Route Fifty
White House Poverty Summit Looks at Ways to Address Child Welfare
Leaders focus on nutrition and two-generation approaches to helping children growing up in poverty.
Defense
Why Are There So Many Copies of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall?
There are multiple copies and even traveling versions of the wall. This increases access, but does it dilute the meaning of the monument?
Route Fifty
Counties Should View Outdated Elections Technology and Policies as Cyber Liabilities
“You want to assume breach,” the president of Verified Voting told the National Association of Counties this week.
Nextgov
California Says Companies Should Embrace NSA-developed Data Protections
Many of the 657 data breaches that California businesses and agencies reported during the past four years could have been prevented.
Oversight
Hoyer to Union: Lawmakers Shouldn't Use 'Bureaucrat as an Epithet'
NTEU announces 2016 legislative priorities in pay, benefits and workplace rights.
Management
Poor Leadership Derailed Obamacare Rollout, Not Technology
A new report details the real culprits behind one of the Obama administration’s most embarrassing failures.
Pay & Benefits
Proposal Would Give Some VA Senior Executives More Pay
MSPB appeal rights also would be stripped, according to the department’s draft document under consideration on Capitol Hill.
Oversight
Apple is Right: The FBI Wants to Access Lots of iPhones
After Apple’s lawyers revealed that the agency is trying to gain access to about a dozen devices, it’s becoming increasingly clear why the government chose to take the San Bernardino case public.
Defense
What's New in Obama's Plan to Close Guantanamo
The White House’s plan gives Congress 13 different sites to choose from—and just added a lot of fuel to an already heated topic in a national security election year.
Oversight
Lawmaker Tells Education to Get Tougher on Misbehaving Employees
Committee chairman says inaction is creating a cultural problem at the department.
Nextgov
Here’s What the Government Gets Right When it Comes to Customer Service
The feds get dinged a lot, but it’s important to shed some light on positive government efforts, too.
Nextgov
DHS Silicon Valley Office Awards First Contract to Internet of Things Startup
It's part of DHS' calculated effort to tap into the cutting-edge private sector technology -- and technology talent -- often provided by startups.
Management
It’s Time to Rethink Business Training for the SES
Nearly half of senior Army civilians say they lack the business skills to be fully successful executives.
Management
Hillary Clinton Re-Embraces the Public Option for Health Care
Clinton must answer how she will cover everyone under the patchwork Affordable Care Act, which has dramatically increased health insurance coverage without fully extending universal coverage.
Defense
Apple and the FBI Break the Fourth Wall
In their ongoing clash, the two notoriously secret organizations are fighting for Americans' hearts and minds.
Management
Agencies Advised to Be More 'Customer-Centric'
Government trails industry in delivering services that please.
Management
Military Contractors Return in Numbers to Iraq
Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number of contractors assisting in the campaign against ISIS.
News
I’m Not a ‘Big Government, Crazy Liberal,’ Obama Insists
“It’s not like I’m waking up every morning thinking, how can I add more work for me,” president tells nation’s governors.
Management
Reforming IT, Dealing With Misconduct, Raising Pay and More
Rep. Gerry Connolly discusses critical issues affecting federal operations.
Oversight