Management
Obama Plan Brings Back Carbon Tax Conversation
Sweeping power-plant regulations would enable states to use pollution trading, fees to cut heat-trapping emissions
Management
The Internet of Things: Is Your Agency Program Ready?
The IoT brings more capability and risk.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump Keeps Talking and Talking
The mogul and 2016 GOP frontrunner continues to say outrageous things.
Management
The Feds Reimbursed Buzz Aldrin $33 For His 1969 Trip to the Moon
Aldrin has posted his original travel voucher and customs forms on Facebook.
Management
Men Are Freezing Women Coworkers Out of the Workplace – Literally
Offices are experiencing an air-conditioning double standard.
Insights
The Path to Customer-Centric Service
Despite the Obama Administration's focus on getting federal customer service on par with the private sector, consumer surveys show agencies still lag behind. Read the GBC report to see how federal managers rate themselves.
Route Fifty
Municipal IDs a Gateway to City Services for Undocumented Residents
For the first time, many Newarkers and New Yorkers are opening bank accounts and starting businesses.
Management
NASA Wants to Experiment With Drones That Can Fly in Space
The agency wants robots that can fly to places its rovers can’t reach.
Nextgov
Census Plans 2016 Test Run to Experiment with New Tech Tools
Census is rolling out a handful of new options in 2020 designed to upgrade the decennial headcount for the digital age.
Route Fifty
The Double-Edged Sword of a Proactive Agency Social Media Strategy
Here are two good examples for Twitter best practices. But actions speak louder than words.
Management
Obama Calls Lack of Climate Change Action 'Shameful'
The president attacks critics of the White House effort to curb pollution from power plants.
Management
DHS Issues a Warning About the Senate's Cyber Bill
Homeland Security said Monday that the Senate's plan would "sweep away important privacy protections."
Pay & Benefits
Navy Takes Charge in Finding a Contractor to Protect OPM Hack Victims
Deal is to be awarded by the end of August.
Oversight
Construction Permit Streamlining Bill Clears Senate
Business-backed bipartisan plan would create public ‘dashboard’ to track agency progress.
Management
The Surprising Benefits of Being More Fully Present at Work
It's really about respecting the people you depend on.
Nextgov
Watchdog: Privacy Laws Aren't Keeping Up with Facial Recognition Technology
In a new report, GAO warns consumers that existing federal privacy laws do not expressly limit how businesses can use images of their faces.
Management
Watchdog Faults Accounting in Government’s Consolidated Financial Statement
Treasury and OMB should strengthen controls to account for end-of-year changes.
Route Fifty
An Unprecedented Fishing Ban in Minnesota; Should Georgia Be Renamed the ‘Blueberry’ State?
Also: The long list of Texas officials in legal trouble and secret oil-train information in New Jersey.
News