Oversight
Administration Official Violated Law by Retweeting Trump, Watchdog Says
UN Ambassador Nikki Haley joins White House officials in trouble for running afoul of the Hatch Act.
Defense
DARPA-Funded Radar Lets Planes See Through Smoke and Clouds
A promising approach to a decades-old quandary: how to get a clear field of view to the ground?
Insights
Power to the People: State Procurement Officers on the Value of Cooperative Purchasing
GBC sits down with chief procurement officers to ask the critical question: is cooperative purchasing the key to unlocking state innovation?
Management
Are Trump's Tweets Undercutting U.S. Diplomacy?
Beyond apparent policy disagreements between the president and Rex Tillerson, the State Department struggles to absorb mixed signals.
Oversight
Analysis: Trump's Puerto Rico Visit Is a Political Disaster
The president told residents to be “very proud” they hadn’t endured a “real catastrophe” like Katrina, doing little to erase the impression that he sees hurricane relief more as a political story than a human one.
Nextgov
DHS Forms Election Security Task Force
The task force will draw resources from across the agency, including intelligence analysis.
Management
How the VA Is Blocking Marijuana Research Veterans Say Could Save Lives
Some vets credit cannabis with saving their lives, but VA won’t help researchers who want to study the drug’s effects on post-traumatic stress disorder.
Management
Appointee Watch: Another Cabinet-Level Job Opens Up
Price resignation adds to the vacancy count.
Insights
Building a Digital Foundation
State & local organizations are increasingly prioritizing robust digital infrastructure — but according to GBC’s August 2017 survey of government leaders, challenges still lie ahead.
Management
Trump Team's Travel Woes Unlikely to Go Away Soon
Interior watchdog announces probe of Zinke; DeVos’s security costs mount.
Management
Why Leaders Should Focus on Outcomes Instead of Solutions
Too often, executives and managers overlook the difference between the two.
Management
Interior Secretary Zinke Invokes Teddy Roosevelt as a Model, but His Public Land Policies Don’t
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke calls himself "a Teddy Roosevelt guy," but supports many actions that critics call anti-conservation, such as shrinking national monuments and fast-tracking energy projects.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President's Golf Trophy Gift to Puerto Rico
Donald Trump's reaction to Hurricane Maria continues to rankle many.
Insights
The Most Disruptive Technology
NASCIO and Route Fifty asked federal, state, and local officials what they consider to be the most disruptive technology in government today. The findings may not be what you expect.
Management
Technology is Destroying the Most Important Asset in Your Life
Today, more than ever, we need our mind back.
Route Fifty
Minnesota Health Commissioner: CHIP Failure Calls Reliability of Federal ‘Partners’ Into Question
“We rely on a functioning federal partner ... and when our federal partners don’t perform the basic functions necessary for us to continue to operate these programs for the benefit of people, there’s consequences to that.”
Nextgov
What CIO Vacancies Mean For Modernizing Government
A Congressman leading the tech upgrade movement says Congress should just treat acting CIOs like permanent ones.
Management
Did Manafort Use Trump to Curry Favor With a Putin Ally?
Emails turned over to investigators detail the former campaign chair's efforts to please an oligarch tied to the Kremlin.
Management