Management
Obama Makes More Changes to Federal Hiring Through Regulatory Process
Administration moves to 'ban the box' and help more vets get hired.
Route Fifty
Toomey Bill Takes Aim at Federal Funding for Sanctuary Cities; Drug Tests for Illinois State Workers
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s hurricane recovery request; a Calexit vote in 2018?; ACLU vs. Maine police over social media monitoring.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Funds Improve in November
The C and F funds had a good month, after a rough October for all the offerings.
Oversight
Trump's Top Nominees Unlikely to Be Deterred by STOCK Act
Disclosure requirements for financial trading don't make for easy searching.
Tech
Is the White House Hiding Secrets About Russia's Role in the Election?
Seven senators have asked President Obama to declassify additional information about the Kremlin’s possible involvement.
Management
Trump Announces Picks for Treasury and Commerce
Donald Trump has chosen Steven Mnuchin to head the Treasury Department and Wilbur Ross to run Commerce.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Mitt Romney's Awkward Dinner With Donald Trump
The former critic of the president-elect changed his tune once he got to eat frog legs with the man.
Route Fifty
Jacksonville’s Frustrated Mayor: ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of the Pension Business!’
The mayor of Florida’s largest city continues to fume over fiscally troubled police and fire pensions and calls a possible $45 million miscalculation by an actuary “outrageous.”
Management
House Democrats Want to Know What GSA Plans to Do About Trump's Hotel Lease
Oversight and Transportation members seek details on candidate's early briefings.
Pay & Benefits
Officials Say There Are No Easy Fixes To Skyrocketing Long-Term Care Insurance Costs
Premium increases aren’t going away, and few reforms are being floated.
Route Fifty
Why Trump Needs to Factor Rural Broadband Into His Infrastructure Plans
“Otherwise we’re dooming these areas to economic stagnation and worse,” U.S. Sen. Angus King said at a bipartisan Next Century Cities policy event on Wednesday.
Pay & Benefits
House Passes Bills to Boost Overtime Pay and Protect Whistleblowers
Measures seek to fix previous laws that unintentionally hurt federal employees.
Management
How Donald Trump Can Make Government Work Again
Why we need a federal chief performance officer.
Management
Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson
There’s no shortage of parallels between the two populists—but there’s at least one crucial difference.
Tech
NASA Is Offering $30K to the Person Who Solves Its Space Poop Problem
Space travel presents scientists with seemingly infinite challenges.
Pay & Benefits
Details on 2017 Locality Pay, a Surprise With the Military Raise, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Defense
A Glimpse At How the F-35 Will Help the Marines Storm the Beach
In a California demonstration, the short-takeoff fighters escorted troop-carrying V-22s into simulated hostile territory.
Oversight
Senate GOP Could Check Trump
On the filibuster, foreign policy, and Cabinet picks, Republicans are already behaving more independently than Democrats did under President Obama.
Tech