Management
Women at the White House Have Started Using a Simple Trick to Get Heard
"We just started doing it," said a former Obama aide.
Management
Edward Snowden's Suggestion for Obama: A Presidential Pardon
The whistleblower says the president should pardon him because his leaks were in service of the public good.
Route Fifty
Should the Federal Government Be Funding Private Sports Stadiums?
A new report says there's a better use for $3.7 billion.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Hillary Clinton's Pneumonia is a Very Big Deal
Ask William Henry Harrison how big a deal such an illness can be. Oh, right. You can't because he died of pneumonia.
Management
The Real Problem For Bureaucracies On Social Media
Authenticity and identity can be hard to project.
Nextgov
18F Expects to Break Even in 2019; Looks to Show Value
Dave Shive said the tech hub “expects to be cost recoverable” by 2019, in line with GAO’s best-case projections.
Nextgov
NSA Dares College Students to Locate, Disarm Bombs Controlled through the Net
NSA officials say they will confront young computer scientists with the kinds of threats the agency faces daily, partly as an intelligence analyst recruitment effort.
Nextgov
McCain to White House: If You Won’t Establish a Cyber Defense Policy, Congress Will
A Senate Armed Forces Committee blasted the White House for "ignoring" issues related to encryption.
Oversight
Obamacare Exchanges at Risk for Fraud, Watchdog Finds
Undercover testing shows the majority of fictitious applicants were approved.
Oversight
Former Clinton IT Aide Describes Destruction of Old Devices as Routine
Three witnesses plead the fifth at hearing on State Department email vulnerabilities.
Management
There’s a Word For Our Compulsion to Go to Work When We're Sick
It entered the management lexicon in 2004, but dates back to at least 1892, when it showed up in a Mark Twain novel.
Management
Why the EPA Doesn't Regulate Ocean Acidification
In part, it’s because no one knows how best to do it yet.
Nextgov
FedRAMP Is Now At Least 3 Times Faster
“We’re now talking under four months for the first authorization,” FedRAMP Director Matt Goodrich said.
Nextgov
GSA Makes It Easier To Buy 'Highly Adaptive' Cyber Services
Agencies can start buying the new services starting in October.
Route Fifty
Kentucky's Governor Will Physically Fight for Religious Beliefs; Dead Man Running for New York State Assembly
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Massachusetts to transfer mentally ill inmates; California farm workers' pay improved; and a Montana town's trouble with bonds.
Management
White House Won't Veto Bill Making It Easier to Fire All VA Workers
But administration says it’s deeply concerned about several provisions in legislation the House will vote on this week.
Management
The Art of Changing Someone's Mind
A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick is now backed up by psychologists.
Oversight
Obama's Sticks With Veto Threat on the Saudi 9/11 Bill
The president still intends to reject legislation that would let victim’s families sue foreign governments for terror attacks—but Congress could override him.
Defense
Disjointed: Pentagon Isn’t Coordinating Efforts to Fix Readiness
Each service has its own plan, except for the Marines, who don’t really have a plan, says the GAO.
Oversight