Management
How Homeland Security Spent Millions on a Nonexistent Service
The IG found that the department botched a software purchase in "a textbook definition of waste.”
Route Fifty
Agile Delivery Is Crucial to Digital Government
State CIOs are excited to adopt iterative approaches to developing tech. Can government tear away from the big IT project?
Management
Why Innovation Programs Should Target Middle-Aged Bureaucrats
Data show that the average age of the most successful innovators is somewhere in the mid-40s.
Nextgov
FAA Offers Registration Refund for Drone Pilots
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's an unregistered drone!
Management
Groups Are Often Smarter Without ‘Opinion Leaders’
Better harnessing the wisdom of crowds might require fewer opinion leaders, not more. The research has implications for science and democracy.
Nextgov
Audit: DHS’ Human Capital System Still in Bad Shape
PALMS last year caused one member of Congress to exclaim, “$180 million pissed away.”
Nextgov
4 Things You Need to Build Your Analytics Team
Three analytic practitioners share best practices for building a successful analytics shop.
Tech
For Sale: Artificial Intelligence That Teaches Itself
An AI startup with dozens of aviation-industry customers sets its sights on the U.S. military.
Management
Budget and Leadership Problems Plague 2020 Census, Raising Concern on Capitol Hill
Lawmakers worry about what one watchdog describes as a potentially "historically disastrous" outcome.
Route Fifty
Justice Department Reviewing Defenses of 10 ‘Sanctuary’ Jurisdictions’
An inspector general’s memo in May called them out and they all responded.
Management
Trump, in Warsaw Speech, Criticizes Russia's 'Destabilizing' Role in Ukraine, Syria
The president also reaffirmed his commitment to NATO’s mutual-defense pact.
Nextgov
Thousands Hit in Tax Preparer Phishing Attacks This Year
There were 177 phishing attacks against tax preparers between January and May of this year.
Nextgov
Postal Service Busted Up a Billion-Dollar Drug Problem with Data
A scam attempting to fleece the government for millions of dollars was unearthed thanks to data analytics.
News
Trump Uses Major Foreign Address to Bash Bureaucracy
In Poland, president cites bureaucrats as a threat to Western ideals.
Oversight
Top Government Ethics Official Resigns With Jab at Trump
Walter Shaub ends his five-year term early to join Campaign Legal Center.
Nextgov
FTC Slams Online Loan Company For Hawking Consumer Data
Blue Global Media was slapped with a $104 million settlement, though the company is unable to pay it.
Defense
Trump Weighs a 'Pretty Severe' Response to North Korea's ICBM Test
The president said “something will have to be done about” the Kim Jong Un regime’s actions.
Management
Special Counsel Backs Whistleblower, Says GSA ‘Grossly Mismanaged’ Tech Funds
Ex-acquisition service commissioner Tom Sharpe wins settlement.
Management