Management
Obama-Era Acquisition Leaders Welcome Trump Efficiency Efforts
Category management and shared services are likely to continue, officials say.
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I Built A Bot With Zero Coding Experience. So Can You.
Deloitte is selling federal agencies on automation and walked me through the process.
Management
TSA Will Also Partially Continue Its Hiring Freeze
Growing list of agencies decline to follow OMB’s advice to take a more ‘surgical’ approach.
Management
Trump Regulatory Nominee Criticized for 'Modest Record' in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Progressive group also portrays White House regulatory office as opaque.
Management
ICE’s ‘Management Deficiencies’ Are Preventing It From Deporting More Immigrants
Trump wants 10,000 more ICE officers, but IG says the agency is failing those currently on the rolls.
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A Bug Bounty to Hack Military Bases? It Could Happen.
A Defense Department official wants to find the vulnerabilities hidden in critical infrastructure.
Management
The 15-Minute Weekly Habit That Eased My Work Anxiety — and Made My Boss Trust Me More
The key is to manage up.
Pay & Benefits
Should You Take a Buyout?
With agencies under orders to downsize, it’s becoming more than a hypothetical question.
Route Fifty
Federal Dam Managers Choose Not to Flood Boise
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Connecticut state government readies for layoffs; N.Y.C. eyes nation’s highest cigarette taxes; and lack of transparency in Jefferson City.
Management
Analysis: Trump is Starting to Realize the Complexities of Governing
The 45th president’s journey of discovery could be a public service, if it helps bring his supporters to greater understanding of government.
Defense
Risk of 'Accidental' Nuclear War Growing, UN Research Group Says
The warning comes as the Pentagon begins an extensive review of its nuclear arsenal.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Patriots Take a Patriotic Trip to the White House
President Donald Trump welcomed the Super Bowl champs on Wednesday.
Management
A To-Do List for Leaders Who Need to Grow Up
It takes a big person to look in the mirror and see the behaviors that run counter to the mission. It takes an even bigger person to do something about them.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Propose Restoring Defense Per Diem Rates
A bipartisan measure would repeal unpopular Pentagon restrictions adopted in 2014.
Route Fifty
As ‘Meat Ax’ Hangs Over Federal Budget, Mayors and County Officials Defend CDBG
“The president’s proposal is unacceptable,” Columbia, S.C., Mayor Stephen Benjamin said Wednesday as he discussed President Trump’s plan to eliminate Community Development Block Grant funding.
Route Fifty
American Lung Association Releases List of the Nation’s Most Polluted Cities
Ozone and year-round particle pollution are improving, but cities will find it harder to make gains and save lives between worsening climate change and President Trump’s rollback of Clean Power Plan protections.
Pay & Benefits
A Guide to Your Pay and Benefits During a Government Shutdown, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
It’s Time to Stop Thinking We Can 'Life Hack' Our Way to Happiness
There's a dark side to hacking your way through life.
Route Fifty
Are Chicago's Party Buses 'Rolling Cemeteries'?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Massachusetts to dismiss 21,587 drug convictions; 27 million SoCal trees threatened by beetle; Florida senator apologizes for racist remarks
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