Pay & Benefits
How the Tax-Filing Process Confuses Americans About Tax Policy
The vexed relationship people have with IRS forms tends to make them more conservative.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Recapping Easter at the Trump White House
It was a festive holiday at 1600 Pennsylvania in so many ways.
Route Fifty
How Some Alaska Cities Try to Outsmart Bears
In Juneau, garbage management has to take hungry animals into account.
Management
Trump Orders Agencies to Buy American or Face Consequences
“Agencies will be held strictly accountable for any failure to fulfill the buy American mission,” an administration official said.
Route Fifty
Trump’s Proposed Block Grant Cuts Loom Over Michigan’s ‘Disability Belt’
Unemployment and lack of access to quality care during the last recession sent hundreds of thousands of Michiganders into a spiral of declining health they can’t extricate themselves from to find work. Now their only lifeline is threatened.
Management
The Potential Pitfalls of Trump’s Plan for Agencies to Transform Themselves
Agencies can implement some changes on their own, but even those efforts could prove difficult.
Nextgov
DHS Needs Someone to Explain Biometrics to the Public
The department wants a communications professional to manage rhetoric about collecting fingerprints, iris scans and facial images.
Nextgov
DARPA Thinks Military Strategists Could Learn a Lot from Video Games
The agency is seeking proposals for how video games can aid strategic, operational and tactical war gaming.
Management
Trump’s Big League Management Agenda
Using mission to drive strategy makes eminent sense, but there are many ways to game the strategy.
Route Fifty
Should L.A. Legal Defense Extend to Immigrant Ex-Convicts?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wyoming considers carbon tax; Tennessee county gets biblical with education; and too many NYC cigarette retailers
Management
Learning to Distinguish 'Fear' From 'Fear of Fear' is Key to Leading a Happy Life
Much of the time, our deepest, darkest fears are pretty overdramatic.
Management
Indefinite Delivery Contracts Make Up a Third of Agency Awards
GAO tells senator more than half were sole-source, two-thirds single-award.
Management
Export-Import Bank 'Heartened' By Trump's New-Found Backing
White House nominates two officials to board of agency that conservatives hate.
Defense
North Korea and the Risks of Miscalculation
As tensions rise in East Asia, they highlight the dangers of Trump’s unpredictability.
Management
Slow Pace of Hiring Will Make It Hard for Trump to Reform Government
Trump is far behind his recent predecessors in filling the dozens of crucial posts beyond his senior Cabinet.
Defense
Why Did Donald Trump Send Dozens of Troops to Somalia?
He has changed gears bigly when it comes his position on military intervention.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump Has Missiles… And Cake
The president reflects on both his military strikes and his desserts.
Route Fifty
As White House Formulates Infrastructure Plan, Talks With State and Local Groups Continue
“I would say that there's been direct communications at least once a month for the last several months,” said a staff member with the National Governors Association.
Management