http://www.govexec.comen-usFri, 17 May 2013 12:27:02 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/05/analysis-you-know-what-really-risks-national-security-leak-investigations/63241/What's the concern, plugging leaks or managing spin?Ron Fournier, National JournalFri, 17 May 2013 12:27:02 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/05/analysis-you-know-what-really-risks-national-security-leak-investigations/63241/Oversighthttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-benghazi-irs-storms-threaten-obamas-credibility/63121/What does it mean when a president's people can't get their stories straight?Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 13 May 2013 09:10:32 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-benghazi-irs-storms-threaten-obamas-credibility/63121/ManagementCarolyn Kaster/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-obamas-amazing-speech-and-why-you-probably-missed-it/62857/Lost amid the laughter, Obama's closing remarks at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner indict failed elites.Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 29 Apr 2013 12:25:59 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-obamas-amazing-speech-and-why-you-probably-missed-it/62857/OversightCarolyn Kaster/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-no-politics-doesnt-mean-no-accountability/62780/Congress, White House must investigate and learn from terrorist strike.Ron Fournier, National JournalThu, 25 Apr 2013 10:29:09 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-no-politics-doesnt-mean-no-accountability/62780/OversightKenshin Okubo/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-george-w-bush-good-man/62712/In the rush to mythologize and demonize our presidents, we forget they’re human.Ron Fournier, National JournalTue, 23 Apr 2013 10:25:25 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-george-w-bush-good-man/62712/ManagementTony Gutierrez/APhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/analysis-end-government-we-know-it/62683/The inevitable results of 'radical connectivity.'Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 22 Apr 2013 09:28:29 -0400http://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/04/analysis-end-government-we-know-it/62683/TechnologyTim Mainiero/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-why-boston-bombings-might-be-scarier-911/62551/Killing Americans at play is different from attacks on economic, military targets.Ron Fournier, National JournalTue, 16 Apr 2013 10:30:05 -0400http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/04/analysis-why-boston-bombings-might-be-scarier-911/62551/OversightBoston police officers keep a perimeter secure in Boston's Copley Square Tuesday morning.Elise Amendola/APhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-obama-raising-pressure-budget-deal/62310/President's fiscal 2014 budget will test whether the GOP's antitax rhetoric is bluster or a deal-killing fact.Ron Fournier, National JournalFri, 05 Apr 2013 09:46:19 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/04/analysis-obama-raising-pressure-budget-deal/62310/ManagementOrhan Cam/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/why-papal-and-presidential-elections-can-be-hellishly-depressing/61794/From the Vatican to Washington, what can we do about the failure of powerful institutions?Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 11 Mar 2013 13:17:40 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/why-papal-and-presidential-elections-can-be-hellishly-depressing/61794/Management - Promising PracticesThe Sistine Chapel is prepared for the Papal Conclave, set to begin this week.Alessandra Tarantino/APhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/how-washington-looks-sun-tzu-leadership/61763/Heeding The Art of War, Obama and GOP finally break bread to bend wills.Ron Fournier, National JournalFri, 08 Mar 2013 10:25:40 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/how-washington-looks-sun-tzu-leadership/61763/Management - Promising PracticesWhite Househttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/adult-leadership-required-clean-mess-washington/61683/“Muddy steps” analogy reveals why voters want Obama and Boehner to stop acting like kids.Ron Fournier, National JournalTue, 05 Mar 2013 15:01:01 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/adult-leadership-required-clean-mess-washington/61683/Management - Promising PracticesObama and Boehner met in 2011 to discuss the debt in the White House's Cabinet Room.Carolyn Kaster/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/washington-3-words-dumb-arbitrary-and-inexcusable/61628/U.S. leaders fail to lead on sequestration, but finger-pointing thrives.Ron Fournier, National JournalFri, 01 Mar 2013 15:48:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/03/washington-3-words-dumb-arbitrary-and-inexcusable/61628/Management - Promising PracticesCarolyn Kaster/AP http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/02/obama-shift-focus-back-jobs-economy-state-union-address/61208/Administration plans to fight the perception that the president has lost his focus on the economy.Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 11 Feb 2013 08:29:16 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/02/obama-shift-focus-back-jobs-economy-state-union-address/61208/OversightPresident Barack Obama gestures while giving his State of the Union address in 2012.J. