Management
A Small Investment in This Relationship Skill Will Pay Large Returns
If you treat every encounter like a transaction, you’ll miss a lot of opportunities.
Oversight
Clinton Battles Pneumonia and Rumors
The candidate's doctor disclosed the diagnosis after Clinton's sudden departure from a 9/11 commemoration.
Nextgov
How Virtual Reality Could Help Stop the Next Ebola Outbreak
The Health and Human Services Department wants to train clinicians using simulations.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Sarcasm, Kim Jong-Un's Hair and North Korean Nukes
The hermit kingdom is going through some stuff and late-night TV has noticed.
Nextgov
Unleashing Digital Talent in the Next Administration
To attract cybersecurity and IT specialists, the government should use existing flexibilities in its system of hiring, training and nurturing talent.
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Sidewalk Labs’ Role in Columbus Smart City Program Appears Limited For Now
Meanwhile, Ohio’s capital is forging ahead with plans for millions of dollars in high-tech transportation upgrades. U.S. DOT officials will visit the city this week.
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Bomb Threat Temporarily Derails Cincinnati Streetcar Service; Louisiana Mayors Criticize FEMA Flood Response
Also in Our State and Local Weekend Digest: A push to bump Trump off Minnesota's ballot; condemnation of Israel boycott riles New Yorkers; and bees collateral damage in S.C. mosquito spraying.
Nextgov
DARPA Wants a ‘Social Supercollider’ To Help It Understand Humans
The Defense Department's R&D agency wants technology that can improve its social science research.
Defense
No, Clinton and Trump Do Not Receive the Same Daily Intel Briefing Obama Receives
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has a message for all the election Cassandras: “It will be OK.”
Management
What Does It Take to Foster a Culture of Responsibility?
An inside look at why soldiers line up to take the blame.
Management
Commerce Trade Official Ordered Himself a $10K Carpet and VIP Suites
Inspector general finds 20 overseas trips reimbursed at luxury rates.
Nextgov
GSA Official: Federal IT Modernization Will Happen With or Without Legislation
Even if Congress doesn't pass a meaningful law, agencies must respond to a crisis U.S. Chief Information Officer Tony Scott has labeled worse than Y2K.
Defense
A Woman Pilot Receives the Military Funeral the Army Denied Her
After a years-long battle for recognition, Elaine Harmon, a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, was interred at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday.
Defense
U.S. Intel Chief: Climate Change Is Adding Fuel to the World's Extremist Fires
DNI Clapper says environmental factors will keep the cycle of extremism going long after ISIS is vanquished.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Plans
His views can be hard to understand, but it's clear he liked Putin.
Defense
From the Archive: The 9/11 Attacks
During one of the nation's darkest hours, federal employees rose to the occasion.
Management
CDC's Response to Zika: Fragmented and Uneven
Politics, not epidemiology or medicine, drives government responses to disease. Politicians are the ultimate decision-makers in public health, and they must respond to political forces.
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