http://www.govexec.comen-usTue, 21 May 2013 09:45:33 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-after-oklahoma-tornado-obama-needs-make-fema-work/63353/Disaster relief is important to any presidency.Matthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 21 May 2013 09:45:33 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-after-oklahoma-tornado-obama-needs-make-fema-work/63353/ManagementA flag blows in rubble in Oklahoma Tuesday.Brennan Linsley/AP http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-obama-finds-his-voice-and-nations-boston-we-will-run-again/62644/Standing ovations greet the president at interfaith service.Matthew Cooper, National JournalThu, 18 Apr 2013 17:14:47 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-obama-finds-his-voice-and-nations-boston-we-will-run-again/62644/ManagementPresident Barack Obama speaks at the "Healing Our City: An Interfaith Service" at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston.Susan Walsh/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/dont-jump-conclusions-about-boston-marathon-explosions/62516/These days, falsity travels with greater speed than fact.Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 15 Apr 2013 15:56:53 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/dont-jump-conclusions-about-boston-marathon-explosions/62516/OversightA police officer clears Boylston Street after the explosions Monday.Charles Krupa/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-margaret-thatcher-was-tougher-reagan/62335/Late U.K. prime minister told George H.W. Bush not to 'go wobbly' on Iraq.Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 08 Apr 2013 10:19:48 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-margaret-thatcher-was-tougher-reagan/62335/ManagementJ. Scott Applewhite/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/03/why-washington-city-snow-wusses/61708/Neither Southern nor Northern, we freak out every time the flakes fall.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 06 Mar 2013 11:28:03 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/03/why-washington-city-snow-wusses/61708/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/6-species-secretaries-will-define-obamas-term/61686/The president has picked most of his cabinet. Here's how they all fit into his second term.Matthew CooperTue, 05 Mar 2013 16:56:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/6-species-secretaries-will-define-obamas-term/61686/Management - Promising PracticesObama spoke to the news media before a meeting of his Cabinet Monday.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/02/analysis-good-side-sequestration/61413/The cuts are painful but will at least teach a lesson in what government does and why we shouldn't demonize it.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 20 Feb 2013 15:51:23 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/02/analysis-good-side-sequestration/61413/Managementhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/9-biggest-cliches-state-union-addresses/61256/As Obama heads to the teleprompter, White House speechwriters spot the tired phrases he should avoid.Matthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 12 Feb 2013 16:21:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/9-biggest-cliches-state-union-addresses/61256/Management - Promising PracticesWords, words, words. President Obama reviews a 2009 speech on education.(White House)http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/ex-benedict-why-popes-matter-presidents/61221/From JFK to Reagan, they have affected U.S. administrations. Will Benedict XVI's successor complicate life for Obama?Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 11 Feb 2013 14:13:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/ex-benedict-why-popes-matter-presidents/61221/Management - Promising PracticesU.S. President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with Pope John Paul II on the podium at Miami International Airport, Fla., on Sept. 10, 1987. Bob Daugherty/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/02/analysis-spending-cuts-stink-theyre-overhyped/61153/Agencies have an incentive to make sequestration seem more dire than it is.Matthew Cooper, National JournalThu, 07 Feb 2013 10:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/02/analysis-spending-cuts-stink-theyre-overhyped/61153/Managementhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/right-and-wrong-ways-change-your-politics/60968/A look at the politics of conversion.Matthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 29 Jan 2013 16:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/right-and-wrong-ways-change-your-politics/60968/Management - Promising PracticesConvert. Max Kampelman went from pacifist to hawk and offered a lesson for us all. The CTBTO Photostream/Creative Commons http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/analysis-why-benghazi-hasnt-brought-down-hillary-clinton-and-wont/60812/After years of taking hits, she has become bulletproof.