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Greatest Damage from OPM Breach was to Government’s Reputation
The damage to government’s credibility far outweighed the breach’s impact on security, officials said.
Management
Trump’s Justice Department Won't Use Outside Experts to Improve Forensics
This after a group of criminologists asked Jeff Sessions to champion science.
Management
Appointee Watch: The Trump Administration Takes Shape
After a slow start, the president is starting to fill more executive positions across government.
Defense
Can U.S. Warplanes Evade Russian Air Defenses? We May Soon Find Out in Syria
If things go south, high-end American fighters may take on top-of-the-line Russian anti-aircraft missiles.
Management
Trump’s EPA Consolidation Begins
One career employees says staff feel as if they are ‘in occupied territory.’
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Citizens Experience ‘Cyber Insecurity’ When Doing Business with Government
74 percent of respondents in a new survey said they lacked confidence in the government’s ability to keep their personal data “private and secure.”
Route Fifty
Nearly 2,000 San Francisco Apartment Buildings Don’t Meet Quake Codes
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Md. city council plan would neuter mayoral powers; hexavalent chromium emissions near L.A.; and Oregon town saved, strained by new data centers.
Management
OMB Staffs Up as Trump Team Preps Agencies for Budget Cuts
The White House is expected to issue new guidance on reductions later this week.
Oversight
Trump Goes Back To the Future on Foreign Policy
The president’s Syria strike is a small step in reasserting the bipartisan consensus for American leadership on the global stage.
Management
The U.S. is About to Stop Buying Tomahawk Missiles, Like the Ones That Hit Syria
But it’s planning to upgrade its existing stock — and lay the groundwork for a next-generation cruise missile.
Management
Here’s What U.S. Missiles Hit At the Syrian Airbase
And why Shayrat Airfield’s runways weren’t one of the targets.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Complicated Situation in Syria
Russia has supported the Assad regime while the regime has fought ISIS while the U.S. has fought both Assad and ISIS… It's all very confusing.
Route Fifty
N.Y.C. OK’d to Destroy Information on Undocumented Immigrants
Two Republican Assembly members had sought the preservation of IDNYC documents held by the city.
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Twitter Drops Lawsuit Against DHS Over Rogue Account
A Customs and Border Protection agent had asked the company to hand over identifying information about a user critical of DHS policy.
Pay & Benefits
Senate Democrats Introduce Bill Protecting Federal Employee Pay Ahead of Possible Shutdown
Cardin’s measure would ensure both furloughed and exempted workers get back pay upon the federal government’s reopening.
Defense
SOUTHCOM: ‘ISIS Is In the Western Hemisphere’
They’re not fighters returning from Iraq and Syria, says Adm. Kurt Tidd; they’re Latin Americans who became radicalized online.
Tech
As Trump Meets China, US Worries About Beijing’s Supercomputers and Industrial Espionage
Network breaches? NSA research director says we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Defense
Trump Created a Makeshift Situation Room at Mar-a-Lago for a Briefing on the Syria Bombing
His Florida resort has been described as vulnerable to foreign spying.
Management
Senator’s Bill Requiring Posting of Program Costs Might Itself Be Costly
Lankford’s Taxpayer Right to Know Act would cost $18 million from 2018-2020, CBO says.
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