Route Fifty

New York City Takes Giant Step to Unlock Its Published Data

Mayor Bill de Blasio approves new digital mandates for the City Record and agencies.

Management

What’s Really Happening On Your Watch?

The performance problem: Most executives can’t sample their agency’s services.

Defense One

U.S. Air Strikes Continue in Iraq

President Obama says the crisis in Iraq will ‘take some time’ to solve, as the military conducts nearly a dozen targeted military strikes against ISIL. By Stephanie Gaskell

Nextgov

Hackers Hack Back China, Aim for Gizmodo Gadget Lovers and Hijack the Internet

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Management

EPA Chief: Teach Global Warming in Schools

Gina McCarthy wants children to have an understanding of climate science, but current policy leaves plenty of students without it.

Defense

Why the Pentagon Announced the U.S. Airstrike in Iraq in a Tweet

These days, the Obama administration is trying to make its own national security announcements before everyone else does.

Oversight

Congress Divided Over Iraq Strikes

Some on the Hill support the move, others say Obama needs a more comprehensive strategy.

Management

Homeland Security Staff in Border Facilities Getting Sick on the Job

Some employees have contracted scabies, lice and chicken pox at Texas detention centers for children fleeing Central America.

Management

To Work Better, Work Less

Toiling away for more hours diminishes productivity. Why do so many do it anyway?

Route Fifty

How Silicon Valley Talent Brokering Is Helping Local Cities

Silicon Valley Talent Partnership Executive Director Lea King discusses how new Knight Foundation funding will strengthen local cross-sector collaboration.

Management

Misbehaving Contractors Might Be in Luck At These Agencies

GSA and State are doing the worst job of tracking past performance, though all major agencies have improved recently, auditors find.

News

What Government Never Could Have Expected from President Nixon

The president who tried to leverage the bureaucracy to “screw” his opponents resigned 40 years ago.

Defense One

Pentagon Says More Strikes Are Possible in Iraq

The Pentagon is prepared for more strikes against ISIL, possibly in Baghdad where the U.S. has many assets. By Stephanie Gaskell

Oversight

Four Reasons Why This Ebola Outbreak Is Different

Outbreak has spread to city centers, and is in an area where there is a distrust of Western medicine.

Defense

Obama to Iraq: 'America Is Coming to Help'

President Obama addressed the nation on a U.S. humanitarian operation conducted Thursday.

Management

Imagine If Thousands of Medical Researchers Could Have a Quick Conversation

NIH's PubMed Commons is catalyzing scientist-to-scientist interactions.