Management
What Happens If You Pay Contractors Only When Their Programs Work?
The White House is launching studies of “pay for success” social programs to find out if they really deliver on their promises.
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The Treasury Department Just Awarded Up to $1 Billion to These 12 States and D.C.
Funding is from the so-called Hardest Hit Fund, which is meant to address housing market issues.
Management
Will Sanders Stay or Will He Go?
A senior adviser reportedly said the campaign would “sit back and assess where we are” after upcoming primaries.
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Unaccompanied Minors–the State and Local Story
With the dramatic increase in unaccompanied minors crossing over the U.S.-Mexico border over the past five years, some communities have expressed willingness to accept these children, while others have voiced concerns.
Management
Secret Service Fails to Address Its ‘Historic Attrition’
Lawmakers are angry the agency is not hiring quickly enough.
News
It’s More Than a Conference, It’s a Fedstival!
A whole new event for the people who will shape what comes next for government.
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DHS Wants to Overhaul System Storing Sensitive Critical Infrastructure Data
The agency says the current system has fallen behind the times.
Management
Report: Harriet Tubman Will Replace Andrew Jackson on the Front of the $20 Bill
The Treasury Department has had a change of plans for currency.
Management
Contractors Back Open Data Bill -- In Theory
Inconsistent agency protections of intellectual property are raising some concerns.
Management
An Excess of Multiple-Award Contracts Is Creating New Problems for Government
Why agencies should think twice before creating another IDIQ.
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Facebook for Trees: The Forest Service’s Quest to Make a Tree Database More User-Friendly
The agency maintains a database that includes various characteristics of some 19 million trees over some 350,000-plus plots of land
Defense
Retaking A Booby-Trapped City, With U.S. Help
Several months after Iraqi troops flushed ISIS from Ramadi, the work of making the city safe is just beginning.
Management
Trump and Clinton Win New York
In a state they both call home, the frontrunners prevailed Tuesday.
Oversight
The Republican Party Can Stop Trump But Only By Thwarting Its Voters
After his smashing victory in New York, he will finish the primaries well ahead of Cruz and in hailing range of the 1,237 delegates needed for the nomination.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Clinton is a Better New York Panderer Than Kasich
Maybe it's sincere and maybe it's not, but Clinton seems to know what she's doing.
Management
The Hard Work of Leading Is All In Your Mind
Every successful executives figures out how to master five key personal issues.
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What’s the Fiscal and Economic Outlook Like for State and Local Governments In the Coming Months?
Analysts at one credit rating agency offer up their perspective.
Oversight
'A Subpoena is Not a Suggestion,' Says House Oversight Chairman
Slow document handovers put White House regulator, other agency officials on hot seat.
Management
The Obama Administration's Self-Proclaimed Legacy in Good Governance
OMB chief brags about administration’s unprecedented approach to evidence-driven policy.
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