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| NEWS: March 31, 2016 Public Workforce | The Nation Federal Union Endorses Trump A federal employee union representing more than 16,000 workers became the first such group to endorse Donald Trump for president. The National Border Patrol Council cited the Republican frontrunner for shunning political correctness and making border security a centerpiece of his campaign. NBPC's parent, the American Federation of Government Employees, has endorsed Hillary Clinton. >> Government Executive Study Urges Governments to Cut Retiree Health Care State and local governments facing major pension liabilities are missing a key opportunity to save billions of dollars by not using the flexibility they have to make severe cuts to retiree health care, according to a new study from the Manhattan Institute. >> Governing
New Pentagon Personnel Chief Named Peter Levine, a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Ash Carter who currently heads the Defense Department's efforts to streamline business processes and find efficiencies in management, has been named to succeed the embattled Brad Carson as the Pentagon's top personnel official. Levine will take over as acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness when Carson leaves April 8. >> Military Times New Medal Honors Troops Who Fought Islamic State The Pentagon has created a new medal to honor the thousands of U.S. troops who have deployed to Iraq or Syria to support operations against Islamic State militants. About 11,000 troops are already eligible for the Operation Inherent Resolve Campaign Medal. >> Military Times
Metro May Shut Down Rail Lines for Months Metro Board Chairman Jack Evans and General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld warned that the regional transit system is in such need of repair that they might shut down entire rail lines for as long as six months for maintenance, potentially snarling thousands of daily commutes and worsening congestion in the already traffic-clogged region. Until now, Metro has typically done repair work at night or over weekends. >> Washington Post Technology Management | The Nation Hundreds or Federal Ransomware Attacks Reported Federal agencies since last summer have alerted the Department of Homeland Security to 321 possible malware infections with the potential to hold government networks hostage. Fortunately, it seems that the "ransomware" infections in all the cases were neutralized by severing the affected computers from the agencies' networks. >> Nextgov IG: Pentagon's Push to Close Data Centers Lagging The Defense Department closed just 18 percent of its 3,115 data centers last year, less than half its target, and is on course to miss its consolidation goal next year, an inspector general reported. >> FedScoop
State's Former Attorney General to Oversee City's Police Reforms The planned reformation of the Newark Police Department took a major step forward as city and federal officials selected a nominee to oversee the process. Peter C. Harvey, who served as New Jersey's attorney general from 2003 to 2006, was tapped to shepherd the implementation of a now-finalized consent decree placing the police force under federal oversight. >> NJ.com No Damages Awarded in Case Against San Diego Mayor A San Diego jury determined that former mayor Bob Filner had harassed a longtime city parks employee because of her gender, but the panel awarded her no damages after it found that the harassment was neither serious nor pervasive. >> San Diego Union-Tribune Alabama Governor's Aide Resigns Amid Controversy Rebekah Mason, a longtime political adviser to Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley, announced her resignation amid a controversy over her personal and professional relationship with the governor. >> Montgomery Advertiser Nation's First Education Secretary Dies Shirley M. Hufstedler, appointed as the nation's first secretary of education in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter, died at the age of 90. >> Education Week >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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“Twitter is all about the people following you--talk to them versus at them.” Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, whose effective use of Twitter tops that of the mayors of the 250 largest U.S. cities, according to a new Development Counsellors International report ranking the mayors based on their audiences, tweet frequency, responsiveness, engagement and influence >> Route Fifty/Government Executive | More quotes DATAPOINT $104,954 Average annual salary in 2014 of college graduates who majored in information technology, according to OnlineDegrees.com, with that major ranked highest for employability among 1,248 by the education website, which used federal data to evaluate the degrees on cost-benefit factors that included number of occupations for each degree, annual salary, projected growth rate and average in-state tuition for schools offering the program >> Cleveland Plain Dealer | More data VIEWPOINT The Presidency | Robert J. O'Neill Jr. What the Candidates Should Be Talking About The more than two dozen U.S. presidential debates and forums to which the global public has been subjected in this election cycle have focused primarily on ideology and idealism. But as the candidates begin to articulate the policy prescriptions for the most important challenges we face, what we will hear relatively little about is how those policies will be implemented. Yet what we've learned from the Affordable Care Act, the Flint water crisis, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and similar situations is that multi-sector, multi-disciplinary and intergovernmental issues present complex implementation challenges. >> Governing | More commentaries UPCOMING EVENTS Urban Institute and Brookings Institution Discussion: "What Would Federal Tax Reform Mean for the States?" Today, noon-1:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "The Court: Power, Policy and Self-Government" Today, 12:30-2:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Planning Association National Conference April 2-5, Phoenix International City/County Management Association Senior Executive Leadership Institute April 2-9, Charlottesville, Va. International Economic Development Council FED Forum April 3-5, Arlington, Va. Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education Program on Leadership in Crises: Preparation and Performance April 3-8, Cambridge, Mass. National Emergency Management Association Mid-Year Forum April 3-7, Alexandria, Va. Solid Waste Association of North America SWANApalooza Conference April 4-7, Charleston, S.C. National Association of Development Organizations Washington Policy Conference April 5-6, Arlington, Va. Government Innovators Network Webinar: "Exemplary Conservation Leadership in New England and Across Six Continents" April 5, 11 a.m. ET Partnership for Public Service Webinar: "Announcing the Truth: Exploring Effective Job Opportunity Announcements" April 6, 2 p.m. ET >> Full events listings |
