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CBO Confirms: No Sequestration in Fiscal 2016

December budget deal gave both defense and domestic programs new leeway.

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Forget Resolutions — Use These Lifehacks to Make Life a Little Better This Year

2016 is all about life tweaks: small, easy changes that might actually make a difference.

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I Hate Meetings And They Stink

We feel pressure to seem like a grownup, when inside we’re all just little kids.

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Guess Which 2016 Candidate Features in an Islamist Terrorist Recruitment Video

Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States is sandwiched between warnings that the US is not safe for Muslims.

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Why a Group of Armed Men Took Over a Federal Wildlife Refuge Building

A group has occupied an Oregon federal office in protest of the prison sentence handed down to a pair of ranchers.

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Harvard Study: American Police Killings Should Be Considered a Public Health Issue

The researchers suggest that such deaths be considered “a Notifiable Condition," like cancer deaths.

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Feds Won’t Press Criminal Charges Against Former VA Senior Executives

Justice Department rejects VA watchdog’s criminal referral related to Diana Rubens and Kimberly Graves.

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Viewpoint: Reverse Auctions Don’t Help Agencies or Taxpayers

The tool does not guarantee the lowest price for a contract—just ask small construction firms.

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Viewpoint: Reverse Auctions Save Taxpayers Money

Each deal produces competition and pricing data for the buyer to use in future decision-making.

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The Path for Federal R&D Is Changing

How agencies can tap industry research budgets.

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The U.S. Supreme Court and American Empire

The U.S. Supreme Court struggles to stretch a Constitution written for 13 coastal states to encompass non-contiguous states, dependent nations, insular areas, and a commonwealth.

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The Whistleblower Who Won’t Go Away

Energy Department engineer Joe Carson is legal pen pal to numerous agencies.

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How Both Parties Can Fix Transportation

What if Republicans agreed to fund infrastructure in exchange for Democrats agreeing to cut red tape?

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Can Your Team Really Trust You?

If you make a mistake, what you do next makes all the difference.

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Government Transformation Boosters Want Another Commission

Advancing bills would build off of reform project led by former Controller David Walker.