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Using Nudges and Shoves to Encourage Better Transportation Choices
Yes, you can close a major urban highway and the world won’t end.
Defense
The U.S. Military Is Chopping Up Its Iron Man Suit For Parts
Special Operations Command’s much-anticipated super suit won’t be here for Christmas.
Management
The Trump Administration Ignored Warnings From Career Officials About Family Separation Policy
Career employees were repeatedly told by leadership not to plan for handling separated children prior to the policy's official announcement.
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State and Local Lawmakers Pitch How to Pay for a Big Infrastructure Package
Congress has little time to reach consensus on ideas like increasing the gas tax and phasing in vehicle miles traveled before the 2020 election cycle shuts their window to fix and modernize everything from roads to water pipes.
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Pentagon Researching Bioelectric Implants To Help Troops Heal From Catastrophic Wounds
One of the Pentagon’s new research programs could see biosensors, actuators and even artificial intelligence implanted in soldiers to speed up the body’s healing processes.
Management
Consumer Bureau’s Plan to Rescind Payday Lender Rule Draws Fire
Kathy Kraninger’s first major act to “increase access to credit” undoes an Obama-era rule and largely pleases industry.
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OPM Announces Change In IT Leadership
The government’s human resources department is getting a new CIO and deputy.
Pay & Benefits
Financial Lessons from the Shutdown
It’s important to develop healthy savings habits.
Pay & Benefits
Thousands of Feds Still Await Back Pay After Shutdown
A Homeland Security Department glitch led to officials processing back pay manually in "thousands" of cases, while other feds reported incomplete checks and missing deductions.
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How All-Knowing Smartphones Could Become the Pentagon’s Employee Access Cards
An algorithm will track how employees use their phones, how they walk and even where they go to constantly verify users’ identity.
Tech
Four U.S. Ambassadors Misused Social Media, Watchdog Finds
State Department will tighten policy against personal postings.
Management
ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Are Being Force-Fed, Just Like Guantánamo Detainees Before Them
Alleged 'enemy combatants' held at Guantánamo Bay who went on hunger strikes to protest their indefinite detention were force-fed by the U.S. military. Today, ICE is force-feeding immigrant detainees.
Defense
Trump: U.S. Will Be Working with Mideast Partners ‘For Many Years to Come’
The president acknowledged that the Islamic State continues to pose a threat even though U.S.-led coalition forces have retaken 99 percent of its territory.
Oversight
HHS Removed Webpages on Contraception Coverage Under Obamacare
Transparency group flags unannounced changes, which the department defends as reorganizing material.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The State of the Union, Joshua Trump and Nancy Pelosi
Late-night gets another shot at the president's big speech.
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Portlanders Don’t Hesitate to Call 911 About ‘Unwanted’ Persons
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | N.M. governor pulls National Guard troops from border … legal challenge to Idaho Medicaid expansion fails … and shortest commutes.
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Can ‘Veggie Burgers’ Boost Rural Economic Growth?
An agricultural economist sees plant-based proteins—like lentil burgers and tofu— as one answer for communities in central Montana.
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Governors Request More Federal Support for Climate and Emissions Efforts
Expanding resilient infrastructure grants topped their list.
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Report: State-Sponsored Hackers Are Getting Better at Hiding Their Identities
Security researchers also warn Iran might be gearing up to target U.S. companies with information warfare.
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