Bipartisan Policy Center

Repeal or reform? House lawmakers weigh responses to WEP, GPO

Many lawmakers are pushing for a full repeal of WEP and GPO, but others are instead looking to reform the benefit calculations for affected federal annuitants.

Congress

FILE - A child rinses a toothbrush at a shelter in San Francisco, Calif., June 18, 2019. Tap water is subject to a rash of government standards but people in many communities across the U.S. remain exposed to unhealthy drinking water. A Supreme Court decision on EPA regulation of carbon emissions from power plants this past week could make it harder to expand federal regulation in other areas. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Water water everywhere: EPA using Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funds to make it safer to drink

Workforce

Breaking Down the Biden Budget

FEDtalk

Renewed calls for increasing AI research and development funds

Artificial Intelligence

Federal CIO Kent: AI creating more jobs than it’s taking over

Automation

Bipartisan Policy Center

Could it be time to rethink how federal agencies conduct oversight functions?

Federal Drive

AP/Cliff Owen

OMB to release initial guidance on evidenced-based policy law later this spring

Big Data

Federal electronic health records unable to reach full potential

Federal Drive

The Capitol is seen as the partial government shutdown lurches into a third week with President Donald Trump standing firm in his border wall funding demands, in Washington, Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. After no weekend breakthrough to end a prolonged shutdown, newly empowered House Democrats are planning to step up pressure on Trump and Republican lawmakers to reopen the government. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House hints at Federal Data Strategy, OPEN Govt Data Act, in open-government strategy

The Trump administration released its first — but the U.S. government’s fourth — National Action Plan for Open Government Thursday night, more than…

Technology

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Open-data law walks fine line keeping info ‘as open as possible’

The OPEN Government Data Act requires agencies to appoint a chief data officer to help them develop a comprehensive data inventory the public can access.

Big Data