Oversight
American Elections Remain Unprotected
Ahead of the 2018 midterms, the threat of Russia-linked cyber and disinformation campaigns still looms large.
Management
How Americans’ Expectations Are Transforming Government
The revolution in customer service in the private sector is forcing agencies to rethink how they engage with citizens and deliver on their missions.
Route Fifty
Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick
Lapses in food safety have made U.S. prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.
Route Fifty
Explore Route Fifty's 2017 Newsmap
We have a big country to cover. Take a look at what we wrote about this past year via our interactive map.
Management
For Leaders, Results Count, But It’s How You Get There That Matters
Effective leadership doesn’t have to be soft—it has to be effective.
Pay & Benefits
The Year of the Civil Servant
Never before have the roles of government workers taken on such significance. But there could be consequences to using their power to undermine the administration.
Management
To Transform Government, Start With the People
Managing talent for tomorrow’s needs goes to the heart of building the government workforce of the future.
Management
How to Cope When You're the Oldest Member of Your Team (or Just Feel That Way)
An exercise in vulnerability helped me understand my millennial coworkers.
Management
Puerto Rico’s Power Struggle
Amid a confusing tangle of overlapping authorities, shady contracts, and a push for privatization, nobody knows what the end of the island’s electricity and humanitarian crises will look like, or when it will come.
Management
Analysis: Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska and oil proponents are cheering a move to open up an ecologically sensitive part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling -- a position environment supporters can't abide.
Nextgov
These LA Startups Are What Stand Between Hackers and Your Medical Devices
Some of the most important cybersecurity work is happening in nondescript offices across the nation.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Wants to Get to the Moon (and Maybe Mars)
The president lays out his plans for the U.S. space program
Nextgov
NSA Finally Gets an Independent Inspector General
Robert Storch was confirmed by the Senate after more than a year and nominations from two presidents.
Defense
How Pakistan Is Responding to Trump
Pushed by Trump, Tillerson, and Mattis to do more to fight terrorism, Pakistan has instead taken public steps to push back in recent weeks.
Management
Why Federal Managers Need To Become More Informed Data Consumers
Data is a business asset that can advance agencies’ missions, or serve as a drag on effectiveness.
Pay & Benefits
What the 2018 Pay Raise Means for You
OPM released its pay tables for employees across government shortly after President Trump released his executive order authorizing a 1.9 percent increase for civilian federal workers.
Nextgov
Library of Congress Getting Picky About Which Tweets It Saves
Turns out everything you put on Twitter isn’t worth saving.
Management