Management
Ivanka Trump Won Lucrative Chinese Trademarks the Same Day She Dined with China's President
The timing raises yet another round of ethics questions.
Nextgov
Government Needs ‘Heavy Artillery’ for Cyberspace, DHS Chief Says
Plodding bureaucracy could leave government outgunned in cyberspace, Gen. John Kelly said in his first major address as secretary.
Management
New Plaintiffs Join Suit Against Trump D.C. Hotel Deal
Thousands of restaurant workers decry 'unfair competition' in arrangement GSA approved.
Oversight
Key Lawmakers From Both Parties Urge Trump to Fill Vacant IG Positions
Some agencies have gone without a confirmed IG for years.
Nextgov
18F for Cybersecurity? Tech Think Tank Wants Congress to Consider It.
The group suggests thinking outside traditional degrees in STEM fields to address the talent shortage.
Nextgov
Report: USPTO’s Michelle Lee In Running for White House’s Top Science Spot
The report comes amid concern that the Trump White House was letting the Office of Science and Technology Policy die out.
Pay & Benefits
How the Tax-Filing Process Confuses Americans About Tax Policy
The vexed relationship people have with IRS forms tends to make them more conservative.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Recapping Easter at the Trump White House
It was a festive holiday at 1600 Pennsylvania in so many ways.
Route Fifty
How Some Alaska Cities Try to Outsmart Bears
In Juneau, garbage management has to take hungry animals into account.
Management
Trump Orders Agencies to Buy American or Face Consequences
“Agencies will be held strictly accountable for any failure to fulfill the buy American mission,” an administration official said.
Route Fifty
Trump’s Proposed Block Grant Cuts Loom Over Michigan’s ‘Disability Belt’
Unemployment and lack of access to quality care during the last recession sent hundreds of thousands of Michiganders into a spiral of declining health they can’t extricate themselves from to find work. Now their only lifeline is threatened.
Management
The Potential Pitfalls of Trump’s Plan for Agencies to Transform Themselves
Agencies can implement some changes on their own, but even those efforts could prove difficult.
Nextgov
DHS Needs Someone to Explain Biometrics to the Public
The department wants a communications professional to manage rhetoric about collecting fingerprints, iris scans and facial images.
Nextgov
DARPA Thinks Military Strategists Could Learn a Lot from Video Games
The agency is seeking proposals for how video games can aid strategic, operational and tactical war gaming.
Management
Trump’s Big League Management Agenda
Using mission to drive strategy makes eminent sense, but there are many ways to game the strategy.
Route Fifty
Should L.A. Legal Defense Extend to Immigrant Ex-Convicts?
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wyoming considers carbon tax; Tennessee county gets biblical with education; and too many NYC cigarette retailers
Management
Learning to Distinguish 'Fear' From 'Fear of Fear' is Key to Leading a Happy Life
Much of the time, our deepest, darkest fears are pretty overdramatic.
Management
Indefinite Delivery Contracts Make Up a Third of Agency Awards
GAO tells senator more than half were sole-source, two-thirds single-award.
Management
Export-Import Bank 'Heartened' By Trump's New-Found Backing
White House nominates two officials to board of agency that conservatives hate.
Defense