Management
What’s Really Happening On Your Watch?
The performance problem: Most executives can’t sample their agency’s services.
Employee Policy
Leading the Peace Corps
Carrie Hessler-Radelet was recently confirmed as director of the Peace Corps, after serving as the agency’s acting director and deputy director. She was a Peace Corps volunteer in the 1980s, and worked for many years on global health initiatives. Hessler-Radelet spoke about leading today’s Peace Corps with Tom Fox.
Employee Policy
USPS reports higher revenues, but ongoing losses
The U.S. Postal Service posted a $2 billion net loss in the third fiscal quarter, even as it recorded a 2 percent increase in revenue over the same period last year.
Employee Policy
DHS employees at borders acquiring illnesses
Inspections of detention sites along the southern border where Customs and Border Protection is housing unaccompanied alien children found that CBP employees—and in some cases, their family members—had acquired illnesses from the detainees.
Employee Policy
VA announces independent review
The new head of the Department of Veterans Affairs said that the department has initiated an independent review of scheduling practices at all VA medical facilities
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.
Tech
The Most and Least Sustainable Agencies in Government
One chart shows which agencies are going green.
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
Management
Agencies Team Up to Improve Communities Without Wrecking the Environment
Five-year effort now reflects Obama's climate change push.
Oversight
Whatever Happened to the Benghazi Select Committee?
The lack of news is by design, Republicans say.
Oversight