Defense

Let Slip the Secret Service Dogs

A pair of canines play hero in the latest fence-jumping incident at the White House.

Defense

IG: Secret Service Showed ‘Serious Lapse in Judgment’ in Operation Moonshine

Watchdog criticizes agency for diverting agents in 2011 from protecting White House to monitoring an employee’s neighborhood fight.

Defense

Army Mistreated Transgender Employee, Probe Shows

Office of Special Counsel restores employee’s job and launches re-training of supervisors.

News

Do Stoners Come Up With Government-Funded Research Programs?

Late-night hosts asks his audience to separate real from fake projects.

Route Fifty

Judge Blocks L.A.’s Billboard Rules; Uber’s Next Big Target

Also in our State & Local roundup: Annapolis will be used as a climate adaptation case study and innovation takes root in Springfield, Mass.

Management

Let the Body Rest, for the Sake of the Brain

Sleep deprivation can take a heavy mental toll.

Management

Blackwater Security Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Killings

A federal jury convicted one security guard of murder and three others of manslaughter in the 2007 killings in Iraq.

Management

History of Management Missteps Contributes to CDC’s Credibility Gap

Critics point to potentially dangerous breaches in protocol spanning at least two presidential administrations.

Route Fifty

Climate Change Worries Drive South Florida 51st State Plan

Money and politics have divided Florida for decades, but the rising sea level has finally prodded the south into action.

Defense

Someone Else Jumped the White House Fence. This Is What Happened.

Unlike last time, the system worked. But the video isn’t pretty.

Management

Are You Fit to Lead?

The connection between transformational leadership and high-intensity interval training.

Route Fifty

Need Cattle-Guard Location Data? Utah Has That and Plenty More

See how the Beehive State’s transportation department is using its open-data portal can to unlock all sorts of information.

Defense

Group Hopes to Raise More Than $200K for Grieving Military Families

Hundreds will run in Sunday’s Marine Corps Marathon for non-profit that helps survivors of fallen service members’ cope with loss.

Oversight

Lifesize Foosball Game, Swedish Massages for Rabbits Make Coburn's Final 'Wastebook'

Retiring senator frames alleged wasteful spending against the backdrop of increasing “chaos, confusion and uncertainty.”