Route Fifty
Seattle’s Rubber Antennas Spark Privacy Concerns; Dark Fiber Obligations in West Virginia?
Also: A new California state worker survey and Cedar Rapid’s hazardous materials highway.
Insights
Nearly 8 in 10 Feds Have Had Experience with Long Term Care
More than half of feds have been, are, or expect to be caregivers. Are you one of them?
Pay & Benefits
Retirement Backlog Still High
OPM’s progress on reducing the inventory of retirement claims has stalled.
Management
Here is Where the Elderly Still Work … By Choice or Necessity
The workforce, like society at large, is aging.
Management
Obama’s Latest Executive Order Requires Sick Leave for Contractors
Labor Day signing combined with attack on Republican economics.
Oversight
Congress Returns From Its Recess, And a Government Shutdown Looms
The upcoming session is already being billed a “countdown to shutdown.”
Oversight
NOAA Has Mapped a Desktop Model of Earth
Gloriously popping graphics show CO2 transport, real-time earthquakes, space trash, and tons of other neat stuff.
Management
Should Mexico Respond to Trump?
The Mexican government “has maintained an unjustifiable distance” from the debate over the candidate’s immigration policy, one journalist says.
Analysis
Making a Case for Numbers
Social Security’s Gerald Ray is boosting productivity by teaching employees to embrace performance data, not fear it.
Management
7 Leadership Rules to Improve Public Sector Performance
How to develop talent even during fiscal hard times.
Nextgov
Hackers Infiltrate Firefox, Prowl Non-AshMad Dating Websites and Share Porn at U. of New South Wales
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
Stats Shot: New Data Offer Insight Into States With Best and Worst GDP Growth in 2014
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has released sector-specific, quarterly GDP figures for states.
Management
NASA is Researching Technology to Make a Tractor Beam Out of Hoverboards
In the future, astronauts may be pulled around in space like something straight out of "Star Wars."
Oversight
The Story Behind Ben Carson's Surge in the GOP Polls
After a lackluster summer, the famous neurosurgeon is finally surging—but his reliance on the conservative grassroots might be a burden as much as a boon.
Oversight
Clinton Email Fracas Raises Question: What Is a 'Special Government Employee?'
Sen. Grassley’s pursuit of former State Department secretary's aide shines light on high-level temps.
Nextgov
DHS Delays Refugee Rapid DNA Tests Aimed at Stemming Human Trafficking
The onsite, one-hour minilabs could help curb human trafficking, officials say
Oversight
The Defense Department Is Not Training Military Personnel to Be Ethical
GAO report says DoD ethics and professionalism efforts are falling short.
Management
Clinton On Email: System 'Wasn't The Best Choice'
Former State Department chief tells Andrea Mitchell she's “sorry that this has been confusing to people,” but denies wrongdoing.
Defense
It Takes the Federal Government Two Years to Process a Refugee Application from Syria
More than four million Syrians have left their homes since civil war broke out in 2011.
Nextgov