Oversight
Senate Panel Advances Bill Denying Bonuses to Malfeasant Feds
Employees cited for misconduct would wait five years before becoming eligible for bonuses.
Defense
How Pentagon Contracting Is Killing the Military’s Technological Edge
Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” is a quick read compared to some procurements, and far more satisfying.
Management
ICE Arrests Are Up Under Trump, But Deportations Are Down
The biggest spike in arrests comes from those without arrest records.
Management
Trump Reportedly Considering New Cuts to Biomedical Research
The administration is contemplating a cap on what the NIH spends on overhead—a move that critics say will “disembowel” many research institutes.
Nextgov
House Passes IT Modernization Bill
The bill's fast movement highlights the bipartisan concern lawmakers share regarding the nation’s aging federal technology.
Route Fifty
Trump Administration Is Still Talking About the TIGER Grant Program
The White House proposed nixing funding for the transportation grants entirely in a budget blueprint sent to Congress earlier this year.
Nextgov
Hiring Cyber Talent Is Key In Pentagon's Potential 'Offensive Measures'
The federal government needs to be prepared to "engage in offensive measures, if required," a deputy general counsel said.
Nextgov
What Are Microservices and Why Should Government Care?
The General Services Administration is experimenting with some of the easy-to-tweak services that power online shopping.
Management
The Government Wants You to Stop the Next Edward Snowden
For security clearance holders, the DHS campaign “If You See Something Say Something” is not a slogan—it’s a mandate.
Management
Senate Panel Clears Reform to Speed Hiring of Some Border Agents
Trump set hiring surge goal, but CBO says bill’s impact would be minimal.
Nextgov
The Secret to Better Weather Forecasts Could Be in Meteorologists' Eyes
NOAA is using eye-tracking technologies on weather forecasters to ascertain how they adjust to more, faster data on their video monitors.
Oversight
The House Demands to See the Comey Memos
In a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz requested all “memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings” of James Comey’s meetings with Trump
Defense
The Pentagon Is Almost Ready for Its Close-Up
The Trump administration is pledging to audit the Department of Defense for the first time in its history while simultaneously demanding a record spending increase. Can it do both?
Management
Did Trump Try to Shut Down the FBI's Michael Flynn Investigation?
A memo from fired FBI Director James Comey quotes the president as asking him to “let it go,” contradicting White House claims.
Defense
Freedom for Chelsea Manning
She spent seven years of a 35-year prison sentence at the Fort Leavenworth military facility in Kansas.
Oversight
Play of the Day: One Reason Trump Gave Intelligence to Two Russian Officials
Trevor Noah thinks Melania Trump is part of the reason the president gave sensitive intelligence to the officials.
Route Fifty
Glimmers of Optimism on Capitol Hill About Chances for an Infrastructure Package
But there are competing items on Congress’ legislative to-do list and the White House continues to grapple with controversies.
Oversight
Lawmakers Probe Reports of Sexual Assault, ‘Rape Tables’ in CBP Hazing
Duct taping to chairs and brandishing firearms also reported.
Route Fifty
The Cybersecurity Risks U.S. Election Systems Face Heading Into the 2018 Elections
Resilient voting systems and fail-safes are needed by the midterm elections, when backdoor access to state tabulators is expected to be for sale on the “dark web.”
Management