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State and Local Officials to Capitol Hill: Leave the Muni Bond Tax Break Untouched
At an Infrastructure Week discussion, leaders from around the country touted benefits, they say, the income tax exemption for municipal bonds provides for their jurisdictions.
Nextgov
Congress Flexes Muscle on FITARA
"We are going to stick with this,” said Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., who promised a bipartisan effort to ensure FITARA is carried out successfully.
Management
Debate Over LGBT Discrimination at Federal Contractors Leads to Shouting Match on House Floor
Democrats outraged as Republicans decline to codify Obama executive order.
Management
The DHS Proposal to Shorten Security Lines Asks Airlines to Give Up Over $1 Billion
Wait times may just shift to the check-in counter.
Nextgov
Lawmaker: Agencies Don’t Need Billions in New Funding to Upgrade Legacy IT
Agencies should repurpose savings from data center consolidation, says Rep. Will Hurd, R-Texas, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s IT operations subcommittee.
Pay & Benefits
New Bill Would Give 30K Feds Enhanced Retirement Benefits
Measure would fix "loophole" in current law, proponents say.
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Justice Department Says This California Border Town Needs to Overhaul Its Police Department
The investigation into the Calexico Police Department started a year ago, after a complaint alleging police officers kidnapped and beat a citizen.
Pay & Benefits
Getting the Best Deal on Life Insurance
Putting the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance program in context.
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Houston to Lose 40,000 Jobs?; Rochester Police Surveilling Phones With 'Military-Grade' Device
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Philadelphia police drop education requirement; ‘union-related extortion’ suspected in Boston; and Oklahoma Republicans target abortion doctors.
Pay & Benefits
House Votes to Ban Bonuses For Some Federal Senior Executives
The chamber on Thursday passed a major spending bill denying performance awards in fiscal 2017 to top career leaders at VA.
Nextgov
Most Cyber Execs Don’t Think OPM Hack Changed Much
More than half of respondents said they weren’t sure overall information security is better off, despite a big push on information security by the Obama administration in response to the hack.
Management
Pentagon Clerks Entered Wrong Data for Post-Contract Audits Much of the Time
Watchdog finds 82 percent of sampled records contained errors.
News
The Man Who Showed How to Make Government Work
Dwight Ink honored for decades of service in federal agencies.
Pay & Benefits
House Backs a Bigger Pay Raise for Troops Than the Senate
2.1 percent figure is at odds with the 1.6 percent boost the Senate is on track to support.
Oversight
Hill GOP Ready to Enter Fray Over Transgender Bathrooms
Several Republicans want to take on the Obama administration over its edict to school districts, but not everyone in the party agrees.
Management
The Department of Energy Launched a Surprisingly Great Podcast
Direct Current has all the quirks of public radio, and a lot of useful information about clean energy policies.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump's Hair is Not a Wig and Not a Combover
There was one important thing to come out of Megyn Kelly's interview with Donald Trump.
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N.J. Among States With Lagging Revenues Following April Tax Collections
State officials shared dimmer budget forecasts with lawmakers Wednesday.
Oversight