Brookings Institution

This analyst says the Pentagon is so future-focused it’s forgetting the here-and-now

The U.S. military establishment is so focused on future technology that it risks national security right now. That’s the thesis of my next guest. She argues…

Defense

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How could improving customer experience boost trust in government?

Management

FILE - This Jan. 28, 2021, file photo shows a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak is seen in San Antonio. President Joe Biden has proposed more than $3 trillion worth of revenue increases, primarily through higher taxes for corporations and the country's richest households as well as greater IRS enforcement that would target the wealthy. But key lawmakers voiced doubts this week about the size and possible impacts on the economy as congressional committees weighed the measures and a wide array of business groups sifted through the details to highlight what they oppose. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

One economist says the IRS really does need more enforcement horsepower

Congress

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Does affective computing have a place in federal law enforcement?

Artificial Intelligence

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Despite outward appearances, Congressional staff doing more work than meets the eye

Congress

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016, file photo illustration, a person types on a laptop in Florida. Riviera Beach, Fla., agreed to pay $600,000 in ransom to hackers who took over its computer system, the latest in thousands of attacks worldwide aimed at extorting money from governments and businesses. Spokeswoman Rose Anne Brown said Wednesday, June 19, 2019, that the city of 35,000 residents has been working with outside security consultants, who recommended the ransom be paid. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

How the National Security Council could better deal with technology-based threats

Technology

Securing the inauguration from a continuity of government standpoint

People

Boxes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

The case for a COVID-19 commission

Management

Balancing the federal workforce

Hiring/Retention

Congressional task force doubles down on DoD AI needs

Defense

How do you give stimulus payments to people with no bank account?

Technology

President Donald Trump wears a mask as he walks down the hallway during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Saturday, July 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What would happen if President Trump contracted the coronavirus?

When UK’s leader was temporarily incapacitated by COVID-19, the government was faced with uncertainty. What if the US ended up in the same situation?

Management

DoD’s $7B household goods contract takes an even stranger turn

TRANSCOM says the apparent need for corrective action was triggered by an honest mistake in the government’s System for Award Management. But the command’s…

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Relocating agencies to struggling cities not entirely without merit, researcher says

Federal Drive

Alan Berube is a senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.