News
Fighting Back Against the Conference Spending Crackdown
Scientific group says new restrictions threaten the quality of research at federal labs.
Oversight
How Congress Is Using $9B in Medicare Savings to Finance the Budget Deal
A payment-reform idea that was a long time coming finally passed as a budget offset.
Management
Denmark: We Are Not The Socialist Utopia Bernie Sanders Thinks We Are
It's not socialist, for starters.
Tech
State Releases Another Trove of Hillary Clinton Emails
The sixth such release, of more than 7,000 pages, includes references to Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck, monkey butts, and emojis.
Management
What Would Happen If American Senators Worked Like the French?
If Senators took a few tips from the French work week, the political process would still run as smoothly (ahem) as ever.
Oversight
Play of the Day: John Oliver Explains the Medicaid Gap
Maybe it's not time yet to celebrate with a backflip and a broken leg.
Nextgov
Hackers Raid Human Rights Center and Pwn Free Web Hosting Service; Marks & Spencer Accidentally Breaches Customer Data
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
What State and Local Governments Are Tracking in Transportation Legislation Moving Through Congress
Looking at the priorities for state capitals and city halls in a proposed six-year $325 billion transportation bill in the U.S. House.
Oversight
Can Paul Ryan Be Speaker and Still be Home for Family Dinner?
Colleagues close to Ryan say they aren’t worried about Ryan’s ability to raise cash, but his critics are raising concerns.
Route Fifty
Short-term Highway Trust Fund Extensions Complicate Planning For States
There's uncertainty about whether the current trust fund shortfall could delay or reduce federal money state and local governments will receive this year for their transportation needs.
Tech
Whistleblower: USDA Suppressed Findings About a Pesticide That Could Endanger Bees
These pesticides are big business.
Nextgov
Pop Quiz: Which Navy N00bs Have a Gift for Stopping Hacks?
The proposed talent assessment would function not unlike an existing Defensewide exam that screens a recruit's knack for picking up foreign languages.
Nextgov
White House Issues Governmentwide Cyber Action Plan
The new guidance aims to protect the most high-value information assets the federal government holds.
Management
Federal Agencies Spent $334M on Advisory Committees in 2014
Outside experts generally earn special pay for their trouble.
Management
A Ghost Tour of the National Death Index
Beware of what lurks deep in the bowels of vital statistics.
Oversight
How Congress Reached a Deal to Stop a Medicare Premium Spike
Seniors will have to pay the cost eventually.
Defense
Pentagon to Send Special Operations Troops to Syria
After months of looking at new options, the Obama administration will send in ground forces
Pay & Benefits
Senators Want to Make Sure Federal 'Tax Cheats' Don't Get Bonuses
Bipartisan group reintroduces a bill to prohibit tax delinquent and misbehaving IRS employees from receiving performance awards.
Management