Defense
Kim Jong Un Warns That He Has a 'Nuclear Button' on His Desk
Kim is by turns confrontational and conciliatory in his new year's speech.
Tech
To Manage Disaster Data, Use ‘Fog’ of the Cloud
Cell phones, drones, and security cameras generate tons of data during disasters. A new approach splits its processing between the cloud and its "fog."
Management
Amazon Isn’t Hurting the U.S. Post Office, and it Might Even Be Keeping It Alive
Donald Trump loves to attack Amazon and Jeff Bezos, who also owns the Washington Post. Yet Amazon and the broader e-commerce sector are not what's ailing the USPS.
Nextgov
House Passes Trio of Bills to Bolster STEM Workforce
The bills aim to boost women, veterans and others under-represented in tech fields.
Management
Effective Leadership Takes Heart as well as Smarts
Relationships can be made or broken based on how you express emotions.
Oversight
American Elections Remain Unprotected
Ahead of the 2018 midterms, the threat of Russia-linked cyber and disinformation campaigns still looms large.
Management
How Americans’ Expectations Are Transforming Government
The revolution in customer service in the private sector is forcing agencies to rethink how they engage with citizens and deliver on their missions.
Route Fifty
Prison Food Is Making U.S. Inmates Disproportionately Sick
Lapses in food safety have made U.S. prisoners six times more likely to get a foodborne illness than the general population.
Route Fifty
Explore Route Fifty's 2017 Newsmap
We have a big country to cover. Take a look at what we wrote about this past year via our interactive map.
Management
For Leaders, Results Count, But It’s How You Get There That Matters
Effective leadership doesn’t have to be soft—it has to be effective.
Pay & Benefits
The Year of the Civil Servant
Never before have the roles of government workers taken on such significance. But there could be consequences to using their power to undermine the administration.
Management
To Transform Government, Start With the People
Managing talent for tomorrow’s needs goes to the heart of building the government workforce of the future.
Management
How to Cope When You're the Oldest Member of Your Team (or Just Feel That Way)
An exercise in vulnerability helped me understand my millennial coworkers.
Management
Puerto Rico’s Power Struggle
Amid a confusing tangle of overlapping authorities, shady contracts, and a push for privatization, nobody knows what the end of the island’s electricity and humanitarian crises will look like, or when it will come.
Management
Analysis: Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska and oil proponents are cheering a move to open up an ecologically sensitive part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling -- a position environment supporters can't abide.
Nextgov
These LA Startups Are What Stand Between Hackers and Your Medical Devices
Some of the most important cybersecurity work is happening in nondescript offices across the nation.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Wants to Get to the Moon (and Maybe Mars)
The president lays out his plans for the U.S. space program
Nextgov
NSA Finally Gets an Independent Inspector General
Robert Storch was confirmed by the Senate after more than a year and nominations from two presidents.
Defense