The White House is scrapping an idea to split the leadership of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command between two different people. The administration has until this spring to find a replacement for General Keith Alexander who is the outgoing leader of the two agencies. Retired Maj. Gen. Dale Meyerrose, U.S. Air Force, is president of MeyerRose Group and former Chief Information Officer at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

A leadership vacuum at the Homeland Security Department could be draining morale across the entire agency. About 40 percent of all political appointee positions are empty or held by an acting official. David Maurer told the House Homeland Security Committee what GAO has found, and some possible fixes for DHS’ morale problems.

The Senate will vote this week on the budget deal Congressional negotiators finished last week. The House passed it by a huge majority. David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call, says the budget deal isn’t a budget, and there’s a lot more work to be done.

The Senate will vote this week on the new budget proposal that passed the House by a huge margin. That agreement doesn’t touch your pay and benefits, but some federal employees still don’t like it. Federal News Radio’s Senior Correspondent Mike Causey uses a very unusual test in his column to gauge the reception from feds on the budget deal.