Management
Dozens of Senators From Both Parties Push Measure to Block Trump's USPS Privatization Plan
Senators join 190 House members in opposing the proposal.
Management
Commerce Chief Isn't Fretting Over Watchdog’s Criticism of Census Cost Estimate
Census bureau met only three of the four basic criteria for a high-quality estimate, GAO says.
Route Fifty
Mitigating Flood Impacts With Resiliency Parks
How a New Jersey city is combating flood risks with comprehensive parks planning
Management
Thinking Inside the Sandbox
Regulators face the enormous challenge of figuring out how to apply old laws to new technologies. This approach could help.
Defense
Trump's Order to Reveal Docs Could Undermine Secret Court System
"No one should be happy about the weaponization of declassification," security expert says.
Management
For Centuries, Anonymous Insider Accounts Have Chipped Away At Ruling Regimes – And Sometimes Toppled Them
Since the Byzantine era, gossipy anecdotes about the mishaps of rulers and their inner circles have been compiled, shared and published.
Route Fifty
State Lawmakers to Congress: Butt Out of Online Sales Taxes
The National Conference of State Legislatures is asking leaders on Capitol Hill to refrain from legislating around the recent South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Supreme Court decision.
Route Fifty
Federal Judge Blasts Georgia’s ‘Dated, Vulnerable’ Voting System
The state avoided having to make a change in election equipment before the midterms, however.
Management
How to Stop Losing the Information War
No one is in charge of messaging, counter-messaging, and coordinating America’s instruments of information power. Here’s a way to change that.
Pay & Benefits
TSP to Increase Stock Holdings Across Lifecycle Funds
The transition to a higher proportion of equities will occur over a 15-year period.
Pay & Benefits
GOP Overseers Investigate Trump's Use of the Secret Service
Agency asks lawmakers to raise the cap on overtime pay for agents again, but oversight chairmen want more information first.
Nextgov
State Department Confirms Email Data Breach
The breach may have compromised employee personal information in less than 1 percent of email inboxes.
Nextgov
NOAA Invests in a Second Round of Commercial Weather Data
The agency announced a second round of awards for its Commercial Weather Data Pilot as it preps for a third.
Management
Senator Demands Details on HHS’s Union Impasse Declaration
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., accuses agency of bad-faith "surface" bargaining.
Management
FEMA Chief Now Facing Criminal and Lawmaker Probes of Travel
Federal prosecutors said to be mulling whether Long broke any of six laws.
Nextgov
‘Unprecedented’ Government Spending Spree Picks Up Speed
The federal government could spend close to half its appropriated budget in the final fiscal quarter, which ends Sept. 30.
Defense
U.S. Global Media Agency Launches Farsi Service to Reach Iranians
Newly renamed broadcasting board also anticipates first fully empowered CEO.
Tech
NASA's First Female Chief Spaceflight Director Is Holly Ridings
NASA is on a kick with promoting women leaders.
Management
Michael Flynn Will Finally Be Sentenced
The delays fueled speculation about Flynn’s value to Mueller as a witness in the Russia probe.
Oversight