Oversight
State Dept. Employees Could Award Themselves Promotions, Watchdog Warns
Auditor notes need to enforce multiple approvals of personnel moves.
Management
Progress Is Finally Being Made on Security Clearance Backlog
Improvements to processing times are still needed.
Oversight
Viewpoint: The Mueller Report Was My Tipping Point
I was a Trump transition staffer, and I’ve seen enough. It’s time for impeachment.
Nextgov
Acting Defense Secretary Appoints New Digital Service Director
Chris Lynch and his hoodie are leaving the Pentagon.
Route Fifty
State Legislators Look to Change a Law That Makes Sexual Assault Convictions Difficult
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Feds announce $900M in infrastructure grants … New Jersey retirement-plan marketplace fails to materialize … Phoenix City Council to wrestle with rising pedestrian fatalities.
Route Fifty
State and Local Government Pay and Benefit Growth Has Outpaced Private Sector, Report Finds
But government employers still say they’re struggling to fill some jobs.
Management
The Exhausting Ordeal of the Census Bureau’s Top Scientist
Litigation over adding a citizenship question gave voice to data expert John Abowd.
Pay & Benefits
Trump Administration Seeks to Dismiss Shutdown Lawsuit
Justice Department attorneys argued in a recent court filing that a complaint over the legality of forcing employees to work without pay is moot.
Management
IRS Makes Progress With Hiring, Training to Implement New Tax Law
Agency had to update 202 tax products and change 128 information technology systems.
Nextgov
How GSA Is Helping the Government Embrace Automation
The agency, which plans to have more than two dozen bots deployed by the end of the year, is standing up a community of practice around the technology.
Pay & Benefits
USPS Cuts 10K Positions After Five Years of Job Growth
Reductions come as Postal Service pays down its debts for first time in eight years.
Route Fifty
Tracking Cancer Among Firefighters
The National Firefighter Registry seeks to collect detailed information on cancer rates within the profession with the goal of improving research.
Nextgov
TSA Wants A Vendor To Manage Its Third-Party Tech Testing Ecosystem
The new process will let the agency leverage private sector testing organizations instead of relying solely on Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate.
Management
Government Workforce Management—Overdue for an Overhaul
Agencies are handicapped by outdated management rules—it isn’t a worker problem, it’s a system problem.
Oversight
Analysis: Be Grateful for the Mueller Report
The president of the United States is not a traitor. That’s a good thing.
Insights
Connected Transportation
Top 5 Lessons for Modernizing State and Local Infrastructure. More states and municipalities are looking to unleash the opportunities created by embedding intelligent, connected technologies in public transit, vehicles, and roadways. Government Business Council (GBC) surveyed hundreds of state and local government decision makers to understand their perceptions of connected transportation and smart cities — here are our top five takeaways.
Insights
Reading the Digital Temperature
A Candid Poll on Digital Tool Provision in State and Local Government. State and local government agencies continue to push for digitization in citizen-facing and internal processes. Government Business Council (GBC) surveyed 202 state and local government employees to find out how well state/local government has upgraded its digital toolkit.
Management
Why HUD Wants to Restrict Assistance for Immigrants
A proposal by Ben Carson’s agency would eject immigrant families from public housing to make way for the "most vulnerable." Housing advocates aren't buying it.
Management
Play of the Day: More From the Special Counsel's Report
Sometimes, the president's staff is like a baby with snake-killing skills: Reassuring, yes, but also terrifying.
Management