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In this photo provided by the New York Unified Court System, a virtual arraignment is conducted at Criminal Court in New York, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. New York City's criminal court has started conducting all arraignments by video conferencing to limit traffic in courthouses during the coronavirus outbreak. (New York Unified Court System via AP)

Video conference calls might be limiting your creativity

A detailed academic study shows that the video meeting format limits creativity, relative to how many ideas people come up with when they meet in person.

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Sloppy expense-accounts leave former government scientist owing thousands of dollars

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In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Stout handle mooring lines during the ship's return to home port at Naval Station Norfolk, in Norfolk, Va., in this Oct. 12, 2020, photo. The USS Stout showed rust as it returned from the 210-day deployment. The rust was quickly removed and the ship repainted. But the rusty ship and its weary crew underscored the costly toll of deferred maintenance on ships and long deployments on sailors. (Spc. Jason Pastrick/U.S. Navy via AP)

Navy transitioning more than 200K users to new online collaboration platform next week

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Committee to reform House is off to a running start in the 117th Congress

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FOIA officials confront pandemic challenges in meeting records requests

The rush to mandatory telework in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic laid bare the state of agencies’ investment — or lack thereof — in…

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NSF had secure telework down to a science years ago

The 1,600 employees of the National Science Foundation started working from home in March – a familiar story to so many across the country. But NSF might…

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Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., left, speaks with Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2020. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP)

Will the coronavirus be the push Congress needs to modernize long-standing inefficiencies?

Proxy voting with or without quorum, video hearings, limiting member travel and maintaining social distancing at the Capitol have required lawmakers to reconsider the long-term viability of some well-established practices.

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