Management
Looking Under the Hood of Annoying Management Speak
Going forward, perhaps we ought to cut office patois some slack – it greases the wheels of business, after all.
Oversight
Obama Calls for Zika Funding—Again
The president urged lawmakers to pass vital legislation to combat the virus on Friday before Congress recesses for the summer.
Defense
The Civilians Killed in U.S. Airstrikes
Between 64 and 116 civilians and more than 2,000 militants have been killed outside war zones, the White House said.
Oversight
Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. Created a 'Flyway' to Save the Monarch Butterfly, and It's Working
These vital pollinators winter in Mexico and California, then head north as far as Canada.
Pay & Benefits
Unions Push Democrats to Embrace Federal Employees’ Priorities in Party Platform
At least some proposals have received a warm reception from committee members.
Management
Are Agencies Up to the Task of Managing Electronic Records?
New findings show no lack of vision, but a shortage of corresponding skill sets.
Pay & Benefits
TSP Struggles in June
The international fund took the biggest hit, but four of the TSP’s offerings made modest gains.
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White House Thinks Data Could Keep Many With Mental Illness Out of Jail
Amazon, Esri and other tech companies are also on board.
Management
Obama Signs FOIA Reform and Announces New Transparency Steps
Lawmakers from both parties welcome reforms some doubted would ever happen.
Management
Your Meetings Should Include Less Talk
Facilitating silence can be a powerful tool for bringing out the best thinking from those around you.
Management
The White House Has a New Data-Driven Criminal-Justice Project
This is the latest in a series of initiatives aimed at reform.
Defense
Air Force Officers Give New Details for F-35 in War With China
For the first time, key officers lay out how they’d deploy the stealth F-35 and F-22 in an all-out war with China.
Oversight
Loretta Lynch Says She Won’t Intervene to Save Hillary Clinton
The attorney general reportedly plans to announce that she will accept the recommendations of federal prosecutors investigating the former secretary of state and her use of a private email server.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Awkward Handshakes at the North American Leaders' Summit
Things got weird in Ottawa.
Defense
Bikini Islanders Still Deal With Fallout of U.S. Nuclear Tests, 70 Years Later
In the summer of 1946, the U.S. government detonated the first of many atomic bomb tests in the Marshall Islands. Seventy years of radiation exposure later, residents are still fighting for justice, and a government compensation program is broke.
Route Fifty
A New Coalition to Lower State and Local Incarceration Rates
Launched by the White House, the Data-Driven Justice Initiative wants to lower prison inmate numbers and increase the number of prisoners receiving health care and mental health services with proven methods.
Oversight
The Ongoing Mystery of Who OK'd Clinton's Private Server
Judicial Watch deposes aide Huma Abedin and Undersecretary Patrick Kennedy.
Nextgov
The Intelligence Community Will Monitor Wearables to Find the Perfect Spy
The new program will measure each volunteer's biometric signals during their daily activities, according the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency.
Route Fifty
Donald Trump Finds Fertile Ground North of Maine’s ‘Volvo Line’
In a region hit hard by the decline of the paper industry, the Republican presidential nominee tells a packed crowd: “We’re going to bring back our jobs.”
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