Management
Senate Intervenes on Behalf of IG After VA Questions the Watchdog's Authority
Senate votes 96-0 in favor of inspector general after VA's acting secretary told IG to pipe down.
Management
How Small Acts of Kindness Show Courage—And Leadership
Moments to exercise valor come every day, often several times a day.
Oversight
EPA’s Criminal Enforcement Numbers Are Dropping Under Pruitt
Advocacy group compares staff sizes against administrator’s personal security.
Oversight
Vacancy-Plagued Chemical Safety Board Gets Interim Chair
Citing family duties, Sutherland departs as staff of 40 shrinks to 32.
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CIA Official: Cloud Is More Secure Than Old Tech, Less 'Soul-Crushing'
Is cloud more secure than traditional government data centers? The CIA seems to think so.
Oversight
Analysis: Corruption in the Trump Administration Is Spreading
While petty scandals like Scott Pruitt’s grab attention, there are more egregious and profitable conflicts of interest elsewhere in Washington.
Management
How Some Immigrant Families Are Avoiding Separation
Space constraints are preventing the government from keeping everyone who crosses the border in detention, allowing some to make it out of McAllen, Texas.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Melania Trump Visits The Border
She spoke to children and wore a jacket with a message.
Route Fifty
State Sales Tax Collections Finally Move Into the Internet Age
The Supreme Court's ruling in South Dakota v. Wayfair scraps a precedent that dates back to the heyday of mail order catalogs.
Route Fifty
Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico Hopes to Spur Critical Infrastructure Investment
Officials have outlined an ambitious set of P3 projects supporting electrical and water resilience, as well as economic development.
Management
White House's Plan for the Postal Service: Fix It, Then Privatize It
A private postal system would lead to better innovation and services, administration says.
Management
How Will Detained Children Find Their Parents?
President Trump is ordering an end to the separation of families at the border, but the fate of thousands of children already in government custody is uncertain.
Pay & Benefits
Trump’s Reorganization of Feds: Relocations and Reskilling, But Not Job Cuts
Plan was "not an attempt to cut jobs," White House says, adding it's more focused on additions.
Management
OPM Would Lose Its Independence, Service Functions Under Reorganization Plan
Without responsibilities like retirement processing and administering employee health insurance, observers fear a more politically driven agency.
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White House Reorganization Addresses Cyber Workforce Gap
The White House wants to build a single, unified strategy for strengthening the cybersecurity workforce at every agency across government.
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The Tech Side of Trump’s Plan to Reorganize Government
The plans would force government to get digital, as well as improve the way it provides services to citizens.
Pay & Benefits
1.9% Civilian Pay Raise Survives Committee Vote, Advances to Full Senate
Appropriators voted down an amendment to scrap the raise by a large margin.
Management
White House Proposes a Massive Reorganization of Federal Agencies
The plan, which aims to cut “bloated” bureaucracy, would likely face stiff resistance in Congress.
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