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| NEWS: March 21, 2016 The Military | The Nation More High-Ranking Officers Facing Sexual-Assault Charges The military has stepped up investigations of high-ranking officers for sexual assault, curtailing its traditional deference toward senior leaders. Since September, the armed forces have court-martialed or filed sexual-assault charges against four colonels, and a Navy captain was found guilty of abusive sexual contact. >> Washington Post Report: Ex-Pentagon Official Was 'Hostile, Abusive' Boss Joseph J. Angello Jr., a former senior Pentagon civilian official, was a "hostile and "abusive boss who sexually harassed a female subordinate and used defense contractors to fetch booze for unauthorized "happy hours." according to an investigative report. >> Washington Post 14 Nuclear-Security Airmen Investigated for Drug Use The Air Force is investigating 14 members of a nuclear-weapons security force at F.E. Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne for alleged illegal drug activity, in some cases including cocaine use. >> AP/Casper Star-Tribune General Would Be First Woman to Head Combat Command The White House will nominate Air Force Gen. Lori J. Robinson to lead U.S. Northern Command. If confirmed by the Senate, Robinson would be the first woman to head a U.S. combatant command. >> New York Times
House Oversight Leader Launches Broad Investigation of Workforce With a flurry of letters to more than two dozen federal agencies, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has launched a broad investigation into the federal workforce. The letters from Rep. Jason Chaffetz request the names of employees who are allowed to do union-related work on government time, tell the Office of Personnel Management to answer 16 questions about employee compensation, and demand information about spending on performance awards. >> Washington Post Leaders Named for New Federal Background-Check Agency The Office of Personnel Management named two senior officials to lead efforts to establish the new National Background Investigations Bureau in the wake of breaches that compromised the identities of millions of federal employees and background-check applicants. >> FedScoop Missouri Governor Vetoes Union-Dues Legislation Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed legislation requiring Missouri public employees to annually reauthorize paying union dues through paycheck withholding, setting up a confrontation with Republicans. >> AP/Columbia Daily Tribune
Mysterious Power Surges Creating Chaos for Commuters Commuters should expect no relief today from the delays, crowded trains and service disruptions that plagued Bay Area Rapid Transit much of last week, transit authorities said, even as crews continued to investigate the mysterious power surges that knocked out 50 of BART's 579 cars last week, on top of 80 cars that were similarly disabled over a two-week period in February, >> San Francisco Chronicle $120 Billion Plan Would Expand Los Angeles Mass Transit New rail routes would connect the Los Angeles region's growing transit network to cities that have lacked passenger rail for a half-century under the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's ambitious $120 billion blueprint to expand mass transit. >> Los Angeles Times Report: California Has Funds to Begin Bullet Train California has enough money to build an initial operating segment of its bullet train but faces major uncertainties about funding for the entire 500-mile system and whether the initial system will be profitable, according to a new report by legislative researchers. >> Los Angeles Times Advocacy | The Nation Advocacy Group: More Scientists Facing Harassment by Ideological Foes The Union of Concerned Scientists, an advocacy group for thousands of scientists around the country, is campaigning to limit the scrutiny through public-records requests of scientists who work for public universities and government agencies. The scientists, the group says, are increasingly being harassed by ideological foes. >> Boston Globe Two Government Advocacy Groups to Merge After more than three decades in independent operation, the budget- and regulatory-focused Center for Effective Government will become part of the Project on Government Oversight, which conducts investigations and publishes studies on whistleblowers, contractor fraud, ethics and wasteful government programs. >> Government Executive >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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VIEWPOINT Higher Education | Jon A. Shields and Joshua M. Dunn Sr. Do We Need Affirmative Action for Conservatives in Academia? Even though we are conservative professors, we've argued publicly that conservative attacks on universities are too often overheated and counterproductive. Nonetheless, liberals shouldn't pretend that academia is untouched by political prejudices. Conservatives do face some bias and are wildly underrepresented in the social sciences--enough, perhaps, to warrant new affirmative efforts to increase political pluralism in academia. >> Los Angeles Times PLUS: Adrianna Kezar on the tenure track and a shared vision for faculty. >> Inside Higher Ed | More commentaries
“I always encourage the men to write, and promptly write for them.” Walt Whitman, the poet, journalist and essayist who was known for making rounds of soldiers' hospitals during and after the Civil War, dispensing snacks and money and sitting with wounded and dying solders and writing letters for them, an activity highlighted by the National Archives' recent discovery of a letter he wrote on behalf of a New Hampshire private dying of tuberculosis >> Washington Post | More quotes DATAPOINT $78 trillion Pension benefits that 20 countries across the developed world have promised their current and retired public workforces, according to researchers at Citigroup who say much of the amount is unfunded and that the pension obligations are "not on government balance sheets," leaving investors in government bonds at risk >> New York Times | More data UPCOMING EVENTS Brookings Institution Discussions: "Are We Ready for the Next Recession?" Today, 2-4 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Heritage Foundation Discussion: "Missile Defense: More Critical Than Ever" March 22, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Government Investment Officers Association Annual Conference March 23-25, Las Vegas National Lieutenant Governors Association Federal-State Relations Meeting March 23-26, Washington, D.C. American Enterprise Institute Discussion: "The Role of Business Leadership in Advancing Early Childhood Policy" March 23, 9-10:30 a.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Association of Government Accountants Webinar: "Internal Controls" March 23, 2 p.m. ET Partnership for Public Service Webinar: "The Best Path to Pathways: How to Implement Pathways Best Practices" March 23, 2 p.m. ET National Contract Management Association Conference: "100 Worst Mistakes in Government Contracting" March 24, Melbourne, Fla. >> Full events listings |
