Nextgov
GSA to Take Corrective Action on DEOS Cloud Contract
The General Services Administration will rework the Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract to address a bid protest.
Management
Imelda Victims Will Receive Federal Assistance after Disaster Declaration
Nearly 900 homes sustained major damage or were destroyed and uninsured in six affected counties, according to a preliminary assessment.
Defense
New Tech Aims to Tell Pilots When Their Plane Has Been Hacked
Raytheon is pitching a product to detect cyber intrusions into aircraft, drones, and even missiles.
Management
Play of the Day: The Vice President Is Involved Now
Mike Pence has been trying to distance himself from the impeachment of Donald Trump.
Route Fifty
Union Agrees to $3.2 Million Settlement in Dispute Over Fees
The pending settlement comes in a legal dispute between home care workers and a public sector labor union in Washington state.
Route Fifty
Protection from Ransomware Attacks Isn’t as Simple as Insurance
In the wake of high-profile ransomware attacks, local governments are looking to cyberinsurance to mitigate risk. But not all policies are equal and merit close scrutiny, experts say.
Nextgov
DOJ Makes Another Plea for Encryption Backdoors
While officials have long framed end-to-end encryption as an impediment to fighting terrorism, the department is now focusing on its impacts on child sex abuse.
Management
Analysis: When a Vice President Becomes a Threat
The fragility of Mike Pence’s partnership with Donald Trump could soon be on high display.
Management
Shutdown’s Damage to IRS Morale and Customer Service Will Linger, Study Finds
The appropriations lapse occurred during filing season, the agency’s busiest time of year, and will affect next year’s filing season as well.
Management
Trump’s Undermining of Federal Scientists Signals Need for Systemic Overhaul, Bipartisan Group Says
Career federal scientists are increasingly prohibited from doing their jobs freely, report finds, imperiling U.S. democracy.
Route Fifty
On the Hunt for Lean Protein, Food Pantries Turn to Hunters
Across the country, hunters donate thousands of pounds of game meat to help stock food pantries in their communities.
Nextgov
Air Force CXO: We Don’t Have to Delight the User
Colt Whittall, the Air Force’s first chief experience officer, talks with Nextgov about the new role and what it will take to provide a better user experience for airmen.
Route Fifty
Enlisting Truckers to Fight Human Trafficking
Lawmakers in Wisconsin are hoping to add human trafficking curriculum to classes for commercial drivers' licenses.
Defense
The Future of the Marines Is Smaller, More Robotic, More Naval
The new Commandant of the Marine Corps lays out a vision for high-tech force that will often operate like special forces.
Defense
Pentagon’s Top Lawyer to Review All Ukraine-Aid Documents
But a Defense spokesman still won’t say when the department was told about the aid freeze at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Is Bringing the World Together
Donald Trump is talking to Russia, Ukraine and China.
Route Fifty
California Local Governments Gain a Pathway to Establish Public Banks
Cities and counties would be able to create up to 10 public banks where governments could deposit money under a bill the state's governor signed into law this week.
Nextgov
Attorney General, DHS Secretary Call on Facebook to Build Encryption Backdoors
“Security enhancements to the virtual world should not make us more vulnerable in the physical world,” they said in a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Oversight