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/02/analysis-john-brennan-offers-few-details-targeted-killings/61177/CIA nominee pledges to "optimize" both transparency and secrecy.Ron Fournier, National JournalThu, 07 Feb 2013 17:55:17 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/02/analysis-john-brennan-offers-few-details-targeted-killings/61177/DefenseJ. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/02/analysis-secret-memos-expose-obamas-double-standard-targeted-killings/61093/Leaked terror memo raises questions about the slippery slope of president's drone strike policy.Ron Fournier, National JournalTue, 05 Feb 2013 10:43:26 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/02/analysis-secret-memos-expose-obamas-double-standard-targeted-killings/61093/DefenseJ. Scott Applewhite/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/02/analysis-what-i-learned-covering-hillary-clinton/61047/She's a magnet for controversy -- and a savvy survivor.Ron Fournier, National JournalFri, 01 Feb 2013 14:11:37 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/02/analysis-what-i-learned-covering-hillary-clinton/61047/OversightPablo Martinez Monsivais/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/01/if-you-want-friend-washington-dont-call-john-mccain/61019/During confirmation hearings Thursday, the Arizona senator tore into his his "old friend" Chuck Hagel in a ritual display of D.C. hypocrisy.Ron Fournier, National JournalThu, 31 Jan 2013 16:27:53 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/01/if-you-want-friend-washington-dont-call-john-mccain/61019/OversightSen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, asks a question of former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel.Susan Walsh/APhttp://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/01/chastened-his-times-obama-seeks-unite-nation-inaugural-address/60778/'We cannot mistake absolutism for principle,' Obama tells both allies and rivals.Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 21 Jan 2013 12:48:38 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2013/01/chastened-his-times-obama-seeks-unite-nation-inaugural-address/60778/OversightPablo Martinez Monsivais/APhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/congress-compromise-4-letter-word/60745/One round of drinks, nine members of the House, and a sobering question: What if we can’t fix Congress?Ron Fournier, National JournalThu, 17 Jan 2013 15:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/congress-compromise-4-letter-word/60745/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/no-labels-adds-washington-muscle-reform-washington/60644/Centrist and squishy no more? Grassroots advocacy group shifts focus in bid to fix political system.Ron Fournier, National JournalMon, 14 Jan 2013 11:22:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/no-labels-adds-washington-muscle-reform-washington/60644/Management - Promising PracticesRepublican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman finishes speaking during a campaign stop Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in North Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/analysis-obama-and-perils-being-aloof/60534/Willingness to schmooze can make the difference between a good and great presidency.Ron Fournier, National JournalTue, 08 Jan 2013 11:43:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/analysis-obama-and-perils-being-aloof/60534/Management - Promising PracticesAfter returning early from his Christmas vacation, the President with the Vice President meets in the Oval Office with the leadership of Congress to discuss the fiscal cliff, Dec. 28, 2012.(Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/12/does-it-matter-if-hillarys-thinking-2016/60151/Speculation continues about whether she will make a bid for the White House.Ron Fournier, National JournalThu, 13 Dec 2012 17:07:41 -0500http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2012/12/does-it-matter-if-hillarys-thinking-2016/60151/OversightKevin Lamarque/APhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/crisis-be-eliot-spitzer-not-anthony-weiner/60127/Lessons from recent history about the wrong way, and the right way, to handle a crisis.Ron Fournier, National JournalWed, 12 Dec 2012 16:29:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/crisis-be-eliot-spitzer-not-anthony-weiner/60127/Management - Promising PracticesEliot Spitzer, who resigned as New York governor amid a prostitution scandal.Image via stocklight/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/tips-surviving-reply-all-and-other-crises-bill-clintons-masters-disaster/60120/A how-to brought to you by the guys who defended Bill Clinton on impeachment.Ron Fournier, National JournalWed, 12 Dec 2012 14:43:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/tips-surviving-reply-all-and-other-crises-bill-clintons-masters-disaster/60120/Management - Promising PracticesPresident Barack Obama talks with former President Bill Clinton backstage at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York, N.Y., June 4, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/12/must-see-movie-about-public-service-not-named-lincoln/59982/'Burn' is an adrenalin-fueled documentary about Detroit firefighters.Ron Fournier, National JournalWed, 05 Dec 2012 17:31:57 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2012/12/must-see-movie-about-public-service-not-named-lincoln/59982/Defense