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| NEWS: Oct. 11, 2016 Public Workforce | The Nation Federal Workers Lack Faith that Performance Is Rewarded Federal employees remain skeptical that top performers are rewarded fairly and that poor performers are dealt with adequately, according to the government's annual workforce survey, though workers' opinions of top leaders continue to improve. Just 22 percent of respondents said pay raises are based on employee performance. >> Government Executive GAO: OPM Needs Better Workforce Data The Office of Personnel Management needs to make its payroll and workforce data more reliable and more available for use by other agencies, according to a Government Accountability Office report. >> Federal Computer Week Diplomats Still Face Travel Risks Overseas, GAO Reports For U.S. diplomats in dangerous places, a "variety of weaknesses" in the State Department's transportation-management program "continue to put U.S. personnel at risk," according to a GAO report. >> Washington Post Atlantic City Offers Buyouts to 162 Long-Serving Workers Atlantic City, N.J., is offering early-retirement buyouts to 162 of its longest-serving workers, including 70 police officers and 36 firefighters, as part of its plan to avoid a state takeover. >> The Press of Atlantic City
City College President Resigns Amid Inquiry over Personal Expenses Lisa S. Coico, the president of the City College of New York, abruptly resigned a day after the New York Times contacted officials with questions about her administration's handling of more than $150,000 of her personal expenses. Coico--along with the 21st Century Foundation, a nonprofit affiliated with the college--is currently under investigation as part of a federal inquiry into her finances and the use of federal research grants. >> New York Times N.J. Student-Loan Agency's Reviews Improve after Gifts New Jersey's student-loan agency, which has been the subject of dozens of devastating online reviews by borrowers over the past few years, is offering students free flash drives in exchange for online reviews, and recently the reviews have gone from scathing to raving. >> ProPublica Indian College Chain Expanding into United States One of India's largest private college chains is expanding into the United States with the purchase of one campus in New York and a proposal to buy two more, drawing opposition from state officials in Massachusetts about the quality of the education it will offer. >> AP/Yahoo News K-12 education | Chicago Last-Minute Deal Averts Teachers' Strike The Chicago Teachers Union announced a tentative contract agreement with the school board minutes before a midnight deadline, averting a strike that would have cancelled classes today for 300,000 students. CTU President Karen Lewis said the agreement includes provisions on pensions, classroom sizes and layoffs. >> Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Reuters Audit Slams D.C. Schools' Privatized Meal Program The Washington, D.C., Public Schools promised that it would save millions if it paid a private company to prepare and serve meals to its students, but a new audit says DCPS has not saved much money and recommends that it go back to managing its own meals. >> Washington Post
Which Troops Are the Fattest? The U.S. military is fatter than ever, and the Army is leading the way with more than one in 10 soldiers considered clinically overweight, according to new Defense Department data obtained by Military Times. Coming in a close second is the Air Force, followed by the Navy. Marines seem to be the fittest service members in today's force. Yet despite the Corps' culture of fitness and vigor, more than 4,800 Marines appear to be heavier than regulations allow. >> Military Times National Security | The Nation Auditors: USDA's Classified Information at Risk The U.S. Department of Agriculture has inadequate internal controls to prevent incorrectly categorizing or improperly releasing classified information, according to an inspector general's audit. Auditors did not find any instances of leaked national security information. >> Federal Computer Week
Civil Case Against AG Dismissed Embattled state General Ken Paxton, who is fighting criminal charges of personally duping wealthy investors before taking office, won a major victory when a federal judge dismissed a nearly identical civil case that was brought against him by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant III wrote that the federal regulator had failed to show that Paxton broke disclosure laws. >> AP/Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News Head of Troubled D.C. Child-Welfare Agency Quits Raymond Davidson, the head of Washington, D.C.'s long-scrutinized child-welfare agency, abruptly resigned last week. D.C. officials would not say whether Davidson was asked to step down. >> Washington Post Brooklyn's First Black District Attorney Dies at 50 Kenneth P. Thompson, Brooklyn's the first black district attorney and a voice for racial justice at a moment of tension between police and minority communities, died from cancer at the age of 50. >> New York Times >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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VIEWPOINT Politics | Robert J. Samuelson The Reactionaries Running for President A reactionary is someone who wishes to return, usually unrealistically, to an earlier and more appealing era. We have two reactionaries running for president. Both peddle agendas that promise to re-create a reassuring past. We are being fed different varieties of nostalgia. Neither will work. Donald Trump is the most explicit. He pledges to "make America great again." But Hillary Clinton is also busy resurrecting the past and calling it the future. >> Washington Post PLUS: Howard Dean on the opportunity we have to move beyond the two-party system. >> New York Times | More commentaries DATAPOINT 11.5 to 1 Ratio of 7,243 social-sciences faculty at 40 top American universities who are registered to vote as Democrats to those registered as Republicans, according to a new study published by Econ Journal Watch that found the ratio among historians to be the most lopsided, at 33.5 to 1, and economists to be the most politically mixed group, with 4.5 registered Democrats for each Republican >> Inside Higher Ed | More data
“We're gonna build a better BART, and @metrolosangeles is gonna pay for it.” A tweet published Sunday night, apropos of that evening's second presidential debate and accompanied by a photo of Donald Trump, by the social-media team at the San Francisco region's Bay Area Rapid Transit, one of a series of joking references to its rival southern-California transit system, Los Angeles Metro >> San Francisco Chronicle | More quotes UPCOMING EVENTS
U.S. Office of Personnel Management Webinar: "Prioritizing Inclusivity to Build Engagement" Today, 11 a.m. ET Engaging Local Government Leaders Webinar: "Local Governments and Local and Regional Food Economies" Today, noon ET American Enterprise Institute Book discussion with Edward Conard: "The Upside of Inequality: Whether Good Intentions Undermine the Middle Class" Today, 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Government Technology Webinar: "When a Comment Becomes a Crisis: What to Do When Going Viral Happens to You" Today, 2 p.m. ET American Enterprise Institute Conversation with J. D. Vance and Charles Murray: "The Decline of the White Working Class" Today, 5:30-6:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Heritage Foundation Book event: "Shall Not Be Infringed: The New Assaults on Your Second Amendment" Oct. 12, noon-1 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Society for Public Administration, North Carolina State University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina Central University and Duke University Southeastern Conference for Public Administration Oct. 13-16, Raleigh, N.C. National Association of State Budget Officers Fall Meeting on Federal Issues Facing States Oct. 13-14, Alexandria, Va. >> Full events listings |
