Oversight
Is Trump’s Presidential Run Nothing More Than a 'Scampaign?'
The Trump campaign paid nearly $430,000 to a club in his own Palm Beach home.
Management
There’s a Powerful Hack to Remember Something New You've Just Learned
Our brains might be supercomputers, but they still can't store information like hard drives can.
Nextgov
Inside the Spy Mapping Agency's Virtual Reality Lab
Virtual reality is one tool the agency uses to offer analysts a real-world view of landscapes rocked by natural or manmade changes.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump and 'America First'
Samantha Bee looks at one of Donald Trump's favorite phrases.
Route Fifty
Chicago’s New Civic Tech Collaboration: Better E. Coli Risk Predictions
Volunteers are helping the Chicago Park District figure out whether there are better analytics models for water contamination hazards at Lake Michigan beaches.
Nextgov
Will Amazon’s IC Marketplace Disrupt IT Acquisition?
The IC Marketplace is essentially a classified version of AWS’ public marketplace.
Management
Top Homeland Security Officials Under Fire for Personal Email Use
Conservative legal group obtains documents on Secretary Johnson and 28 officials' past use of prohibited Web-based accounts.
Nextgov
Senate Committee Wants to Know if OMB Ever Uses its Get-Tough Cyber Power
Since the OPM hack was revealed last summer, the White House has exhorted agencies to tighten their cybersecurity defenses.
Management
People Are Falling in Love with a Productivity System That Just Uses Pen and Paper
The no-frills (and free) Bullet Journal system is taking the world by storm.
Route Fifty
3 Arrests in NYPD Corruption Investigation; Brownback Faces Twitter Kansas Fact-Check Furor
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Troubled transit agency finally has good news to share; Philly mayor signs soda tax law; and Napa’s greenhouse gas cutbacks.
Defense
The Translators Promised Visas But Made Into Refugees by the U.S. Army
Muhammad was laid off in 2014, and everything went downhill from there.
Management
The Next Taste of U.S.-Cuban Diplomacy Will be Coffee-flavored
Companies are racing to make coffee the first Cuban agricultural good to be commercially exported to the U.S. since the embargo was imposed.
Defense
The Orlando 911 Transcripts
The FBI released excerpts of the conversation Omar Mateen had with police negotiators on June 12.
Management
What Does It Take for People to Do the Right Thing?
Knowing best practices and having the right policies doesn’t necessarily translate into operational improvements on the front line.
Management
Pentagon Embraces GSA’s OASIS Services Contract
New memo of understanding extends to most non-service Defense agencies.
Oversight
Should Congressional Research Service Reports Be Kept Secret?
Bill to require automatic release stalls as Congress protects its prerogatives.
Nextgov
Pentagon Prepares to Launch Mega Database for Screening National Security Workers
The new system will consolidate two existing tools used for vetting employees and job applicants.
Route Fifty
When Parking Lots May Not Be Sound Long-Term Investments for Cities
With so many parking lots currently underutilized and an era of autonomous cars emerging, the return on investment may not be worth it.
Nextgov
Hackers Shower Pro-ISIS Twitter Accounts With Rainbows, Steal US Jet Fighter Designs; Courthouse Mistakenly Leaks Defendants’ Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Management