Management
Arts and Humanities Agencies Brace for Familiar Threat of Extinction
The Trump administration’s reported plan for budget cuts prompts anxiety and pushback.
Route Fifty
Welcome to the New and Improved Route Fifty
As we continue to connect state and local leaders across the United States, our laboratory of ideas continues to grow.
Route Fifty
The Worst State Capitals to Live In; Kansas House Overrides Brownback’s Budget Veto
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Early impacts of Philly’s soda tax; Florida city faces whistleblower lawsuit; and officials in Mich. city want more halfway house regulations.
Defense
Three Urgent Tasks for Trump’s National-Security Team
The administration needs a single line on various policies — but even more urgently, it must fill about 100 top federal jobs, says James Stavridis.
Management
Is the Southern Border a Constitution-Free Zone?
The Supreme Court considers a case involving a youth on the Mexican side of the border killed by an American border patrol agent on the U.S. side.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President and his HUD Secretary Pick Visit the NMAAHC
President Donald Trump spoke at Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Management
What Trump Misses About Regulations: They Produce Benefits As Well As Costs
President Trump has ordered federal agencies to cut two regulations for every new one they enact – ignoring the fact that many regulations produce large social benefits.
Oversight
Gaps in Employee Engagement Found Among Agencies in Law Enforcement, Other Key Policy Areas
New Best Places to Work study suggests managers need to find commonalities.
News
Mattis Takes on the Pentagon Bureaucracy
The secretary of Defense wants to reform the sprawling department’s business functions and reorganize key executive offices.
Management
How Trump Will 'Take the Shackles Off' DHS Employees With New Immigration Policies
DHS memos give officers more discretion on arrests, deportations.
Nextgov
Trade Groups: Other Countries Might Mirror DHS' Social Media Vetting For Travelers, And That's a Cyberthreat
DHS Secretary John Kelly's suggestion that foreign travelers may be required to hand over their social media accounts could violate privacy and cybersecurity standards, several trade groups have said.
Management
How Trump Can Avoid the Reorganization Trap His Predecessors Fell Into
It’s hard to save big money by cutting agencies without cutting programs.
Management
Can a ‘Comparable’ Super Hornet Steal Orders from the F-35C?
Two aircraft are on President Trump’s radar. Here’s how they’re different, and why it matters to more than just power players in Washington.
Nextgov
Auditor Thrashes 18F for IT Security Vulnerabilities, 18F Staffers Shoot Back
18F staffers say the report confuses security with checking boxes.
Oversight
An 'Unelected Bureaucrat' Talks Regulatory Reform
Trump administration and House Republican push to kill rules overlooks complexities, expert says.
Route Fifty
Okla. Senate OKs Bill to Strip Local Non-Discrimination Ordinances
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Proposal to block new wind development in N.D.; N.C. governor’s plan to raise teacher salaries; and a Mich. freeway’s bumpy deterioration.
Route Fifty
A Telecommunications Fable: Struggles for Service in Rural Maine
Our editor-at-large documents how some small coastal communities are fighting for better telephone and internet services, but are advancing at a crawl.
Defense
‘Our Readiness for a Terrorist Attack Is Dangerously Low’
“I’ve never seen anything quite like” Trump’s approach to national security, says a former counterterrorism adviser to three presidents.
Management