Management
How Both Parties Can Fix Transportation
What if Republicans agreed to fund infrastructure in exchange for Democrats agreeing to cut red tape?
Route Fifty
Immigrants at Work, by Industry and State
A new interactive tool from The Pew Charitable Trusts compares immigrant labor force to U.S-born workers.
Tech
NASA Tested a 3D-Printed Rocket Engine, and it Worked
3D printing is being pursued by serious manufacturers of all sorts of products, because this sort of “additive manufacturing” can deliver significant benefits.
Tech
Relax, Your Driver’s License Will Still Be Accepted at Airport Security
DHS says it "will ensure the public has ample advanced notice" before changing the requirements for airport security identification requirements.
Nextgov
Hackers Compromise Hello Kitty Fans’ Info, Infect Hyatt & Leak Hot Hollywood Scripts
In case you missed our coverage this week in ThreatWatch, Nextgov’s regularly updated index of cyber breaches.
Management
Can Your Team Really Trust You?
If you make a mistake, what you do next makes all the difference.
Management
Government Transformation Boosters Want Another Commission
Advancing bills would build off of reform project led by former Controller David Walker.
Route Fifty
State Government Revenue Outlook Looking Sluggish
A new brief from the State University of New York highlights demographic factors and slowing economic growth as reasons why sales and income taxes are expected to grow slowly in coming years.
Oversight
Is Obama on the Wrong Side of 'the Right Side of History?'
The president espouses a facile faith in history bending toward perfection and morality—against evidence and reason.
Management
Why the Obama Presidential Library Is Bound To Fail
It will be beautiful, sure. But Chicago leaders are horse-trading with the cultural resources of poorer neighborhoods when it comes to location.
Management
How the White House Started Taking Trump Seriously
Over a few months, the Obama administration went from resisting the “temptation” to weigh in to calling out the Republican front-runner’s “fake hair.”
Defense
How the Justice Department Uses Historians to Prosecute War Criminals
A small office in DoJ seeks to root out human rights violators hiding in the United States.
Management
How to Model and Encourage Well-Being
You, your staff and your organization benefit when balance is respected.
Defense
How a Misleading Story Is Changing Immigration Policy
Erroneous claims that one of the San Bernardino shooters made public social-media posts about jihad have produced legislation to overhaul the process of screening visas.
Nextgov
Has the Obama Administration’s Push on Transparency Run Out of Steam?
At a time when the government is doling out $3.8 trillion annually, taxpayers are still questioning where all that cash is going.
Nextgov
After Transcript Hack, IRS Still Evaluates Stronger Sign-On Measures
Authentication measures are not consistent across the agency, an internal watchdog says.
Tech
The 10 Best Government Instagram Accounts of 2015
Agencies are using the social media platform to advance their missions.
Defense
The Logo That Took Down DARPA's Information Awareness Office
Some of the military-technology agency’s images are disconcerting. Others are actually kind of cute.
Defense
U.S. Syria Policy Shifts From ‘Assad Must Go’ to ‘Not Right Now’
The UN Security Council backs a blueprint for Syrian peace talks — and papers over powderkeg tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
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