Management
Lawmakers Advance Legislation Raising Penalties for Appropriations Violations
A bill would prescribe how agencies should punish employees who violate the Anti-Deficiency Act.
Oversight
FEMA Director Spent $151K of Taxpayers' Money on Personal Trips
Long has agreed to reimburse the agency for his expenses, which are detailed in an IG report released by a House Democrat.
Pay & Benefits
3 Things To Do This Open Season
A checklist for considering your health coverage options.
Route Fifty
Combating China's Recycling Reversal
City leaders have multiple options to cope with new waste regulations in China, which previously processed a lot of this country's recycling, according to a National League of Cities report.
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GSA Awards $2.5 Billion Payroll and Work Scheduling Contract
The award is part of GSA’s NewPay Initiative aimed at making payroll and scheduling more user-friendly.
Pay & Benefits
House Panel Advances Bill Ensuring Overtime Pay for Secret Service Through 2020
Lawmakers say legislation would preserve recent progress in recruiting agents.
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House Oversight Forwards Bills to Improve Gov Websites, Formalize CIO and CISO Roles
The 21st Century Idea Act would mandate dot-gov improvements including allowing e-signatures for citizen services.
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Homeland Security Wrestles with Defending a Disappearing Network Perimeter
Homeland Security and administration officials are working on an update to the Trusted Internet Connection policy and keeping it tech-agnostic.
Management
Senate Panel Advances Measure to Give Trump Reorganization Authority, With Caveats
Each reorganization proposal would face an uphill climb to make its way into law.
Oversight
Bill Passed By House Would Expand Subpoena Power of Inspectors General
Long-sought authority would allow interviews with former employees, contractors.
Oversight
House Passes Bill to Standardize, Centralize Grant Data
Without machine-readable reports, waste will continue, lawmaker says.
Tech
DHS Aims to Replace Slow, Outdated Bioterror-Detection System
A new plan to draw on big data and distributed sensors will replace a 2003 system that can take up to 39 hours to detect a threat.
Management
Rosenstein’s Day of Reckoning with the President
The deputy attorney general is set to meet and explain himself to the president. But Trump may postpone the session and reports warming relations, even as House Republicans fume.
Management
The Skills Shortage and Federal Compensation
Until the General Schedule is replaced, the problems with government performance will grow progressively worse.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump, George Washington and a Press Conference
The current president somehow brought the first president into the Brett Kavanaugh conversation.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Send Shutdown-Averting Spending Bill to Trump's Desk
The president has signaled he will sign it despite earlier criticism.
Management
TSA Abused Reassignments to Target Whistleblowers, House Panel Finds
Administrator Pekoske calls stories “deeply troubling” but cites improvements in morale.
Defense
Trump Calls Out Election Meddling—By China
In remarks at the UN Security Council, the U.S. president recommitted to a mounting great-power rivalry.
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Senate Homeland Forwards Bill Making It Easier to Ban Personal Email at Agencies
The committee also passed bills to shore up supply chain cybersecurity and codify DHS’ CDM and cyber incident response programs.
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