Nextgov
In-Q-Tel Invests in Firm That Says It Can Retrieve Evidence from Encrypted Devices
In-Q-Tel, the IC’s technology investment arm, did not disclose how much funding it will provide the Canadian-based Magnet Forensics.
Management
SEC Pressured to Standardize Financial Reporting
Transparency advocates in Congress cite industry and global movement.
News
No, 72 DHS Employees Are Not on a Terrorism Watch List
Lawmaker mistakenly links federal workers to terrorism database.
Insights
Aligning Mission and Technology
Government Business Council's new survey highlights the key challenges and goals of federal IT modernization.
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.”
Defense
Here's Why People Join ISIS
A marketing communications company gets the Pentagon’s attention by identifying nine reasons.
Management
The USPS Governing Board Now Has Just One Confirmed Member
Statute requires nine confirmed governors on the board.
Oversight
Democrats’ Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security
Hillary Clinton may suffer from the American public’s unease with President Obama’s performance against terror.
Oversight
Can You Accept That Glass of Wine at a Contractor’s Holiday Party?
Ethics office proposes updated gift guidance as the holiday season gets under way.
Management
Adjusting Government’s Buying Habits
Category management affects CIOs and program offices too.
Route Fifty
Push for ‘No Fly List’ Gun Sales Ban in California; Chicago Awash in Police Misconduct Stories
Also: Twin Cities Star Tribune takes on the rural-urban political divide and helping out drought-plagued New Mexican farmers by making hemp legal.
Oversight
Donald Trump Calls to Ban Muslim Immigrants
Republican frontrunner demands a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
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.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The President's Speech Was Not Exactly Uplifting
The American public was OK until Obama called the Islamic State "a cancer."
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.
Route Fifty
Illinois Knocked by Researchers for Sub-Par Budgeting Practices
A new report offers up four budget-making principles and says the Land of Lincoln has not done well following any of them.
Oversight