Management
Welcome Spring With This Forest Service Map of the U.S. Blooming
Maps from the agency show signs of the season across America's forests, fields, and urban areas.
Defense
What Are the Alternatives to Obama's Iran Deal?
Israel’s prime minister says more sanctions will produce a better nuclear agreement. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
Route Fifty
Drone Aircraft Help Save Taxpayer Dollars in Hawaii
They also make certain dangerous jobs safer.
Nextgov
Exclusive: FAA Computer Systems Hit by Cyberattack Earlier this Year
Hackers earlier this year attacked a Federal Aviation Administration network with malicious software, an assault that has gone undisclosed until now.
News
DHS Chief Promises Improvements After Show Blasts ‘Dysfunctional’ Department
60 Minutes says Homeland Security is an overgrown “management nightmare.”
Pay & Benefits
Congress Doesn’t Have Appetite For Messing with the G Fund, Senator Says
A proposal to limit the return rate on the TSP’s most stable offering is unlikely, according to Maryland Democrat.
Nextgov
Snowden: NSA Not (Specifically) Looking for Your Nude Photos
Americans are largely bored with conversations about surveillance reform. What about when it touches on their most intimate communications?
Tech
Chelsea Manning is Tweeting From Military Prison
She tweets by calling her PR firm and dictating over the telephone.
Management
How the 2016 Republicans Will Debate NSA Reform
Rand Paul and Ted Cruz are likely going to hit their opponents—and each other—early and often for backing mass surveillance.
Management
Science Agrees: Being Laid Off Is Terrible
New research from England suggests that cutbacks can lead to lasting trust issues.
Nextgov
Immigration Ruling Also Halted Buildout of Digital Work Permit System
The injunction has halted plans to accommodate the intake of an additional 5 million undocumented individuals whose deportations would be postponed by Obama's policies.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Security and Privacy Can Coexist…With Restrictions
Last Week Tonight looks at NSA surveillance.
Management
Why Every Manager Should Use the Great Sewerage Equation
Backlogs are not a government problem. They are a large-organization problem.
Defense
Here Are the Places Where the US Has a Military Presence
Everyone knows about Afghanistan, but is far from the only place with American military bases.
Route Fifty
New York State ‘Bridge Strikes’ Prompt New Detection Systems
State parkways are off limits to trucks and buses. But it only takes one to cause a big traffic headache or worse.
Defense
New Poll Shows Cuban-Americans Shift in Favor of Normalizing U.S.-Cuba Relations
A new survey shows a majority of Cuban-Americans supporting President Obama's recent move on Cuba, after opposing it narrowly in December.
Oversight
Sen. Al Franken Urges FBI to Crack Down on Revenge Porn
“New technologies can pose significant threats if bad actors are not held accountable to our nation’s laws,” Franken said.
Pay & Benefits
Workforce Cuts in House and Senate Budgets, in One Chart
House and Senate negotiators are finalizing a spending blueprint.
Defense
How One Philadelphia Woman Tweeted Her Way to Federal Terrorism-Related Charges
The lesson is: Never tweet.
News