Route Fifty
Push for ‘No Fly List’ Gun Sales Ban in California; Chicago Awash in Police Misconduct Stories
Also: Twin Cities Star Tribune takes on the rural-urban political divide and helping out drought-plagued New Mexican farmers by making hemp legal.
Oversight
Donald Trump Calls to Ban Muslim Immigrants
Republican frontrunner demands a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
Management
Bureau of Land Management Will Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground — Until After the Paris Climate Talks
Officials postponed the auction of an oil and gas development lease until next spring.
Management
The U.S. Senate Is Still One of the World's Whitest Workplaces
The membership of the upper chamber of Congress is famously unrepresentative of the American people—and so is its senior staff, a new study finds.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President's Speech Was Not Exactly Uplifting
The American public was OK until Obama called the Islamic State "a cancer."
Management
NASA Is the Best Place to Work in Government, Homeland Security is the Worst--Again
The level of job satisfaction among federal employees at agencies with similar missions in areas such as law enforcement and public health varies widely, according to new analysis.
Route Fifty
Illinois Knocked by Researchers for Sub-Par Budgeting Practices
A new report offers up four budget-making principles and says the Land of Lincoln has not done well following any of them.
Oversight
Partisan Sniping Muddles Timeline for Finishing Bill to Avoid Shutdown
House leaders kicked off the week by blaming the other side for slow negotiations.
Management
Why We’re Losing the Brand War Against ISIS
A better narrative could end terrorism once and for all.
Management
Republican Senators Want to Expand VA Firing Authority to the IRS
Lawmakers look to change perception that "anything goes at the top tiers of the federal bureaucracy."
Management
Why Justice Is Investigating the Chicago Police Department
Given the department’s long history of police brutality, an audit is long overdue.
Defense
How Obama's Gun-Control Push Inverted the Politics of the No-Fly List
Democrats, once critics of Bush-era terror policies, have decided they’re a useful tool, while Republicans have rediscovered the importance of due process.
Oversight
Congress Backs Crackdown on $125B in Improper Payments to the Dead, Others
Lawmakers temper expectations for actual savings from soon-to-be law.
Oversight
Newly Reauthorized Export-Import Bank Will Get Ethics Office, Risk Manager
President Obama asks customers for patience while the stalled agency resumes full services.
Route Fifty
Idaho Looks at a Partial Alternative for Medicaid Expansion; Wooing the NFL With a No-Drone Policy
Also: Bus drivers using hand signals to boost safety and new Kansas state slogan suggestions.
Nextgov
Pentagon Aims to Revamp Global Command and Control System
DOD is looking specifically at deploying data in cloud-and mobile-based environments.
Route Fifty
Big Data Is Big News, Especially in State Governments
The Pew Charitable Trusts is starting an 18-month review of how the 50 states are utilizing data to improve decision-making and government performance.
Nextgov
OPM Says Dead Federal Employees Also Need ID Theft Protection
The agency is mailing about 300,000 notification letters addressed to the departed
Management
Agency Energy Use Reduced to 40-Year Low
Defense Department accounts for lion’s share of conservation progress.
Defense