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.

Nextgov

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.

News

A Perk For Feds: Cheaper Seats at the Old Ball Game

Washington Nationals offer discounts to government employees, military service members.

Route Fifty

N.J.’s Richest Resident Leaves; How Many Denver Pot Shops Is Too Many?

Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: A Florida city will pay for part of your Uber ride; Google Fiber nixes “free” broadband in Kansas City; and San Francisco’s aging homeless problem.

Management

Civic Education in the Age of Donald Trump's Rise

Public schools in the United States aren’t teaching students how to engage diverse opinions.

Nextgov

OPM Seeks Social Media Tracking for Background Checks

OPM is conducting market research to find companies that can perform automated social media tracking and other types of Web crawling.

Defense

Military Services Inconsistent in Administering Voter Aid Program

Watchdog finds differing performance standards that could jeopardize counting of overseas ballots.

Management

Famously Secretive Intel Community Charters Council to Promote Transparency

Agencies institutionalize the default mode of disclosure.

Management

Closing Gender Wage Gap Is Good for the GDP

Paying women equally would be good for everyone, studies show.

Oversight

Sanders and Cruz Gain Ground

Ted Cruz completed his sweep of Colorado’s GOP delegates on Saturday, while Bernie Sanders edged out Hillary Clinton in the Wyoming caucus.