Route Fifty
Voters Could Give Older California Homeowners A New Property Tax Break
But would Proposition 5 ease the state’s housing crisis?
Management
Survey Shows Major Uptick in Key VA Morale Metrics
Recognition for good performance and respect for senior leaders see large increases.
Nextgov
Election Day Security Chat Room Will Be Open to More Than 3,000 County-Level Officials
The chat room will operate on an unclassified level and invite participation from across U.S. counties, a DHS official said.
Defense
Mike Pompeo’s Worldview? Do As Trump Does.
Pompeo has responded to the Khashoggi affair in lockstep with Trump.
Management
Court Denies Trump Administration Request to Expedite Appeal of Workforce EO Decision
Appeals court judges found that the Justice Department did not prove irreparable harm that would be caused by a standard review schedule.
Oversight
IG Faults Zinke for Violating Travel Rules as Interior Denies It's Ousting Watchdog
Zinke's deputy says the rules do not apply to the secretary.
Nextgov
Report Offers Options For Effectively Using Blockchain in Government
Blockchain is often seen as an over-hyped technology. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its uses.
Route Fifty
‘Opportunity Zones’ Rules Help Bring Program Into Sharper Focus
Proponents of the initiative believe it could attract billions of dollars of new investment to struggling communities.
Tech
Analysis: Neil Armstrong And The America That Could Have Been
After the first moon landing, the feelings that propelled a unified national mission quickly dissipated. Could Armstrong have played a bigger role in galvanizing the public for future projects?
Tech
Trump's NASA Administrator: ‘No Reason’ to Dismiss U.N. Climate Report
In a wide-ranging interview, Jim Bridenstine explains his plans for NASA, the nerve-wracking Soyuz launch failure, and his views on climate change.
Management
Leader: It’s Time to Develop Your Listening Muscle
Listening is the hardest, best work you can do, but it takes practice.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President Files His 2017 Taxes
Donald Trump's taxes are like a TV show that everyone's heard of, but hasn't seen.
Route Fifty
Feeling Heat From Anti-Vaccine Parents, State Pulls Immunization Education Program
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | N.Y. Gov. Cuomo heads into deteriorating tunnel … San Francisco accounting errors … and ACLU sues judge over countywide homeless camp ban.
Route Fifty
3 Data Snapshots That Take the Pulse of the ‘Heartland’ States
Looking at indicators of the economy, health and human capital across 19 states in the middle of America.
Route Fifty
Federal and State Officials Criticize Wireless Outages After Hurricane Michael
A consumer advocacy group said regulators are also to blame for the delay in getting service back up. Wireless carriers countered that they’ve restored service as quickly as possible.
Nextgov
About One-Fourth of Government Web Domains Still Lack Top-Level Encryption
The most recent deadline for government sites to be HTTPS-protected passed in February.
Management
USPS Realized Just 5 Percent of Projected Savings From Slowing Mail Delivery
The service changes were made to enable processing plant closures.
Nextgov
Tech Modernization is About Cybersecurity, Federal CIO Says
Security requires a modern tech architecture, CIO Suzette Kent said.
Oversight