Management
How the Best Leaders Encourage Open and Honest Dialogue
If your people aren’t contributing, speaking up and sharing the truth as they see it, you’re going to be flying blind.
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Another State to Consider Chemical Castration for Sex Offenders
A new bill introduced in Tennessee mimics legislation passed last year in Alabama that would require chemical castration of those convicted of child sex offenses as a condition of parole.
Nextgov
Transportation Challenge Aims to Create Universally Accessible Automated Vehicles
The agency plans to award up to $5 million in prizes.
Management
Trump Objects to Certain Transparency Requirements of 2020 Spending and Policy Bills
The provisions he opposes are for both public and classified matters.
Defense
Iraqi Lawmakers Ask Government to Expel U.S. Troops
Iraq analysts say the nonbinding vote is important but removal of U.S. troops is far from a done deal.
Defense
Increased Tensions With Iran Could Boost Defense Spending
After three years of substantial increases, the defense budget was supposed to flatten. Experts say that’s now unlikely.
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Remote Workers Moving to Tulsa? Foundation Doubles Down on Recruitment Efforts
The Remote Tulsa program is now offering $10,000 to 250 people to move to the Oklahoma city for a year, citing success in its first year.
Management
Arbitrator: HHS Violated Labor Laws Implementing Union Contract
In May, the Health and Human Services Department implemented a Federal Service Impasses Panel decision, despite the fact that it was legally required to first negotiate six union contract provisions with the National Treasury Employees Union.
Defense
What's Next for Iran's Cyber Actors?
The country has grown as a talented, and destructive, network threat over the last several years.
Pay & Benefits
EPA Circumvents Bonus Caps by Awarding Vacation Days
Highest-ranked employees received the most time off, IG finds.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Agent Approves New Locality Pay Area, Calls for Legislative Changes to All Federal Pay
Federal workers Des Moines, Iowa, and Imperial County, California, will be the next in line to receive raises in the form of locality pay, likely beginning in 2021.
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The Places Where Growth in Home Values Could Lag in 2020
New survey results offer predictions for where gains in home values could be strongest and weakest during the year ahead.
Oversight
OSHA Cites Bureau of Prisons Facility for Unsafe Working Conditions
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration found “serious” problems at a Florida prison, prompting the first ever citation for BOP.
Nextgov
Oracle’s JEDI Appeal Continues
There was an abundance of legal activity over the holidays in Oracle’s JEDI appeal.
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A State Restarts Its Electric Vehicle Rebates
Massachusetts extended its rebate program through at least 2021 after legislators provided funding for the program in the most recent budget.
Nextgov
Military Seeks Tech to Extract Drinking Water From the Atmosphere for Troops
The Pentagon’s research agency launched a new program and solicitation to develop cutting-edge devices that troops can use to capture potable water straight from the atmosphere.
Management
The IRS Tried to Crack Down on Rich People Using an 'Abusive' Tax Deduction. It Hasn’t Gone So Well.
The tax agency, Justice Department and Congress have all taken aim at a much-abused deduction exploited by wealthy investors. Yet the crackdown is having minimal impact, costing the Treasury billions.
Defense
Health is Veterans’ Biggest Challenge in First Year Home
A survey of almost 10,000 veterans shows that health concerns rank highest among worries for vets transitioning back to civilian life.
Workforce
Seeking ‘Assorted Weirdos’ for the Civil Service Across the Pond
The kind of people who “don’t conform to the horrors of human resources” are encouraged to apply for work in the British government.
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