Oversight
Play of the Day: The Supreme Court's New Justice
Wait… How do you pronounce his name again?
Route Fifty
Note to Tech-Savvy Cities: It’s Not All About Attracting Millennials
A recent Brookings Institution paper explores the importance of residents from older age groups to cultivate thriving “innovation districts.”
Nextgov
Here are the People Likely to Make Up Trump's Office of American Innovation
The team includes Reed Cordish, the Baltimore real-estate developer Trump chose as a technology adviser.
Management
What Government Can Learn from Business about Customer Experience
Improvements could help agencies advance their missions.
Defense
Counterintelligence Chief: Contractors 'Kicking Butt' in Combating Insider Threats
Anticipating problems is a “team sport,” top official says.
Nextgov
Greatest Damage from OPM Breach was to Government’s Reputation
The damage to government’s credibility far outweighed the breach’s impact on security, officials said.
Management
Trump’s Justice Department Won't Use Outside Experts to Improve Forensics
This after a group of criminologists asked Jeff Sessions to champion science.
Management
Appointee Watch: The Trump Administration Takes Shape
After a slow start, the president is starting to fill more executive positions across government.
Defense
Can U.S. Warplanes Evade Russian Air Defenses? We May Soon Find Out in Syria
If things go south, high-end American fighters may take on top-of-the-line Russian anti-aircraft missiles.
Management
Trump’s EPA Consolidation Begins
One career employees says staff feel as if they are ‘in occupied territory.’
Nextgov
Citizens Experience ‘Cyber Insecurity’ When Doing Business with Government
74 percent of respondents in a new survey said they lacked confidence in the government’s ability to keep their personal data “private and secure.”
Route Fifty
Nearly 2,000 San Francisco Apartment Buildings Don’t Meet Quake Codes
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Md. city council plan would neuter mayoral powers; hexavalent chromium emissions near L.A.; and Oregon town saved, strained by new data centers.
Management
OMB Staffs Up as Trump Team Preps Agencies for Budget Cuts
The White House is expected to issue new guidance on reductions later this week.
Oversight
Trump Goes Back To the Future on Foreign Policy
The president’s Syria strike is a small step in reasserting the bipartisan consensus for American leadership on the global stage.
Management
The U.S. is About to Stop Buying Tomahawk Missiles, Like the Ones That Hit Syria
But it’s planning to upgrade its existing stock — and lay the groundwork for a next-generation cruise missile.
Management
Here’s What U.S. Missiles Hit At the Syrian Airbase
And why Shayrat Airfield’s runways weren’t one of the targets.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Complicated Situation in Syria
Russia has supported the Assad regime while the regime has fought ISIS while the U.S. has fought both Assad and ISIS… It's all very confusing.
Route Fifty
N.Y.C. OK’d to Destroy Information on Undocumented Immigrants
Two Republican Assembly members had sought the preservation of IDNYC documents held by the city.
Nextgov
Twitter Drops Lawsuit Against DHS Over Rogue Account
A Customs and Border Protection agent had asked the company to hand over identifying information about a user critical of DHS policy.
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