Management
When to Step Up and When to Step Back
Knowing what’s needed is a critical leadership skill.
Management
No One Knows What Kim Jong Un Promised Trump
North Korea is reportedly continuing nuclear work. But it’s not clear that’s a violation of what it agreed to in Singapore.
Management
Why Your Brain Never Runs Out Of Problems To Find
It's a psychological quirk that when something becomes rarer, people may spot it in more places than ever. What is the 'concept creep' that lets context change how we categorize the world around us?
Route Fifty
Crews Battling Wildfires Won’t Be Pausing for July 4
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ky. Gov. Bevin cuts vision and dental benefits … Wash. lt. gov. skewers Seattle Times edit board … Hawaii’s sunscreen ban … and a Dallas jail escapee’s easy escape.
Route Fifty
GOP Senator Proposes More State Control of Endangered Species Act
Sen. John Barrasso, of Wyoming, unveiled draft legislation Monday to amend one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws.
Management
USPS Faces Difficult Choices on How to Spend Its Limited Resources
The Postal Service plans huge increase in capital investments over the next decade, if it can afford them.
Management
Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Files Brief Supporting Unions' Legal Challenge Against Workforce EOs
Filing includes two former legislators who voted for the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act.
Nextgov
18F Names Acting Executive Director
The government’s innovation arm shuffles leadership roles as executive director exits.
Defense
CIA Whistleblower Who Sought Private Right to Action Is Terminated
Agent known as James Pars seeks to expose intel community's "bullying."
Nextgov
For the Pentagon Management Chief, Reform Begins with Good Data
Pentagon Chief Management Officer Jay Gibson offers a view of the path to reform in an exclusive interview with Nextgov.
Insights
What the MGT Act Means for Your Agency's IT
The Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act was signed into law on December 12, 2017, and agency officials are considering other options outside of migrating their systems to the cloud.
Pay & Benefits
Most TSP Funds Flat in June
The Thrift Savings Plans’ portfolios saw little movement last month.
Management
Six Reasons Your Workplace’s Sexual-Harassment Training Will Fail
Scare tactics and cheesy videos don’t work.
Route Fifty
A Moneyball Approach to Clean Water in California
Up to 1 million Californians lack access to clean, safe drinking water at some point during the year. Data scientists believe they are part of the solution.
Management
Social Impact Bonds, Explained
These partnerships between investors, governments and nonprofits are a new way to pay for programs and services that help people in need and address intractable problems like mass incarceration.
Management
Lawmakers Cast Doubt on Claims of Smooth Interagency Handling of Family Separations at the Border
Trump administration has not offered details into how agencies will meet new court-mandated timeline for reunification.
Management
Survey: One in Three Feds Say They or a Colleague Have Received Threats in 2018
Thirty-seven percent of respondents think threats or harassment is more likely now than six months ago.
Management
Senators Look to Give Trump Authority to Reform and Reorganize Government
Even if reorganization authority is provided, Congress would still have final say on changes.
Nextgov