Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Still High Despite Slight Progress
OPM managed to process nearly 10,000 applications in March, but the backlog still stands at more than 19,000 claims.
Management
How to Design Contracts that Deliver Results
A new study explains the pros and cons of two contracting approaches aimed at delivering services more effectively.
Oversight
The Pentagon Isn’t Tracking if Former Employees Violate Revolving Door Laws
Auditors could not even come up with reliable data to make assessments.
Nextgov
Can the Internet of Things Change Economic Inequality? Commerce Wants to Know
he Department of Commerce wants your input on the Internet of Things.
Route Fifty
Chris Christie vs. Atlantic City; Oklahoma Looks to Recoup Taxes on Out-of-State Sales
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Indiana’s transparency battle legal fees; synthetic herbicide and pesticide ban; Seattle’s frozen crab highway spill
Defense
Trump Reveals His Plan to Get Mexico to Pay For His Wall Plan
It is unconventional and it involves the Patriot Act.
Management
How Should the Government Fix the Social Security System?
Two options exist: increase revenues or cut benefits. The problem is figuring out which is fairer.
Nextgov
FBI Cyber Official on Panama Papers: ‘Good, It Wasn't a Law Firm in the US’
The leak could be a lesson for people who trust outside organizations, such as law firms, to protect their data.
Management
Closing the Final Legal Chapter of the BP Oil Spill
A federal judge formally approved a $20 billion settlement years after the worst offshore spill in American history.
Oversight
Will Wisconsin Prove Too Polite for Trump?
GOP elites have cast doubt on the Republican front-runner’s ability to take the state in a highly contested primary on Tuesday.
Defense
It’s the CIA’s Fault — How Foreign Leaders Try to Discredit the Panama Papers
The Panama papers have put pressure on dozens of global politicians.
Route Fifty
Route Fifty’s New iPhone App Is Ready to Download
5 Things, a new feature for mobile readers, is a roundup of important state and local government news from around the nation we think you should read.
Management
Here's How HUD Plans to Stop the 'Worst-Case' Housing Crisis
The National Housing Trust Fund will give housing assistance to the very poorest households in the nation.
Management
How the Next Administration Could Substantially Reduce Risk During the Next Crisis
Unlike some other countries, the U.S. does not have an institutional mechanism to systematically generate alternative future scenarios.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Hillary Clinton's Electoral Vulnerabilities
Benghazi, email, Libya, the Clinton Foundation, her dancing… It's a long list.
Route Fifty
Why States Want Skills-Based Job Markets Amid Globalization and Digitalization
During a panel discussion in D.C., Colorado’s governor and Indiana’s former governor show why states are often better than the feds at adapting policies to fit the changing digital economy.
Nextgov
Military Commands Tussle Over Cyber Power
The Pentagon said it plans to sort out the org chart.
Defense
Defense Chief Pitches Pentagon Projects to Tech Workers
The defense secretary takes his outreach tour to robotics labs and startup centers in Austin and Boston
Management
What it Will Take to Defeat the Opioid Addiction Epidemic
The federal government is pushing some modest reforms in its fight against the opioid epidemic, but will that fix an increasingly big problem?
Route Fifty