Oversight
Agencies Found to Be Ignoring IGs to the Tune of $87 Billion
Some question Republicans' assertion that unimplemented recommendations are so costly.
Defense
Should Sailors Be Able to Reprogram Their Ship?
The U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer is automated to an unprecedented degree. Should the crew be allowed to harness it with code?
Oversight
These CEOs Made John Podesta’s Purported List of Potential Running Mates for Hillary Clinton
Tim Cook, Mary Barra, and Muhtar Kent were among those who made the first cut.
Defense
Why the U.S. Military Still Flies Cold War-Era Planes
The U-2 shows how old technologies die hard.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Retirees to Receive a 0.3 Percent Cost-of-Living Bump in 2017
Advocacy groups attack the small increase as insufficient, ask Congress to address large Medicare Part B premium jump facing those in CSRS.
Route Fifty
400 Murderers to Be Re-Sentenced in Florida?; N.C. Governor's HB2 Emails Revealed
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Donald Trump's Chicago street sign stolen; Washington struggles to cover basic school costs; L.A.'s 'ground zero' for gentrification.
Tech
IRS Dropped $12M on an Email System That It Couldn’t Use
Inspector general faults procurement process for multi-year cloud subscriptions that didn’t work with the agency’s IT setup.
Oversight
Donald Trump is Taking a Page From Reconstruction-era White Supremacists
Trump's calls to keep "illegitimate" voters from casting ballots go back 140 years to a time when white voters were enraged by the end of slavery.
Management
Everyone Fails, But Only the Wise Find Humility
Properly digested, failure can be a medicine against pretentiousness, arrogance and hubris.
Tech
The Apps They Carried: Software, Big Data, and the Fight for Mosul
A variety of digital tech tools aim to provide coalition forces some sense of the dangers around the next bend.
Management
What’s Next for Michelle Obama?
The sky may be the limit for the popular first lady after she leaves the White House.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Only a Loser Loses an Election… Unless It's Rigged
Donald Trump sows the seeds of conspiracy.
Route Fifty
How a Refugee Resettlement Plan Stirred Controversy in Vermont
Part 1: One mayor sees economic promise in opening his city’s doors to displaced Syrians and other refugees. But some critics see peril. “Rutland really is a microcosm for the rest of the nation in the summer of 2016,” according to Mayor Chris Louras.
Nextgov
Interior Department Audit Spots Nearly 100,000 Software Vulnerabilities
Interior agencies don't know how many computers are on their networks.
Nextgov
Auditors: Transportation Dept. Needs Better Insights into FAA Cyber Incidents
FAA is monitoring many of its own systems without DOT oversight.
Management
The Pressure to Improve Service Is Only Going to Increase
No matter who wins the presidential election, citizens will demand more effective government.
Management
Campaigns Spending 50 Percent More to Send Ads Through USPS in 2016 Cycle
Postal Service outreach efforts paying dividends, still short of targets.
Management
The 'Quid Pro Quo' on Hillary Clinton's Emails
An FBI official alleged that a senior State Department official offered up a shady deal to protect the former secretary, prompting a fresh outcry from Republicans and denials from the Obama administration.
Management