Policy

Army Corps of Engineers May Lose Its Domestic Missions

The White House's sweeping reorganization proposal would move the Corps' navigation functions to the Transportation Department, and other civil works missions to Interior.

Ideas

US Agencies Chip Away at Science and Climate Change Spending

A progressive group analyzes Trump team efforts to downplay data and research.

Threats

In the Era of Fake News, VOA Is Fact-Checking Russia’s Messages

The agency’s Polygraph.info is desk expanding its “disinformation news” coverage.

Business

Comptroller: Pentagon's First Audit Will Be Worth Its Nearly-$1B Pricetag

At a Senate hearing, DoD's David Norquist defended the cost of the first-ever financial accounting and provided new details about the effort.

Threats

Embattled Intelligence Whistleblower Ombudsman Defends Himself

Dan Meyer, on forced leave, challenges accusations under review by unusual disciplinary panel.

Policy

Senators Press State Dept. to Drop Hiring Freeze and Shine Light on Reorg Plan

Reforms could hurt 'America's Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals' and put diplomacy at risk, one letter says.

Science & Tech

Government Warms to Continuous Monitoring of Personnel With Clearances

Software that scours public records for potential red flags gains traction as officials wrestle with a serious security clearance backlog.

Business

Special Counsel Goes to Bat for Two Defense Whistleblowers

Friend of the court briefs try to overturn rulings against retaliation claims.

Business

Small Business Advocate Hauls Pentagon Into Court

The plaintiff says the Defense Department is covering up ways in which large contractors hog work intended for smaller companies.

Policy

Trump's Defense Hike Would Violate Budget Law, Congress' Analysts Confirm

An April 3 report by the Congressional Research Service says the White House’s draft 2018 request does not comply with the $549 billion cap.

Threats

Post-9/11 Intel Sharing Needs Fine-Tuning, IGs Say

Domestic sharing of counterterror info could be better, according to the inspector generals of the intel community, DHS, and Justice Department.

Policy

Comey on the Political Firestorms His Decisions Stoke: ‘Honestly, I Don’t Care’

The FBI director talks about making hard choices and the bureau’s future at intel contractor gathering.

Policy

Trump Budget Would Abolish 19 Agencies, Cut Thousands of Federal Jobs

State and EPA hit hardest; performance plan would “untie” managers’ hands.

Policy

Trump Has Considerable Authority to Revamp the Intelligence Community

But the the 2004 law that created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence creates some hurdles as well.

Business

Air Force, Pentagon Have More Work to Do Before Ditching the A-10, Watchdog Says

Losing the aircraft would also mean a loss of U.S. combat search-and-rescue capabilities, the Government Accountability Office said in a newly declassified report.

Ideas

A New Front In Obama's War on Whistleblowers

Fired Pentagon assistant inspector general John Crane is going public with allegations senior officials retaliated against whistleblowers, destroyed permanent records and altered audits under political pressure.

Ideas

The Military Isn't Fully Tracking Sexual Assault Reports

Watchdog says DOD has yet to comply with a new law to tally discharged troops who had reported being assaulted.

Ideas

The Pentagon's Intel Chief Already Has Some Advice for the Next US President

'The integration of intelligence of the past 15 years is a journey that is not finished,' said Marcel Lettre, undersecretary of Defense for intelligence.

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