Management
The Senate's Bathroom-Stall Index
One measure of America’s slow progress toward boosting the number of women in elective office is the number of toilets in the congressional restrooms.
Nextgov
Federal Employee Union Sues Over OPM Hack, Citing Financial and Emotional Distress
Agency Director Katherine Archuleta and CIO Donna Seymour are named in the class action lawsuit.
Management
What If the Oceans Were National Parks?
Ocean conservationists want to bring the same approach to the ocean that the century-old National Park Service brought to the land.
Route Fifty
Texas AG Thinks County Officials Can Avoid Issuing Marriage Licenses to Same-Sex Couples
Exercising religious freedom or discrimination?
Nextgov
Why Open Data is the Future of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
“Don’t send a spy where you can send a schoolboy," says the intelligence official leading the agency's effort to work with unclassified data.
Management
Chemical Safety Board Down to Two Members, Still at Odds
Interim Chairman Engler pushes through new transparency rule.
Nextgov
DHS Group Wants Homeland Security to Share Database of Cyber Incidents with Private Sector
The effort builds on a 2015 White House executive order encouraging more cyberthreat information sharing between the public and private sectors.
Management
Feds: App Secretly Hijacked Phones to Mine Digital Money
The "Prized" app drained batteries and burned through mobile data, according to regulators.
Management
Don’t Blame the Budget for Agencies’ Lack of Innovation
Rafael Borras talks modernization, performance management from his new post at A.T. Kearney.
Route Fifty
Should Local Governments Rush to Upgrade Point-of-Sale Terminals?
Microchipped credit and debit cards are finally taking off in the U.S., but Apple Pay and Google Wallet could undo them, according to one tech expert.
News
Feds to Festival: Give Us Ice Cream and Air Conditioning
Burning Man organizers say Bureau of Land Management demands $1 million in amenities to oversee the event.
Management
Supreme Court Deals Huge Blow to Obama Green Agenda
In 5-4 decision, Court overturns rules on toxic emissions from power plants.
Nextgov
After Hack, Officials Pull Plug on Pentagon and OPM Background Check Systems
A vulnerability in an OPM tool that links to the Pentagon system was discovered during a probe.
Defense
USAID, Watchdog Clash on Success of $335 Million Afghan Power Plant
SIGAR questions agency’s consultation with Kabul on underused power source.
Pay & Benefits
Same-Sex Married Feds Already Have Access to Health and Retirement Benefits
Landmark decision will have little impact on benefits because a 2013 ruling opened up many to federal workers and retirees in same-sex marriages.
Route Fifty
Puerto Rico Is ‘Out of Options’ With $72 Billion Debt; Florida Health Info Hack
Also: NYC city worker EZ-Pass investigation and Montana’s outsourced autopsies.
Management
Should Government Do Away With Annual Performance Reviews?
Real feedback happens more than once a year.
Management
As Ebola Dies Down, Officials Turn to Preventing the Next Pandemic
The world prepares for future public-health threats.
Defense
Charts: Who Are the Americans Accused of Joining ISIL?
Despite research, there is no one "profile" that they all fit.
Oversight