Management
Letting Go of Your Need to Be the Smartest Person in the Room
Take some simple but powerful corrective actions.
Nextgov
New Guidance Aims to Plug Peepholes in City Surveillance Systems
The preliminary guidelines address the personal data of individuals captured by traffic sensors, speed cameras and other Internet-connected government systems.
Route Fifty
This USGS Seismologist's Critical Role Explaining Earthquake Science to Californians
The San Andreas Fault can’t open into a giant chasm. And Dr. Lucy Jones will tell you why.
Nextgov
‘Data Geek’ Takes Reins as HHS CTO
Susannah Fox joins a CTO shop known for its active and forward-thinking leadership.
Management
EPA Can’t Shake Its Ethanol Headache
The Obama administration proposed lowering the ethanol mandate, and nobody's happy.
Management
State Department Removes Cuba From State Sponsors of Terrorism List
The island nation had been on the list since 1982.
News
Are Recusals Slowing Down SEC Decision-Making?
Commission Chair Mary Jo White could not participate in deliberations on an accounting fraud case against a large federal contractor.
Management
The Definition of Leadership for a New Generation
It's time to let go of the top-down hierarchy.
Oversight
One Presidential Contender Fixates on Porn-Watching Feds
Republican Carly Fiorina has brought up the issue often on the campaign trail.
Nextgov
Hackers Air Feds’ Sexual Preferences and Pose as Baltimore Prosecutor in Freddie Gray Case
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Management
U.S. Efforts to Shore Up Afghan Economy Foundering, Watchdog Finds
$43 million gas pipeline and minerals extraction project not currently sustainable.
Defense
Thousands of Troops Will Receive Compensation for Student Loan Overcharge
Checks ranging from $10 to $100,000 from a 2014 settlement will be mailed in June.
Management
Family-Friendly Policies Are Not Working. Paternity Leave Is a Solution
Now, 185 countries in the world offer mothers some form of state-funded paid leave. Only a handful do so for fathers.
Oversight
House Republicans Demand Update on Lois Lerner Charges
New attorney general asked about potential political targeting, lying and violations of citizens’ privacy.
News
When the Best and Brightest Say No to Government
What happens if talented millennials don’t want to work in the bureaucracy?
Oversight
Rand Paul Gets Pressured to Block Any Last-Minute Patriot Act Renewal
Some surveillance critics want the White House contender to block any Patriot Act extension. Others hope he steps aside to allow one last vote on the Freedom Act.
Management
Clinton’s Mend-It-Don’t-End-It Thought on the Federal Ethanol Mandate
Former State Department chief tells Iowa voters that it’s time to get the troubled biofuels program ‘back on track.’
Defense
Army Chief Opens Door To Embedding American Troops With Iraqi Forces
After the fall of Ramadi, the Iraqi Security Forces need military and political leadership, Gen. Raymond Odierno says.
Oversight