Management
A Simpler Way to Manage People
Performance management is both a battlefield and a minefield.
Defense
Thursday's Benghazi Hearing Was Tense, Lengthy
Hearing represented the climax of months of investigations and weeks of political sparring.
Management
Interior Department Report Faults EPA In Colorado Mine Spill
Agency warns that the circumstances around the mine spill are “surprisingly prevalent.”
Oversight
The Debt-Limit First Move No One Wants to Make
House and Senate GOP leaders know they need to pass a clean debt-ceiling measure, but neither wants to go first.
Management
White House Endorses Cybersecurity Bill, Bucking Privacy Groups
The Senate’s bill gains momentum ahead of a vote next week.
Oversight
Paul Ryan Officially Enters the House Speaker Race
“I am ready and eager to be our speaker,” the Congressman from Wisconsin wrote in a letter to colleagues on Thursday night.
Oversight
Lincoln Chafee Just Dropped Out of the Presidential Race
Announcement comes just two days after Jim Webb left the pack.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Hillary Never Stops Trying to Sell Her Book
The Benghazi hearing took forever, but the former State Department chief found an opening to tout "Hard Choices."
Route Fifty
Why a Puente Hills Quake Could Be Far More Destructive to L.A. Than the ‘Big One’
Here’s another reminder that destruction is always around the corner in Southern California.
Pay & Benefits
DEA Paid Bonuses to Employees With Records of Sexual Harassment, Other Misconduct
Justice watchdog details $5,000 awarded to official reprimanded for yelling, porn-watching.
Tech
OMB Rolls Out Plan for Governance Body to Boost Shared Services
GSA will host centralized push for interagency financial management, payroll and IT tasks.
Tech
FCC Slashes Prison Phone Rates
Federal regulators overrode Republican opposition to cap phone rates for prisoners.
Route Fifty
Bringing Some Clarity to Complex Regulatory Questions in Legal Weed States
A University of Washington law school clinic will help government offices and private-sector startups navigate fast-moving regulations, markets, intellectual property law, health and science research.
Nextgov
The Rise of Agency Innovation Labs
In the 2016 budget, the Obama administration proposed more funding to help launch idea labs.
Management
The Meat Industry’s Long – and Successful – Crusade to Keep its Hold on the American Diet
The fight over the USDA's new guidelines is rooted in history.
Route Fifty
Calif. Fire Chief’s Improper Pension Use; Memphis Mayor-Elect’s Policy Playbooks
Also: Columbus bridge infested with spiders and no new fantasy sports regulation in Texas.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Should Pay More to Get Feds to Work in Undesirable Locations, Lawmakers Say
Administration officials agreed agencies are underutilizing incentive-based tools.
Defense
American Soldier Is Killed in a Rescue Operation in Iraq
The soldier was killed in an operation involving U.S. and Kurdish commandos on an Islamic State base in northern Iraq.
Pay & Benefits
Open Season Trick or Treat
It’s time to take a close look at your healthcare expenses for 2015 and consider ways to lower them in 2016.
Nextgov