Management
Analysis: The Real Cause of the Last Government Shutdown—and the Next One
Republican leaders have proven unable to enact any spending bills, despite controlling both houses of Congress.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Heads to Davos
His wife won't accompany him, but the president is heading to Switzerland.
Oversight
Supreme Court to Hear Case That Could Reshape How Agencies Hire Some Employees
Court to decide if small group of employees must be appointed.
Management
Obama Grantmaking Reforms Are Thriving Under Trump, Officials Say
Survey of grants management community reveals concern over uncertain funding.
Pay & Benefits
Back Pay for Contractors, First Blended Retirement Enrollment Numbers, and More
A weekly round-up of pay and benefits news.
Route Fifty
DOJ Sideswipes Mayors Gathering With Immigration Subpoena Threat
"As we stand here, we have 23 of our mayors that are now under threat of prosecution, because of something that the president has called 'sanctuary cities,'" said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
Management
Trump to Issue 2019 Budget and Workforce Cutting Plans on Feb. 12
Blueprint will come a week late thanks to the shutdown, OMB says.
Management
Data Is Valuable Only If Managers and Policymakers Will Use It
There’s plenty of evidence about how well programs work, people just tend to ignore it.
Route Fifty
Dear State and Local Gov: FCC Chair Ajit Pai Is Just Not That Into You
Pai even blew up an intergovernmental advisory committee after members asked to talk to him about its future.
Management
Consumer Protection Bureau Won't Be 'Pushing the Envelope' Anymore
Acting director Mulvaney reassures CFPB employees he doesn’t intend to shut the agency down, but recasts its mission.
Oversight
Temporary Spending Bill Relieves Intel Agencies From Oversight
Senate Intelligence panel leaders warned against the House-backed provision.
Defense
Trump's Red Line on North Korea Gets Fuzzier
Mike Pompeo adds a few caveats to America's strategy.
Oversight
How Democrats Stopped Worrying and Learned to Accept Trump's Wall
Sen. Chuck Schumer’s offer to fund the border wall as part of a deal on DACA reflects a shift in Democratic priorities on immigration that has been months in the making.
Management
How Agency Leaders Can Seize the Opportunity to Reorganize Government
The Office of Management and Budget soon will begin tracking progress on President Trump’s executive order to reorganize the executive branch.
Oversight
Justice Inspector General Goes to Work to Locate Disputed FBI Text Messages
Lawmakers trade partisan interpretations of whether missing files could show anti-Trump bias.
Management
Yet Another Stopgap Funding Bill Likely in February, Lawmakers Say
It would mark the fifth continuing resolution of fiscal 2018.
Route Fifty
The Leading Challenge Many U.S. Mayors Say Their Cities Are Facing
Based on the latest Menino Survey of Mayors, it’s “not just a coastal problem, but a problem everywhere.”
Nextgov
DHS Inoculating Labs Against Hacks That Could Release Dangerous Diseases
The department is developing ways to secure federal research facilities from cyberattacks on their internet-connected controls.
Nextgov
Trump Year Two Starts with Major Tech and Cyber Vacancies
Roughly one-quarter of agency CIOs and one-third of CISOs are serving on an acting basis one year into the Trump administration.
Management