Management
Lawmaker: It Should Be Easier to Privatize Airport Screening
A bill would include TSA screeners’ pay and benefits in cost comparisons with potential contractors.
Management
Defense Is Not Meeting Requirements to Slash Headquarters Offices
The Pentagon cannot even provide a consistent figure for how much it has cut so far.
Management
A Supreme Court Case Could Liberate Trump to Pardon His Associates
Gamble v. United States isn’t related to the Russia investigation. But the outcome—which one senior Republican senator has tried to influence—could still have consequences for the probe.
Nextgov
GSA Picks Second Agency to Get Centers of Excellence Support
The next agency will focus on IT and modernization for business processes and accounting.
Management
There Is Such a Thing As a Career Hot Streak—And It Can Happen At Anytime
Take Picasso's highly productive year of 1932, explored in an exhibit at the Tate Modern."
Nextgov
Cyber Spies Don’t Have to Worry About Robots Taking Their Jobs, Intel Chief Says
The intelligence community will still need human analysts even as when machine learning does more, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told students.
Nextgov
Pentagon Extends JEDI Deadline Again—With a Catch
The department is requiring bidders to deliver their proposals in person.
Route Fifty
Rising Sea Levels Put Additional Homes at Risk During Hurricane Florence
An analysis by a national nonprofit found that 11,000 homes in the Carolinas were flooded due to rising sea levels.
Management
Social Science? Data Science? Evidence-Based Government Needs Both
Results-focused leaders need to get savvy about both if they want to catalyze a culture of continuous improvement.
Management
Analysis: The Two Reasons Rod Rosenstein's Fate Is So Uncertain
The president doesn’t like to fire people, but he does have a penchant for drama.
Defense
The Old-School Double-Agent Tactics Governments Will Use To Erode Trust
Forget fake news—governments will increasingly manufacture entire fake movements.
Management
Hurricane Season’s New Normal
Flooding from the latest storm highlights a particularly vulnerable population.
Management
Agency Grants Staff Need More Training, Watchdog Finds
HHS, Agriculture and Education lack clarity in identifying in-house expertise.
Management
Solving the Right Problem with the Federal Workforce
We’re careening down the road, steering by looking in the rear-view mirror.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Rod Rosenstein Was Fired. Or Resigned. Or Not.
Confusion was the only constant on Monday regarding the Justice Department official.
Route Fifty
Census Bureau Has a ‘Homework Assignment’ for Cities and Counties
Has your local jurisdiction launched a Complete Count Committee?
Route Fifty
Criminal Justice Experts, DOJ Spar Over Who’s to Thank for Crime Decreases in 2017
Violent crimes dipped in the first year of the Trump administration, but that coincides with state and local strategies focused on community policing and criminal justice reforms.
Management
What Managers Should Do With 2018 Employee Viewpoint Survey Data
First, don’t get defensive about results that point to areas in need of improvement.
Management
ICE’s Expanded Use of Local Law Enforcement Came Without Adequate Planning or Resources
The agency has no way of knowing if the 287(g) program is actually helping enforce its mission, IG says.
Management