Management
How to Quit Being Such a Negative Boss
Our brains are wired to dwell on what's wrong. But don't give in.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Appeals to Religious Voters
The candidate's poll numbers with evangelicals are increasing.
Route Fifty
Top Obama Administration Officials Push Congress on Wildfire Funding Changes
Legislative debate over the costs of wildland firefighting could have implications at the state level.
Oversight
What's Behind the Recent Political Upheaval?
Ideology, populism, and a hatred of you-know-who.
Management
Obama Tells Agencies to Hire Experts in Giving People Exactly What They Want
Recruitment effort part of initiative to improve delivery of services across government.
Route Fifty
Counties Pressure Congress to Provide More Certainty With Federal Payments for Tax-Exempt Public Lands
A $452 million federal program meant to compensate local governments for lost property tax revenue is set to expire at the end of September.
Nextgov
Watchdog: DHS Still Struggles with Cyber Response
The agency still struggles to coordinate its cyber-response activities and lacks an automated information-sharing tool to share cyber threat data.
Management
New Obamacare Money for Health Centers Will Treat Substance Abuse
Heroin use among young adults has doubled in the last decade.
Management
Astronauts Mark Midpoint in One-Year Spaceflight
The data will come in handy if humans embark on long missions to other parts of the solar system, like Mars.
Management
National Interagency Fire Center: The 2015 Fire Season is Among the Worst in Recent Memory
Drought and climate change have combined to produce the largest area burned in more than a decade.
Management
Reformed Con Man Wows Agency Accountants with Anti-Fraud Tips
FBI adviser Frank Abagnale still refuses federal salary after 40 years.
Management
Pentagon Plan to Move Civilian Workers Outside the Civil Service System Draws Fire
Proposal is aimed at giving the Defense secretary more authority and flexibility in hiring and managing personnel.
Route Fifty
Newark Mayor’s ‘Urban Marshall Plan’ Idea; Iowa Rethinks Roadside Mowing
Also: Providence mayor’s house under protection and late prisoners in New Orleans.
Pay & Benefits
Feds Would Get Six Weeks of Paid Parental Leave Under Bill
The bill would not require federal employees to dip into their accrued sick or annual leave to care for a new child.
Management
Why Not Strip J. Edgar Hoover’s Name From the FBI Building?
The Confederate flag has been taken down at South Carolina’s Capitol. Now it's time to turn to another symbolic insult to minorities and the Constitution.
Management
Obama, World Leaders May Skip Key Part of Paris Climate Talks
Organizers invite leaders to speak at the beginning of COP21, rather than the end, to avoid the eleventh-hour chaos that marked the close of the Copenhagen climate conference. But does that lessen the chances for a deal?
Nextgov
Contractors Say Proposed Hack Reporting Rules Aren’t Strict Enough
'This is exactly the interpretive, decentralized behavior that has produced the current state of network security vulnerabilities.'
Defense
North Korea Threatens the U.S. With Its Nuclear Program
The hermit kingdom state says it will use its “steadily improved” nuclear program against the U.S. at “any time.”
Management