Management
Analysis: What Trump Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency
A president’s emergency powers are extensive, and largely unchecked.
Management
Trump’s Emergency Declaration Is a Test for Senate Republicans
For weeks, GOP lawmakers have warned the president against pursuing extraordinary measures. What now?
Oversight
Play of the Day: A National Emergency Fight Is Coming
Trump is going to try and bypass Congress to get his wall and late-night hosts are here to joke about it.
Route Fifty
General Electric to Pay Back State Incentives After Backtracking on New Headquarters
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ann Arbor dioxane plume … Norfolk’s recycling quandary … and the Bay Area’s new managed toll lane agreement.
Management
Former Trump Officials Are Supposed to Avoid Lobbying. Except 33 Haven’t.
The former officials — including ex-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke — have found ways to sidestep the administration’s ethics pledge. At least 18 of them are now registered federal lobbyists and the rest work in jobs that closely resemble lobbying.
Management
Winners and Losers From the Fiscal 2019 Spending Deal
See what's in the bill to avoid another shutdown.
Management
White House Budget Office Draws Positive Reviews for FOIA Portal Guidance
Transparency advocates praised the step, but said the effort lacks a lead agency.
Pay & Benefits
Do You Need a Financial Adviser?
Some questions to ask yourself before you sign up with one.
Route Fifty
How a Health Department Is Working to Contain a Measles Outbreak
When a case is suspected, public health employees launch an exhaustive investigative process that one official called "real gumshoe work."
Management
Congress Approves Bill to Avoid Another Shutdown as Trump Prepares National Emergency
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Trump will sign the bill to keep the government open and move to redirect military funds to build a border wall simultaneously.
Nextgov
DHS ‘Doubling Down’ on Election Security Heading Into 2020
Under Congress’ budget deal, the Homeland Security Department will receive $33 million to combat foreign influence campaigns and defend election security in fiscal 2019.
Oversight
Democratic Lawmakers Demand Firing of DHS Official for Past Political Targeting
State Dept. IG was denied interview with appointee accused of intimidating career staff.
Management
House Democrats Reintroduce Bills to Expand Collective Bargaining Rights
After years of similar legislation stalling out, advocates hope for action in Democratically-controlled House.
Nextgov
Latest Spending Deal Includes Almost $20 Billion for IT Programs
The spending bills include multimillion-dollar agency projects and governmentwide funding sources for IT modernization and cybersecurity.
Management
HUD’s System for Processing Public Records Requests Died During the Shutdown
The contract for the agency’s electronic system for managing FOIA requests lapsed in early January and hasn’t been renewed. Delays are mounting.
Route Fifty
Amazon Pulls Out of Headquarters Deal in New York City
But the company won't reopen the search for a new location.
Defense
There’s a Big Obstacle to the Pentagon’s New Strategy to Speed AI to Troops
Defense officials want to accelerate the delivery of artificial-intelligence tools from the lab to the field. But it's hard to obtain the massive data streams that make AI work.
Defense
Senate Committee Grills Navy Official Over 2017 Collisions, Seeking Data to Prove Conditions Have Changed
During an Armed Services Committee hearing that referenced ProPublica’s investigation into the deadly mishaps, a senator pressed the top commander in the Pacific to give “real numbers,” “not promises and not good feelings.”
Tech
NASA Declares a Beloved Mars Mission Over
The space agency will stop trying to contact the Opportunity rover, which was sent to Mars to search for evidence of water.
Oversight