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Recycling Labels Don’t Reflect Reality for Local Governments
A local government official says the federal government could help by setting standards that make clear what plastics are recyclable.
Pay & Benefits
House Votes to End Controversial USPS Payments for Future Retirees' Health Care
Postal Service applauds effort, but says more steps are needed to avoid financial collapse.
Management
House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Presidential Transition Team Ethics Requirements
The Senate-approved measure also has requirements for GSA and other agencies.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employee Retirement Requests Hit Highest Level Since Trump Took Office
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
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CIA Issues Draft Solicitation for Next Step in Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Journey
The intelligence community will opt for multiple cloud service providers for its planned Commercial Cloud Enterprise contract.
Management
You’ve Got to Leave the Launchpad If You Want to Get to the Moon
Instead of thinking about what you want to do this year, think about where you want to be three years from now.
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Beyond Buzzwords and Dashboards: Effective Approaches to Performance Management
In a new book, Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene assess the state of efforts to improve state and local government operations.
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NSF Tech Leader Aims for a Data-Savvy, Innovation-Focused Workforce
Dorothy Aronson, the National Science Foundation’s dual-hatted chief information officer and chief data officer, discusses her role in shaping the data literacy of the agency’s workforce.
Defense
One Step Closer to a Batsuit for Soldiers
Researchers announce new military funding in search for body armor skin that could be 300 percent stronger than anything we’ve seen before.
Oversight
Analysis: Political Parties Are Not as Good as Government Officials at Counting Votes
Most primaries are run by state and local governments. But caucuses are different — and Iowa shows how that can be a problem.
Management
Report: Federal Agencies Must Be 'Better Connected, More Collaborative'
Agencies need to work together and with the private sector to improve how they manage IT systems, data and their workforces, researchers say.
Management
Trump Presented an Optimistic View of Government in Third State of the Union
The president pointedly mentioned the administration’s support for the most important change in federal employee benefits in decades: paid family leave.
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With Big Spending on School Board Races, A State Lawmaker Seeks to Cap Contributions
Colorado currently does not have any limits in place for individual donors giving money to local school board candidates.
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ODNI Plans to Share More About Cyber Threats Under New Counterintelligence Strategy
The strategy requires the intelligence community to think of the private sector as consumers of its threat information.
Oversight
Analysis: The U.S. Could Learn How to Improve Election Protection from Other Nations
Around the world, elections are under attack. U.S. officials could learn from other countries about how to ensure everyone's vote is recorded and counted accurately
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GSA Is Hiring a Contractor Team to Work on Login.gov
The single sign-on platform needs improved security, scalability and availability as the program pushes for broader use across government.
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Leaving Scooter Regulation to Local Government
A bill moving through the Georgia legislature would clarify that making the rules for electric scooters is the business of local governments.
Oversight
Watchdog Highlights Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Child Care Centers
IG says in some cases, a lack of funding stalled fixes that would have made facilities safer.
Management
Reducing Administrative Burden, aka ‘Death by a Thousand 10-Minute Tasks’
Since 1991, the federal government has imposed 110 new requirements on university research grant recipients.
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