Route Fifty

These States Are Making the Most Open-Data Progress

A transparency policy might not mean much without taking the next step.

Defense

Why the National Guard Is Coming to Ferguson

A look at the soldiers being called in to keep the peace.

Management

Hillary Clinton Returns to Iowa to Begin Running for President

The former secretary of state is bringing along her husband.

Tech

Consumer Bureau's Complaint Site Draws a Complaint of Its Own

Financial Services Roundtable launches campaign against 'one-sided' website.

Management

The Seven Signs That You Work Too Hard

Increasingly psychologists assess and sometimes recommend treating workaholism as an addiction in its own right.

Defense

Listening In: The Navy Is Tracking Ocean Sounds Collected by Scientists

A network of Internet-connected undersea microphones is picking up more than whale songs.

Management

How Many Big Contractors Are Actually Posing As Small Businesses?

Advocacy group and SBA paint different pictures.

News

'Curiosity' Leads Man to Steal Federal Explosives During a Camping Trip

Man was camping near a Forest Service storage facility and 'took it way too far.'

Management

7 Pages That Gave President Obama Cover to Kill Americans

A newly released memo from the Office of Legal Counsel calls the wisdom of David Barron's lifetime appointment to a federal judgeship into question.

Nextgov

Australian Official’s Cellphone Tapped during Fight over Access to MH17 Zone

Unidentified nation hacked Foreign Affairs Minister Bishop’s device while she was overseas.

Defense

Congressman's Push to Curb Police Militarization Gets Big Boost After Ferguson

Georgia Democrat for months had been shopping around legislation to boost accountability and limit the kind of military equipment that local police departments can acquire.

Management

The Joys and Sorrows of Late-Night Email

For a certain class of workers, nighttime isn't time off work. It's time on email.

Defense

Investigative Report Into Bowe Bergdahl's Disappearance Delayed

Maj. Gen. Kenneth Dahl is seeking more time to complete the probe.

Defense

Autopsy Report Says Michael Brown Shot Twice in the Head

Attorney General Eric Holder has ordered a federal medical examiner to do a separate, independent examination.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Everything Wrong With How The Police Have Handled Ferguson

Last Week Tonight takes on the situation in Missouri.

Route Fifty

Governor Orders Missouri National Guard to Ferguson

The situation in the St. Louis suburb "took a very different turn after dark."

Management

Why You'd Better Start Using the ‘F’ Word

Sharing feedback with your employees is a necessary evil.

Nextgov

Exclusive: Nuke Regulator Hacked by Suspected Foreign Powers

Credential-stealing emails and social engineering involved in three NRC computer breaches.

Employee Policy

IG says DARPA official 'violated ethics'

A former director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency violated ethics rules.

Employee Policy

Social Security IG: Cuts are hurting service

The Social Security Administration has closed hundreds of agency offices in recent times—closures billed by SSA administrators as bringing greater “efficiency,” but a recent SSA Inspector General report finds that the cuts have brought worse service without significant savings.