Nextgov

GSA Picks Second Agency to Get Centers of Excellence Support

The next agency will focus on IT and modernization for business processes and accounting.

Management

There Is Such a Thing As a Career Hot Streak—And It Can Happen At Anytime

Take Picasso's highly productive year of 1932, explored in an exhibit at the Tate Modern."

Nextgov

Cyber Spies Don’t Have to Worry About Robots Taking Their Jobs, Intel Chief Says

The intelligence community will still need human analysts even as when machine learning does more, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told students.

Nextgov

Pentagon Extends JEDI Deadline Again—With a Catch

The department is requiring bidders to deliver their proposals in person.

Route Fifty

Rising Sea Levels Put Additional Homes at Risk During Hurricane Florence

An analysis by a national nonprofit found that 11,000 homes in the Carolinas were flooded due to rising sea levels.

Management

Social Science? Data Science? Evidence-Based Government Needs Both

Results-focused leaders need to get savvy about both if they want to catalyze a culture of continuous improvement.

Management

Analysis: The Two Reasons Rod Rosenstein's Fate Is So Uncertain

The president doesn’t like to fire people, but he does have a penchant for drama.

Defense

The Old-School Double-Agent Tactics Governments Will Use To Erode Trust

Forget fake news—governments will increasingly manufacture entire fake movements.

Management

Hurricane Season’s New Normal

Flooding from the latest storm highlights a particularly vulnerable population.

Management

Agency Grants Staff Need More Training, Watchdog Finds

HHS, Agriculture and Education lack clarity in identifying in-house expertise.

Management

Solving the Right Problem with the Federal Workforce

We’re careening down the road, steering by looking in the rear-view mirror.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Rod Rosenstein Was Fired. Or Resigned. Or Not.

Confusion was the only constant on Monday regarding the Justice Department official.

Route Fifty

Criminal Justice Experts, DOJ Spar Over Who’s to Thank for Crime Decreases in 2017

Violent crimes dipped in the first year of the Trump administration, but that coincides with state and local strategies focused on community policing and criminal justice reforms.

Management

What Managers Should Do With 2018 Employee Viewpoint Survey Data

First, don’t get defensive about results that point to areas in need of improvement.

Management

ICE’s Expanded Use of Local Law Enforcement Came Without Adequate Planning or Resources

The agency has no way of knowing if the 287(g) program is actually helping enforce its mission, IG says.

Management

Analysis: The Decision Not to Call in the FBI Is Looking Worse and Worse

As new allegations have surfaced, the White House has continued to refuse an independent investigation.

Nextgov

Watchdog: IRS Declined to Patch Known Weakness Ahead of Tax Day Crash

An inspector general report says the agency opted not to go with an untested patch based on a contractor’s recommendation.

Management

Lawmakers Urge Education to Rescind Unilaterally-Imposed Union Contract

Three Democratic senators asked Secretary Betsy DeVos to comply with a preliminary FLRA finding that the department’s actions last spring constituted an unfair labor practice.