Management
Evacuations, Closures and Leave: How Federal Agencies Are Preparing for Hurricane Florence
FEMA is leading the response, but an array of agencies are set to get caught in Florence's path.
Pay & Benefits
Measure Would End Time Limit on GI Bill Transfers While on Active Duty
A pending Pentagon policy change would end the ability to transfer educational benefits to a family member after 16 years of service beginning next year.
Tech
Analysis: NASA's Space Probes Shouldn't Be Tacky Billboards
Apollo, Voyager, Hubble … The Dorito?
Management
IRS Improves Its Performance During Tax Season Despite Staff and Budget Cuts
Agency is also diving into implementation of new tax law, GAO finds.
Nextgov
Government Publishing Office Names New CIO
CIO Sam Musa previously worked at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and FBI.
Route Fifty
Prepping for a Hurricane That Could Stay for Days
Hurricane Florence, a category 4 storm, is the strongest to threaten parts of the East Coast in more than 20 years.
Management
Meet the Executive Bringing Digital Savvy to Health and Human Services
Shannon Sartin leads a team striving to make healthcare work better for Americans.
Management
Attorney General Acts on Promise to Hire More Immigration Judges
Sessions tells largest class of new judges to ignore resistance from “open borders” advocates.
Management
Hurricane Florence Could Be the Worst Storm to Ever Hit North of Florida
Since records began, only 10 major hurricanes have made landfall around the Carolinas. This one has the potential to blow them all out of the water.
Management
Trump Offered Gary Cohn Five Wildly Different Jobs In One Conversation
Trump offered Cohn jobs running defense and intelligence before landing on economics.
Defense
On 9/11 Anniversary, U.S. Nears 17 Years of War in Afghanistan
An American soldier killed in Afghanistan this summer wasn’t yet 3 when the war began. Seventeen years after 9/11, America still seems determined to keep fighting.
Management
It’s Possible (And Dangerous) To Be Over-Inclusive
Over-inclusion is a textbook case of good intentions paired with bad instincts.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Will The White House Bring in a Lie Detector To Smoke Out 'Anonymous?'
Vice President Mike Pence says he would be willing to submit to a polygraph.
Route Fifty
Mayors Seek to Offset 'Diminished' Federal Role on Climate Change
They're meeting with business leaders in San Francisco this week to discuss the issue.
Route Fifty
'Tax Reform 2.0' Would Permanently Curtail State and Local Deduction
Some state and local government leaders have chafed at the cap on the so-called SALT deduction.
Management
IRS' New Private Debt Collection Program Is Off to a Terrible Start, IG Says
Enforcement of the program is inefficient, creating higher tax burdens and weakening taxpayers' rights, auditors say.
Nextgov
As Kaspersky Deadline Approaches, Fears Loom That Contractors Aren’t Prepared
Some contractors may not be aware the ban applies to them or that they’re running Kasperksy in the first place. Others don’t understand how complex removing it will be.
Nextgov
Senate Poised to Finally Digitize Error-Prone Campaign Finance Reporting
After 15 years of trying, the Senate may finally allow for candidates to electronically file campaign spending reports.
Pay & Benefits
Conference Committee Make-Up Could Favor Giving Feds a Pay Raise in 2019
A House aide described a proposed 1.9 percent pay increase next year as "a matter that is being negotiated."
Nextgov