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GSA Quizzes Companies on Cyber Capabilities

The project aims to give federal agencies more insight into the types of tools and technologies currently on the market.

Management

Should Political Appointees Be Held Accountable for Hiring Top Talent?

Lawmakers, panelists revisit the many layers of the broken federal hiring system Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

Management

Once Again, the GS System Is Failing Government

The rigid General Schedule pay schedule makes it difficult for agencies to hire essential medical personnel, especially in rural areas.

Oversight

This is What Happens if the House Picks the Next President

If no candidate gets 270 electoral votes, the House gets to choose a winner. It’s happened before.

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The State of Food Safety and Intergovernmental Data Partnerships

Data collection allows agencies to speedily detect potential outbreaks and identify lessons learned each time an outbreak occurs.

Management

Top Public-Health Officials Join Political Fight Over Emergency Zika Funding

“I don’t have what I need right now,” says director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Nextgov

National Weather Service Will Stop Yelling Forecasts At You

The National Weather Service plans to adopt a gentler tone by swapping out its all-caps messages for mixed-case letters.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Superdelegates, Explained

Samantha Bee compares the party officials to the man behind the curtain.

Route Fifty

Eying $50 Million in Transportation Funding, Austin Officials Tie Mobility to Equity

“Choosing to do nothing is choosing to watch the city that we love die slowly in an ever-expanding traffic jam,” Mayor Steve Adler said Monday.

Management

How to Hire the Perfect Worker

Finding great new employees is hard. A little bit of empiricism can help.

Management

The Obama Administration Is Struggling to Reform the Security Clearance Process

OPM, ODNI and other agencies are not meeting their own goals to improve the threat reduction process.

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Postal Service Agents Will Trawl Facebook, Dating Sites to Root Out Fraud

The agency is now planning to formally train agents how to probe wayward personnel using social media and other open source data.