Defense
Defense Department: Trump’s Muslim Ban is ‘Counter to National Security’
GOP frontrunner draws extraordinary rebuke from Department of Defense, State, Homeland Security, Congress, and Republican Party leaders.
Management
NIH Could Soon See a Significant Funding Boost From Congress
Health-research advocates are pleasantly surprised by the budget numbers coming out of Congress.
Management
SEC Pressured to Standardize Financial Reporting
Transparency advocates in Congress cite industry and global movement.
Management
How to Get What You Really Need (and Make Other People Happy Too)
It's all in the way you ask for help.
Management
Republican Offers Feds ‘Heartfelt’ Thanks And An Apology For Breakfast
During a Washington event celebrating top agencies, Rep. Mark Meadows says he recognizes the importance of compensation in rewarding a job well done.
Management
White House: Trump’s 'Ban All Muslims' Proposal 'Disqualifies Him From Running for President'
Press Secretary Josh Earnest also got in a joke about the Republican front-runner’s “fake hair.”
Management
The USPS Governing Board Now Has Just One Confirmed Member
Statute requires nine confirmed governors on the board.
Management
Adjusting Government’s Buying Habits
Category management affects CIOs and program offices too.
Management
Bureau of Land Management Will Leave Fossil Fuels in the Ground — Until After the Paris Climate Talks
Officials postponed the auction of an oil and gas development lease until next spring.
Management
The U.S. Senate Is Still One of the World's Whitest Workplaces
The membership of the upper chamber of Congress is famously unrepresentative of the American people—and so is its senior staff, a new study finds.
Management
NASA Is the Best Place to Work in Government, Homeland Security is the Worst--Again
The level of job satisfaction among federal employees at agencies with similar missions in areas such as law enforcement and public health varies widely, according to new analysis.
Management
Why We’re Losing the Brand War Against ISIS
A better narrative could end terrorism once and for all.
Management
Republican Senators Want to Expand VA Firing Authority to the IRS
Lawmakers look to change perception that "anything goes at the top tiers of the federal bureaucracy."
Management
Why Justice Is Investigating the Chicago Police Department
Given the department’s long history of police brutality, an audit is long overdue.
Defense
How Obama's Gun-Control Push Inverted the Politics of the No-Fly List
Democrats, once critics of Bush-era terror policies, have decided they’re a useful tool, while Republicans have rediscovered the importance of due process.
Management
Agency Energy Use Reduced to 40-Year Low
Defense Department accounts for lion’s share of conservation progress.
Management
President Obama's Pending Executive Action on Guns
The president appears poised to bypass Congress, and impose stricter regulations on the purchase and sale of firearms.
Tech
The Postal Service Will Try Emailing Your Mail to You
The agency is testing a new email "notification" service.
Defense
Obama Speaks on San Bernardino: 'This Was an Act of Terrorism'
The president addressed the mass shooting in a televised speech from the Oval Office on Sunday.
Management