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 23 Jan 2013 09:16:53 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/analysis-why-benghazi-hasnt-brought-down-hillary-clinton-and-wont/60812/ManagementSecretary of State Hillary Clinton gets ready to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill.J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/analysis-how-chuck-schumer-saved-chuck-hagel/60676/Key Senator gives Defense secretary nominee the nod.Matthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 15 Jan 2013 11:50:39 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/analysis-how-chuck-schumer-saved-chuck-hagel/60676/DefenseSen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/zero-dark-thirty-about-more-torture/60573/It's about the brilliant, crazy-making figures like Jessica Chastain's character who drive Washington.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 09 Jan 2013 16:30:42 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/zero-dark-thirty-about-more-torture/60573/DefenseThis film image released by Columbia Pictures shows Mark Strong in a scene from "Zero Dark Thirty".Jonathan Olley, Columbia Pictures/APhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/6-habits-highly-effective-chiefs-staff/60553/Rahm Emanuel, Dick Cheney and what it takes to do Washington's second-most-powerful job.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 09 Jan 2013 07:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/6-habits-highly-effective-chiefs-staff/60553/Management - Promising PracticesNam Y. Huh/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/what-history-says-about-chuck-hagels-senate-chances/60516/In 1989, George H.W. Bush's Defense secretary nominee went down.Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 07 Jan 2013 15:51:27 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/what-history-says-about-chuck-hagels-senate-chances/60516/Managementhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/analysis-what-mark-kirk-can-teach-hypocrite-congress/60458/As Sen. Kirk returns to Congress, we're reminded that there’s nothing wrong with letting personal experience shape one’s political views.Matthew Cooper, National JournalThu, 03 Jan 2013 15:09:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/analysis-what-mark-kirk-can-teach-hypocrite-congress/60458/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/12/defense-secretary-possibility-made-his-name-opposing-global-warming-accord/60294/Forget about his Israel comments. Chuck Hagel's record on the environment is the real problem.Matthew CooperThu, 20 Dec 2012 12:12:02 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/12/defense-secretary-possibility-made-his-name-opposing-global-warming-accord/60294/DefenseLauren Victoria Burke/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/12/poll-shows-ambivalence-fiscal-cliff-support-rice/59930/Public is OK with raising taxes on the wealthy and against entitlement reform, survey findsMatthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 04 Dec 2012 08:23:21 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/12/poll-shows-ambivalence-fiscal-cliff-support-rice/59930/OversightSusan Rice, U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Chris Usher, CBS News/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/new-congress-nine-things-know/59330/Congress is still the same bundle of dysfunction and dyspepsia that it was on Tuesday.Matthew Cooper, National JournalTue, 06 Nov 2012 23:51:09 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/11/new-congress-nine-things-know/59330/OversightAP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/10/postal-service-defaults-payment-treasury/58468/Congress has punted on the question of a solution until after the election.Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 01 Oct 2012 09:36:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/10/postal-service-defaults-payment-treasury/58468/Managementhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/09/meteorologists-ask-lawmakers-weather-commission/58460/Proposed center would advise policymakers on setting priorities.Matthew Cooper, National JournalFri, 28 Sep 2012 16:49:57 -0400http://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/09/meteorologists-ask-lawmakers-weather-commission/58460/TechnologyNOAAhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/analysis-why-republicans-need-get-fema-right/57721/Americans have come to see the federal government as essential to disaster relief.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 29 Aug 2012 09:31:17 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/analysis-why-republicans-need-get-fema-right/57721/ManagementDavid J. Phillip/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/ryan-really-fiscal-hawk/57422/He's voted to cut, but also to spend lavishly.Matthew Cooper, National JournalWed, 15 Aug 2012 09:16:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/ryan-really-fiscal-hawk/57422/ManagementRep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., released "Path to Prosperity" budget recommendations in 2011.J. Scott Applewhite/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/how-biden-and-ryan-stack/57368/The Oct. 11 debate in Kentucky will be key.Matthew Cooper, National JournalMon, 13 Aug 2012 11:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/08/how-biden-and-ryan-stack/57368/ManagementJay LaPrete/AP