Management
Congress Rejects Trump’s Bid for More Immigration Enforcement and Border Patrol Agents
CBP concedes an inevitable net loss of workers, giving back $200M originally intended for hiring.
Nextgov
Industry Sounds Off On Pentagon’s Cloud Strategy
The Defense Department received more than 1,000 comments from industry regarding its JEDI cloud acquisition.
Management
In the Era of Fake News, VOA Is Fact-Checking Russia’s Messages
The agency’s Polygraph.info is desk expanding its “disinformation news” coverage.
Route Fifty
S&P Nudges Philadelphia's Credit Rating Downward
The city's finances face pressure from public employee pensions and added public school costs are on the horizon.
Management
The People Trump's War on Drugs Will Actually Punish
His campaign, backed by the Justice Department, only reinforces a law-enforcement paradigm that puts people of color in prison.
Defense
Russia’s Irresistible Question to Twitter: Which U.S. Consulate Should It Shut?
The Kremlin is retaliating, after the White House shut its Seattle consulate over Moscow's alleged poisoning of a British spy.
Management
What To Do When Your Boss Is Always MIA
You can’t control your boss’s schedule, so what do you do?
Route Fifty
Oregon State Employee Moves Tens of Thousands of Taxpayer Records to Personal Cloud
The February incident shows why routine log reviews by IT security personnel are important.
Nextgov
The Scary New Contracting Model That Isn’t Scary or New
“Other Transaction Authorities” might seem like a risky new acquisition method, but it’s been around longer than the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
Oversight
A Return To Earmarks Could Grease The Wheels In Congress
Pork-barrel spending – that often reviled custom otherwise known as 'earmarks' – may well help Congress pass bills on schedule. Banned since 2011, they may be making a comeback.
Route Fifty
Federal Ban on Methadone Vans Seen as Barrier to Treatment
"If we’re going to be effective, we need to be nimble and bring the medication to them instead of asking everybody to trudge across town to get their daily dose at a fixed facility,” according to Brad Finegood, a behavioral health official in King County, Washington.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Employees Work For Both Democrats And Republicans – Even Kellyanne Conway
U.S. law limits public employees' political activity. But in today's hyperpartisan political world, it's getting harder for public employees to navigate between professional neutrality and politics.
Oversight
A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud
The Republican Congress didn’t just ignore Trump’s proposals: The $1.3 trillion spending bill actually fulfilled—or even exceeded—many of the funding requests of his Democratic predecessor.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump and Mueller's Jeopardy! Topics
"Putin Putables" isn't a Daily Double, but it could be.
Route Fifty
New Report Ranks Cities on Their Local Food-Truck Regulatory Regimes
A timely Chamber of Commerce index looks at city hall rules from an entrepreneurial perspective.
Management
Why Americans Are Unhappier Than Ever – And How To Fix It
The government has a role to play.
Route Fifty
Counties Enmeshed With Federal Lands Score Wins in Spending Bill
The legislation will rekindle the Secure Rural Schools program and beef-up Payments in Lieu of Taxes.
Oversight
Congress Ignores Trump's Priorities for Science Funding
Nearly every science agency stands to get more money under a spending bill that avoids proposed cuts from the White House.
Management
Army Told to Improve Monitoring of Small Business Subcontracts
Pentagon watchdog finds high turnover and poor training among contracting officials.
Management