Defense
Army Chief: The US Needs More Troops in Europe
The U.S. is "on track," but additional armored forces, long-range artillery and bridging capabilities would help deter Russia, Milley says.
Management
Navy Poised to Fire Employee After Failing for 4 Years to Accommodate Her Disability
Service spent more than a year attempting to address compatibility issues between promised speech recognition and its intranet.
Route Fifty
Justice Department Releases Immigration ‘Naughty List’ After Latest Court Loss
Attorney General Jeff Sessions now considers jurisdictions that prevent law enforcement from inquiring about immigration status in violation of U.S. Code.
Nextgov
Lawmakers to Agencies on FITARA: Get It Together
A House oversight committee pushed IT leaders to set more ambitious upgrade goals after its fifth assessment of federal agencies’ technology.
Oversight
House Passes Bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill
Agencies would create evaluation officers and contribute to national secure data inventory.
Defense
Air Force Wants to Get New Nuclear Weapons Faster
Just months into the first development contracts, the service’s top general is looking for ways to speed things up.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Our Parched President Returns From Asia
Donald Trump drinks water and fills out forms.
Management
What Evidence-Based Policymaking Doesn’t Do
The obsession with improving existing programs misses the need to redesign them for the future.
Route Fifty
Trump Administration Seeks ‘New Vehicle’ For Economic Development
An adviser to the president offered insight Wednesday into the White House strategy for places with distressed economies.
Nextgov
Acting CIOs Still in Place at One-Third of CFO Agencies
Many of the top tech positions in government remain unfilled.
Management
Appointee Watch: The 300-Day Mark
HHS nominee announced, other picks withdraw as Trump runs into the federal vacancy deadline.
Nextgov
Bid Protests Decline in 2017
Contractors filed fewer contract protests for the first time since 2013.
Management
Inspectors General Seek Subpoena Power, Authority to Probe DoJ Prosecutors
TSA watchdog calls results of new secret test of TSA airport screeners "disappointing."
Nextgov
Bill to Restore State Department Cyber Office Advances
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shuttered the office in September.
Management
Why You Need to Be Bored (And How to Get There)
That space between active thoughts is where we get our best ideas.
Defense
Post-9/11 U.S. War Costs Will Soon Top $5.6 Trillion
The average American taxpayer has spent $23,386 on wars since 2001, report researchers.
Pay & Benefits
Tuition Discounts for Feds, a Tax Reform Update, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Management
What Can We Say to Each Other at Work Now?
I didn’t realize before all this how little most men knew about the things women accept as inevitabilities.
Oversight
Embattled Consumer Protection Bureau Chief Steps Down
Cordray outlasted Republican calls for his head, but bureau's future is unclear.
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