Nextgov
In Case of Shutdown, These Agencies Want Your Government Phone Off
For some feds, the only authorized use of a government-issued device during a shutdown is seeing if they need to go back to work.
Management
Acting Consumer Bureau Chief Opts Not to Refill Funding Reserve This Quarter
Mulvaney asks outgoing head of the Federal Reserve to cancel payment, calling it unnecessary.
Nextgov
DHS Contract Aims To Make Sharing Cyber Threat Data Easier Than Ever
The contract would add advanced search functions to its IMPACT database.
Management
Mulvaney: Shutdown Chance 'Between 50 and 60 Percent'
OMB director claims Obama "weaponized" the 2013 shutdown.
Pay & Benefits
UPDATED: See Who Gets Sent Home in a Shutdown
Some agencies would furlough virtually everyone, while others would remain completely open if there is a lapse in appropriations.
Management
Beat Insomnia and Boost Your Productivity With This 5-Minute Ritual
Offload your worries, suggests a new study from Baylor University.
Oversight
How Trump Will Try to Minimize a Government Shutdown
The administration plans to keep national parks and public lands partially open even without congressional funding, drawing criticism from Sally Jewell, the former secretary of the interior.
Defense
House Speaker: Budget Fights Have ‘Pushed Our Military Past the Breaking Point’
Paul Ryan highlighted defense hawks’ concerns about readiness and funding as Congress tries to avert a shutdown.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Some Smelly Shutdown Deal Metaphors
Nancy Pelosi compared it to the product of a productive dog walk and Jimmy Kimmel joked about something that comes out of a horse.
Management
How A Chief Customer Experience Officer Could Transform Government
Improving the public’s experience with government just makes sense.
Management
House Narrowly Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, But Shutdown Threat Remains
Continuing resolution to keep agencies open through Feb. 16 will face a tougher vote in the Senate.
Route Fifty
State CIOs Want Federal Agencies to Get Out of Their Way
NASCIO’s advocacy priorities cite duplicative and conflicting security regulations and audits as a waste of time and money.
Route Fifty
Business Groups Back 25-Cent Gas Tax Increase to Fund Infrastructure
But there appears to be a limited appetite for such a proposal among Republicans in Congress.
Defense
New, Temporary Federal Agency Will Push for National Service
Commission will start national “conversation” to consider need to reinstate the draft.
Route Fifty
Is 2018 the Year Congress Finally Passes 'Dig Once' Broadband Legislation?
Advocates worry the allure of Trump’s elusive infrastructure package is stalling improved Internet access, particularly in rural America.
Nextgov
Kaspersky Seeks Immediate Halt to Federal Government Ban
The procedural move is unlikely to prevail, a former cybercrime prosecutor says.
Management
Democrats Want to Spend $500M on a New, Non-Trump Backed DHS Hiring Surge
Senators take a different approach from the White House in calling for border security.
Pay & Benefits
Tax Planning in a Time of Change
The impact of tax reform on federal employees and retirees.
Defense
America Quietly Starts Nation-Building in Parts of Syria
The U.S. has escalated its presence in the country, and has signaled no timetable for when it will end.
Oversight