European defense ministers played a tabletop cyber defense exercise, things got hard very quickly.
Defense
Analysis: Giving the Deep State More Leeway to Kill With Drones
President Trump is poised to compound the most grave moral failing of his predecessor by making targeted killings less safe, less legal, and less rare.
Nextgov
Congress Tackles Data Breaches, Russian Meddling and IT Modernization
Lawmakers will address cybersecurity concerns at two major agencies this week.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmaker Questions Oversight of Agencies’ Buyout, Early Retirement Offers
OPM has a history of approving faulty requests for separation incentive authority, congressman says.
Oversight
Momentum Builds for Probe of HHS Secretary’s Travel Costs
Agency says using charter planes helps Price move power out of Washington.
Oversight