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N.Y.C. Plans Free Cybersecurity App to Protect Residents’ Sensitive Data
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Santa Fe mayor reaffirms “sanctuary city” policy … rural Missouri counties push higher taxes to fund police … N.H. town retreats from glass recycling … and this year’s “Strongest Town.”
Tech
Regulating Facebook Won’t Prevent Data Breaches
The Cambridge Analytica scandal wasn't a data breach – it was a violation of academic ethics. Maybe it's universities, not social networks, that need to update their privacy settings.
Management
One Of The World's Biggest Companies Found The Secret To Better Meetings: A Wooden Box
One executive was so impressed he instituted a box for his family dinners.
Oversight
Pruitt's Low-Rent Apartment in 2017 Raises New Ethics Questions
The EPA administrator appears to have paid well below market rates for the Capitol Hill condo.
Management
Irreconcilable Differences Mark Evaluations of EPA’s Performance
Agency’s self-review cites record-high enforcement; advocacy group blasts enforcement nosedive.
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California Ready for Fight With EPA Over Fuel Economy Standards
The EPA wants to relax Obama-era emissions limits California has a waiver to enforce and automakers think are achievable.
Management
Lead, Follow or Get Out Of The Way
This isn’t to say that you can’t have opinions and even share them, but there is a time and a place and limit for everything.
Defense
Pentagon’s Delayed Report On Services Contracts Draws Union Ire
The Defense Department says the required documents that detail spending are “at the printer.”
Nextgov
Experts Sound Off on AI’s ‘Spiderman’ Problem
AI's potential is growing, but so is its potential for problems and pitfalls.
Management
Analysis: The Doctor Who Suddenly Got 9 Million Patients
For a position that demands high-level policy expertise, President Trump appointed his personal physician, Ronny Jackson.
Management
The Patriot Missile Interceptor Doesn’t Work, But Raytheon Still Makes Billions
Have the U.S. and its allies spent bought a lemon?
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So Your State Has Come Into Some Election Security Money. Now What?
Some states will have to tread water until the 2020 election as far as purchasing secure voting machines, but where there are voter-marked paper ballots there’s hope.
Management
Lawmakers, Veterans Groups and Former Officials Worry VA Nominee Is Not 'Up to the Job'
Stakeholders lament Shulkin's firing and ponder whether Ronny Jackson has the requisite management experience to lead VA.
Management
Appointee Watch: Another Cabinet Post Shuffle
Trump names nominees to ambassadorships, Treasury amid leadership shake-ups.
Management
Why President Trump Is Going It Alone on Infrastructure
With legislative action in doubt, the administration is trying to cut down on projects’ bureaucratic delays—the likes of which the president decried as “a massive self-inflicted wound” on the country.
Oversight
Justice Watchdog Adds FBI Surveillance Issues to an Already Full Plate
The IG’s acceptance of the request from Republican lawmakers troubles some Democrats.
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‘Considerable Dysfunction’ Roils Disney World’s Local Government
There’s been massive turnover in the tech department that serves a heavily-visited Florida locality few tourists have ever heard of.
Pay & Benefits
Benefits Cuts Are (Probably Not) Coming!
Federal employees have been down this road before.
News