Management
The Fine Print of Trump’s Executive Order on Firing
In addition to requiring agencies to shorten the disciplinary process, the White House plans to curb the types of personnel actions that can be appealed.
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Study: Hurricane Death Toll in Puerto Rico May be 70 Times Official Count
The official fatality figure after Hurricane Maria was 64. New research indicates it could exceed 5,000.
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Should There Be Mandatory Training Standards for School Resource Officers?
There are no national training standards for school-based officers, and in many cases no state standards, meaning crisis response can vary widely from place to place.
Management
Retired Homeland Security Exec Faulted for Costly Travel, Nepotism
IG finds that actions of longtime director of Georgia law enforcement training center contributed to poor morale.
Nextgov
DHS Has a Plan to Make You Stop Hating Airport Security
The agency is looking at ways to speed up passenger screening while improving security from "curb to gate."
Defense
What the Long, Corruption-Enabling, Mostly Failed Afghanistan-Stabilization Effort Tells Us
It’s about managing expectations: ours about the timeline, the foreign population’s about governance.
Management
Here’s How the Air Force Is Using Its New Purchasing Power
Next week, program heads will meet at the Pentagon to brief the service’s new acquisition board of directors.
Defense
The Canceled Trump-Kim Summit Is Bringing a Blacklisted North Korean General To The U.S.
Kim Yong Chol is suspected of being the mastermind behind two deadly attacks on South Korea in 2010.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Wrote a Letter to Kim
It was a version of "You can't break up with me because I already broke up with you."
Management
How Positions of Power Fuel Narcissism
"While power doesn't turn everyone into a destructive tyrant, it has pernicious effects when it gets into the hands of those who want it most..."
Route Fifty
Flood Clean-up Begins in a Historic Maryland Mill Town. Again.
Unlucky topography and an intense rainstorm creates a major disaster in Ellicott City for the second times in nearly two years.
Route Fifty
How Exposed Is Your State to Trade Tensions?
More than a dozen states have above-average international trade exposure, per a new Moody’s report.
Management
White House Cracks Down on Unions with Executive Orders
President Trump issued a series of executive orders Friday that would streamline firing and could gut federal employee unions’ ability to represent workers.
Management
Big Changes Ahead for VA After Flurry of Action on Capitol Hill
The VA Mission Act will overhaul the department and create new opportunities for vets to receive private health care.
Nextgov
GSA Wants to Help Your Agency Cash in on the Technology Modernization Fund
An upcoming workshop will teach feds how best to pitch projects to a board of administration officials.
Management
OPM Wants to Make it Easier to Hire for Tech Jobs
Officials will solicit info from agencies on a potential governmentwide direct hire authority for STEM and cybersecurity posts.
Nextgov
Veterans IT Office Wants Support Through Transformation Process
The offices focused on the department’s IT infrastructure are looking for support services to help manage through a reorganization.
Management
Agencies Met Small Business Contracting Goals for Fifth Year Running
Federal agencies awarded 24 percent of their contracts to qualified small businesses.
Management
Postal Service Suspends Two Workers Over 2016 Campaign Activities
Although they backed different candidates, both were found to have violated the Hatch Act.
Management