Management
Hangovers Cost the Economy Billions of Dollars
Excessive drinking doesn’t just result in a high bar tab, it also lowers productivity and costs the country billions.
Oversight
SBA Watchdog Warns of IT Security Risks, Poor Data in Contracting Goals
But agency registers overall progress on management and performance score card.
Nextgov
OPM Says It Breaks Encryption to Monitor Employees' Browsing Habits
Through a technique called "SSL decryption," the agency sees through secure online transactions between a worker’s computer inside the agency firewall and an external website.
Management
Introducing Government as a Platform
How the next phase in digital transformation will improve citizen services.
Oversight
Republicans Have 2 Months to Fund Government, Raise the Debt Ceiling and More
Can the majority figure out how to do this plus fund highways and elect a speaker in the next eight weeks?
Route Fifty
Help for California Towns With Dry Wells; Making America More Dementia Friendly Now
Also: Hoping to end the gerrymander in Ohio and working to turnaround the criminal justice disaster in Maryland
Management
Transportation Department Plans to Require People to Register Their Drones
The measures could go into effect by this holiday season.
Oversight
Obama Administration Makes It Harder for Oil Firms to Drill Offshore in the Arctic
His Interior Department is canceling new auctions for oil-drilling rights, and won’t extend expiring leases either.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Saturday Night Live Lampoons the Democratic Debate
Larry David plays Sanders as an everyman who only has one pair of underwear.
Nextgov
Dark Web 101: What Feds Need to Know About the Underbelly of the Internet
And 8 ways to fight bad guys in the online underground, if you have been affected by a data breach.
Route Fifty
Illinois’ Cash-Strapped Lottery Woes Worsen; Nebraska Lawmaker Targets Gun-Free Zones
Also: Hawaii’s homelessness emergency move and Richmond’s confusing wayfinding signs.
Management
Pork is Back in Federal Prisons, After an Iowan's Intervention
The decision came just hours after an intervention from a senator from the nation's largest pork-producing state.
Defense
DARPA Wants to Make Self-destructing Delivery Drones
DARPA says it wants to imitate that “material transience,” but with “more uplifting endings.”
Management
USPS Looking to Increase Shipping Costs 9.5 Percent in 2016
Price bump needs approval from Postal Service regulator.
Management
VA Benefits Official Resigns
Allison Hickey led the department’s effort to shrink the massive disability claims backlog.
Oversight
Defense Employees’ Safety ‘Jeopardized’ by Lack of Workplace Violence Protocols
Civilians are better prepared for mass shooting response than military, report finds.
Pay & Benefits
Shutdowns Affect Feds More Acutely Than Debt Ceiling Woes
But a government default could disrupt the payment of veterans’ benefits and military salaries, among other things.
Management
Donald Trump May Have Forced CNBC to Shorten the Next Republican Debate
CNBC had been pushing for a longer debate, with prepared statements scrapped to leave time for more questions.
Nextgov
OMB Tells Agencies: No New Contracts for Desktops, Laptops
There is no need for thousands of contracts to purchase common laptops and desktops, officials say.
Nextgov