Management

Internal Emails Show FBI Agents Were Shocked and Shaken After Trump Fired Comey

After seeing the news on CNN, one special agent wrote, “I hope this is an instance of fake news.”

Pay & Benefits

OPM Runs Into Annual Retirement Surge

Nearly 15,000 workers opted to leave federal service in January, in line with previous years.

Route Fifty

Some Hospitals in Appalachia See Surges of Opioid Babies

STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Maine Gov. LePage plans major shift in oversight for county jails; Philly will soon say goodbye to a transit relic; New Mexico’s challenging job-skills gap; and a Silicon Valley mayor is criticized for his housing comments.

Management

Trump Cut 13K Federal Jobs in First Year, But 3 of His Recent Predecessors Outdid Him

Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton all saw bigger reductions their first year in office.

Management

Focusing on the Positive: Rewarding Good Workers and Managers

High achievers are far more valuable and important than the handful of poor performers.

Oversight

Is the CDC Losing Control?

The country's flagship public-health agency is facing internal scandal and funding issues that will test its ability to respond to outbreaks on the horizon.

Oversight

Play of the Day: More Responses to Trump's First State of the Union

Democrats grimaced at the president, but what should voters see in that response?

Route Fifty

House and Senate Lawmakers Look to Boost Water and Sewer Financing

Sen. John Boozman, an Arkansas Republican, says new legislation is meant to help communities "of all sizes, in every state secure loans so they can improve their crumbling infrastructure."

Defense

Pentagon Confirms It’s Developing Nuclear Cruise Missile to Counter a Similar Russian One

The new Nuclear Posture Review nods to North Korea, China, and Iran but devotes most of its time to Russian threats and U.S. deterrence.

Management

What You Can Learn About Self-Improvement From Kevin Durant

When you get it wrong, own it.

Management

Lawmakers Make Progress on a Spending Deal

GOP lawmakers have proposed increasing spending caps by $80 billion for defense and $63 billion for non-defense annually.

Nextgov

Survey: Open Data is Making Feds’ Jobs Easier

The biggest benefits are increased public transparency and improved agency management, participants say.

Management

The CDC Is About to Fall Off a Funding Cliff

It's already planning to pull back on work that protects the world from pandemics.

Management

The State Department Just Lost Its Most Experienced Leader

Tom Shannon’s departure leaves just one career ambassador at the beleaguered agency.

Nextgov

Booz Allen Hamilton Wins $621 Million DHS Cyber Contract

The six-year project will expand the continuous diagnostics and mitigation services DHS provides to other agencies.

Oversight

The Surprise in the Nunes Memo

The controversial document raises some interesting questions—but also undermines the political argument it was intended to buttress.

Nextgov

GAO: GSA Hasn’t Been Smart About Smart Buildings Program

Smart building technologies might pay for themselves in cost savings but the government’s landlord hasn’t been able to make the case.

Management

FBI Employees Caught In Political Crossfire Over Release of Controversial GOP Memo

In declassifying a memo the FBI and Justice Department say is deeply misleading, Trump tried to differentiate between FBI leaders and the rank and file workforce.