Route Fifty

Route Fifty City-County Roadtrip Recap: Grand Rapids Learns to Live With Its River Risks

Instead of building up its floodwalls, Michigan’s second-largest city looks to try something different.

Nextgov

Redesigning Government Work for the Internet of Things

The proliferation of Internet-connected devices represents a new way of working.

Management

How Americans Lost Track of One Founding Father's Definition of Success

According to Benjamin Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline.

Pay & Benefits

D.C.-Area Feds Should Telework During Pope Francis’ Visit, OPM Says

The pope may be infallible, but he can’t cure traffic jams.

Management

How Much Sympathy Do Overwhelmed White-Collar Workers Deserve?

Belittling their plight by comparing it to blue-collar workers’ ignores the trickle-down harms of an exhausting work culture.

Management

Helping Carly Fiorina, CNN Changed its Debate Rules

Following a strong showing in the first round of debates, Fiorina appears likely to take the main stage in the second one.

Defense

Defense Officials Head to Charleston To Assess Alternative Guantanamo Plan

Amid a last push to close the detention facility in Cuba, the Obama administration is giving the naval brig in South Carolina a fresh look.

Oversight

Conservatives Plotting Against Planned Parenthood and John Boehner Could Force a Shutdown

Conservatives want to defund the group, even if it means a shutdown. And they’re holding the GOP leadership accountable.

Management

6 Leadership Lessons From USAID

If you want to save the world, lead, follow or get out of the way.

Management

Government Awards $133M Contract to Protect 21.5M Victims of OPM Hack

The Defense Department, not the contractor, will notify most individuals this month if their information was breached.

Management

Obama to Announce 'Robust' Senior Exec Reforms This Fall

Changes will come as a result of SES advisory group's findings in the areas of hiring, recruitment, retention and restoring value to public service.

Pay & Benefits

Federal Employee Retirement Funds Tank in August

Government securities stay in the black, but all other funds post losses.

Management

Uninsured Rate Drops Below 10 Percent in 2015

More data emerges on Obamacare’s health coverage expansion.

Defense

ISIS: Our New Currency Will Destroy America's Capitalist Financial System

The new currency is made up of coins of gold dinars, silver dirhams and copper fulus.

Management

7 New Books to Read This Fall

Instead of just spouting their opinions, these authors bring us real data.