http://www.govexec.comen-usTue, 07 May 2013 11:58:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-our-incredible-shrinking-government-raises-unemployment-and-hurts-recovery/63009/With normal post-recession government employment expansion, unemployment might be as low as 6.3 percent.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticTue, 07 May 2013 11:58:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-our-incredible-shrinking-government-raises-unemployment-and-hurts-recovery/63009/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-shameful-sequester-vote/62845/Wouldn't it be nice if Congress protected the poor as much as annoyed upper-middle-class flyers?Derek Thompson, The AtlanticMon, 29 Apr 2013 09:39:51 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-shameful-sequester-vote/62845/Oversighttrekandshoot/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/everybody-get-ready-smallest-us-investment-budget-recorded-history/62593/Infrastructure, education, research spending at all-time lows as share of GDP.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticWed, 17 Apr 2013 12:36:57 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/everybody-get-ready-smallest-us-investment-budget-recorded-history/62593/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/obama-budget-simplified/62369/Attempting to boil down the budget to just nine words.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticWed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/obama-budget-simplified/62369/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/sequester-real-talk-3-dumbest-things-about-truly-dumb-law/61645/Washington's addiction to manufactured crises is the result of one party's stubborn economic ignorance -- time for the press to call it out.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticMon, 04 Mar 2013 11:25:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/sequester-real-talk-3-dumbest-things-about-truly-dumb-law/61645/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/hire-my-friend-easy-logic-and-hidden-dangers-employee-referrals/60965/The downside of a very useful short-cut.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticTue, 29 Jan 2013 12:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/hire-my-friend-easy-logic-and-hidden-dangers-employee-referrals/60965/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Luna Vandoorne/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2013/01/perceptions-about-health-care-spending-are-wrong/60828/The conventional wisdom about government health care spending misses the mark.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticWed, 23 Jan 2013 16:07:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2013/01/perceptions-about-health-care-spending-are-wrong/60828/Management - Cutting Costshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/yes-money-does-buy-happiness/60651/6 Lessons from the Newest Research on Income and Well-BeingDerek Thompson, The AtlanticMon, 14 Jan 2013 14:07:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/yes-money-does-buy-happiness/60651/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Iko/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2012/12/sneaky-idea-could-end-fiscal-cliff-showdown/60128/What if I told you we could raise taxes, cut entitlement spending, and break the cliff stalemate for good, by changing one obscure policy? Ladies and gentlemen: Meet chained CPI.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticWed, 12 Dec 2012 16:39:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2012/12/sneaky-idea-could-end-fiscal-cliff-showdown/60128/Management - Cutting Costshttp://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2012/12/best-way-deal-debt-ceiling-kill-it/59914/The best solution would be to abolish the debt ceiling forever.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticMon, 03 Dec 2012 13:25:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2012/12/best-way-deal-debt-ceiling-kill-it/59914/Management - Cutting Costshttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/analysis-geithner-proposes-second-best-debt-ceiling-solution/59860/The best idea would be to abolish it forever.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticFri, 30 Nov 2012 11:23:04 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/analysis-geithner-proposes-second-best-debt-ceiling-solution/59860/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/fiscal-cliff-explainer-what-it-where-its-who-will-pay-and-why-it-matters/59407/Understanding the biggest story in Washington today.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticFri, 09 Nov 2012 13:57:11 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/fiscal-cliff-explainer-what-it-where-its-who-will-pay-and-why-it-matters/59407/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/10/how-your-job-and-your-pay-predicts-your-vote/58956/Public administration field leans Republican, largely due to military and national security workers.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticTue, 23 Oct 2012 11:48:21 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/10/how-your-job-and-your-pay-predicts-your-vote/58956/OversightShutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/case-vacation-why-science-says-breaks-are-good-productivity/57231/The first week of August is one of the most popular times for people to take off work. But it might just make us better at our job.Derek Thompson, The AtlanticMon, 06 Aug 2012 11:34:14 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/case-vacation-why-science-says-breaks-are-good-productivity/57231/ManagementPhotoXpress