Management

Sheryl Sandberg Is Calling BS On Your Long-Held Career Phobia

Your career can move in more than one direction—it doesn't always have to be up.

Management

More Than 50 Experts Told DHS That Using AI For 'Extreme Vetting' Is Dangerously Misguided

DHS cannot automate "extreme vetting." It's just not technically possible.

Management

Small Business Activist Wins Interim Victory Against Pentagon, Sikorsky

Chapman’s FOIA case forces out “proprietary” information on subcontractors.

Pay & Benefits

The Final Countdown: Filing the Papers

It’s that time of year, when many people are filling out the paperwork to apply for retirement.

Nextgov

IT Modernization Bill Heads to President

Congress passes the Modernizing Government Technology Act as part of the defense authorization bill.

Defense

Army Chief: The US Needs More Troops in Europe

The U.S. is "on track," but additional armored forces, long-range artillery and bridging capabilities would help deter Russia, Milley says.

Management

Navy Poised to Fire Employee After Failing for 4 Years to Accommodate Her Disability

Service spent more than a year attempting to address compatibility issues between promised speech recognition and its intranet.

Route Fifty

Justice Department Releases Immigration ‘Naughty List’ After Latest Court Loss

Attorney General Jeff Sessions now considers jurisdictions that prevent law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status in violation of U.S. Code.

Nextgov

Lawmakers to Agencies on FITARA: Get It Together

A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.

Oversight

House Passes Bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill

Agencies would create evaluation officers and contribute to national secure data inventory.

Defense

Air Force Wants to Get New Nuclear Weapons Faster

Just months into the first development contracts, the service’s top general is looking for ways to speed things up.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Our Parched President Returns From Asia

Donald Trump drinks water and fills out forms.

Management

What Evidence-Based Policymaking Doesn’t Do

The obsession with improving existing programs misses the need to redesign them for the future.

Route Fifty

Trump Administration Seeks ‘New Vehicle’ For Economic Development

An adviser to the president offered insight Wednesday into the White House strategy for places with distressed economies.

Nextgov

Acting CIOs Still in Place at One-Third of CFO Agencies

Many of the top tech positions in government remain unfilled.

Management

Appointee Watch: The 300-Day Mark

HHS nominee announced, other picks withdraw as Trump runs into the federal vacancy deadline.

Nextgov

Bid Protests Decline in 2017

Contractors filed fewer contract protests for the first time since 2013.

Management

Inspectors General Seek Subpoena Power, Authority to Probe DoJ Prosecutors

TSA watchdog calls results of new secret test of TSA airport screeners "disappointing."

Nextgov

Bill to Restore State Department Cyber Office Advances

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shuttered the office in September.

Management

Why You Need to Be Bored (And How to Get There)

That space between active thoughts is where we get our best ideas.