Nextgov
FBI Unites Traditional Techniques with Tech-Driven Applications to Solve Today’s Crimes
A top official recently reflected on how insiders are transforming old-school approaches to tackle advanced cyber crimes.
Management
Impasses Panel Gives Rare Win to Union on Telework
Just days after the Social Security Administration announced the impending end of a long-running telework pilot program for operations staff, the panel protected employees in the Office of Hearing Operations from a similar fate.
Management
Trump Bashes Career Federal Employees as Impeachment Hearings Heat Up
Secretary of State Pompeo refuses to defend specific employees but says his workforce is the best "in the history of the world."
Nextgov
DHS Silicon Valley Program Makes Two Awards for Digital Credentials Management
The department is working to digitize the process for issuing, verifying and managing credentials like travel documents and employment authorizations.
Route Fifty
Municipal Workforces Don’t Always Reflect a City’s Population. Now, More Cities are Naming Chief Diversity Officers
More local governments are taking an interest as citizen demand for representation increases.
Defense
Defense Department Fails Its Second Audit, Yet Is Making Progress
This was only the second audit completed for the Pentagon since a 1990 law required them.
Defense
Spy Agencies Stopped Collecting GPS, Phone Location Data Last Year
The decision came in the wake of a Supreme Court decision restricting law enforcement’s use of such information.
Management
Unions and Nonprofit Sue USDA Over New Hog Slaughter Rule
The rule, which goes into effect on Dec. 2, gives producers more control over meat inspections.
Workforce
Viewpoint: The Deep State Isn't the Real Threat to Democracy
Hollowed-out institutions and battered and belittled public servants are a bigger problem.
Route Fifty
Offering a Place for City Workers to Heal After a Mass Shooting
Virginia Beach has opened a resiliency center to provide mental health resources to all victims impacted by the May 31 attack.
Management
12 Big Problems That Government Urgently Needs to Address
Defining the grand challenges facing the public sector.
Route Fifty
A New Proposal Envisions Federal Help for States and Localities to Reduce Prison Populations
The “People’s Justice Guarantee” suggests states repeal tough sentencing laws, while local governments eliminate cash bail for people awaiting trials.
Route Fifty
Concerned Roadside Memorials Are Distracting, a State Offers to Install Them
The Nebraska Department of Transportation will offer official memorial signs for victims of fatal car crashes as a way to replace homemade memorials they say can pose safety hazards to drivers.
Management
EEOC Plans to Stop Providing Official Time to Union Reps Governmentwide
In an internal draft of a rules change, the commission argues official time to work on EEOC complaints should be subject to agency collective bargaining negotiations, despite statutory protections.
Management
Top Democrats Call for Emergency Review of DHS Appointments
This is the latest in a series of legal quandaries surrounding the department’s line of succession.
Pay & Benefits
Viewpoint: Dollars Invested in the TSP Will Now Benefit Our Foreign Adversary
Decision to use an index fund that includes Chinese companies is bad for our country and the financial security of federal employees.
Workforce
VA Issues Eviction Notices to Unions at Its Facilities
Unions can keep office space if they pay their "fair share," VA says as it implements Trump's executive orders.
Nextgov
Hunt Begins for New 18F Director
The current executive director will be leaving by February.
Nextgov
White House Updates National Strategic Computing Initiative
The document refocuses objectives from the country’s 2016 computing plan.
Oversight