Management
VA Deputy Says Administrative Leave For Employees Will Be Exception, Not Rule
Sloan Gibson on Wednesday also defended before a House panel his decision not to fire two senior executives.
Route Fifty
Cuomo’s Law Enforcement Order Aimed at Protecting Public Transit; Duluth vs. Invasive Beetles
Also: Copper wire thieves darken Tulsa and Oregon eyes California gun control measure.
Oversight
Bill to Curb Fraud Through Data Analytics Clears House Panel
Meadows plan would create multi-agency working group chaired by U.S. controller.
Nextgov
DARPA Wants Early Warning System for Cyberattacks
The Defense Department’s emerging technology agency is hosting a proposer’s day next week on rapid attack detection and characterization.
Nextgov
UPDATED: State Department Hackers May Have Stolen Sensitive Data, Watchdog Says
The intrusions also caused "significant downtime to normal business operations."
Defense
FBI Director: It’s Impossible to Ban All Encryption
The government can at least make it harder to hide from surveillance, James Comey says.
Defense
Carter Will Consider Sending Advisers, Helicopters to Ramadi to Fight ISIS
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the administration is prepared to send advisers and helicopters to aid Iraqi forces—if Iraq wants them.
Management
Obama Takes a Veiled Swipe at Trump, Islamophobia
“We betray the efforts of the past if we fail to push back against bigotry in all its forms,” he said Wednesday as he commemorated the abolition of slavery.
Pay & Benefits
How a Shutdown Could Hit Your Wallet
A weekly roundup of federal pay and benefits news.
Pay & Benefits
Some Agencies' Shutdown Furlough Plans Have Changed Dramatically in Past 2 Years
Many feds sent home in 2013 would face a different fate this year if agencies are forced to close.
Defense
Multiple Agencies Join Effort to Track ISIS-Damaged Antiquities
State Department initiative leads to Washington conference planned for Friday.
News
A Crime Thriller, Office Decorating Tips and GovExec
That time the magazine was used to set the scene in a noirish '80s potboiler.
Route Fifty
The FBI Has a New Plan to Track Police Shootings
After newspapers stepped up to provide data government hadn’t collected, Director James Comey called the lack of reliable information “ridiculous.”
Oversight
The Shutdown Fight Neither Party Wants
With Congress running out of time to pass a major spending bill, Republicans will try to keep the government open through the weekend.
Management
Breathing New Life Into Shared Services
How agencies can centralize IT systems without losing control.
Defense
Defense Department: Trump’s Muslim Ban is ‘Counter to National Security’
GOP frontrunner draws extraordinary rebuke from Department of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Congress, and Republican Party leaders.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Backlash Against Trump's Latest Plan
Republican luminaries are uniting against the 2016 frontrunner.
Route Fifty
How Minnesota Rebuilt Its Rainy Day Fund and Created Its Largest Budget Reserve in History
A first step for states planning for future economic downturns: “Lawmakers need to determine what exactly constitutes rain.”
Pay & Benefits