The Vast Majority of IRS Employees Aren't Corrupt
GSA Mishandled Executive Bonuses
EIG 2013 as Told by Your Tweets
Infographic: Nominee Limbo
Will You Be Furloughed?
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
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Tom Shoop
Vice President and Editor in Chief
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
The Cabinet Secretary Who Doesn't Use Email. Ever.
September 28, 2012 At today's Cybersecurity Summit, co-hosted by Government Executive and National Journal, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discussed the need to protect critical public and private sector information networks. Asked by moderator and GovExec columnist Shane Harris about the practices she uses in keeping her own information secure online -- such ...
Napolitano: Cyber exec order under review
September 28, 2012
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An interagency review of an executive order implementing new cybersecurity policies affecting both federal agencies and critical infrastructure in the private sector is under way, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Friday. But she said she could not provide a timetable as to when the order would be issued. Napolitano ...
The Next BRAC: When Hell Freezes Over
September 27, 2012 The Pentagon is facing nearly $500 billion in budget cuts over the next decade -- and that's assuming Congress gets its act together at some point and averts even deeper cuts that would automatically go into effect under a budget sequester. Defense Department officials from Secretary Leon Panetta on down ...
Defense budget chief: Sequester would have serious impact on civilians
September 25, 2012 Civilian personnel in the Defense Department will be "seriously affected" if a budget sequester takes effect next year, the Pentagon's top budget official said Tuesday. There will be a "high probability" of both a hiring freeze and furloughs of current employees should Congress allow the sequestration process to go forward, ...
Job Security in Government
September 24, 2012 A recent post on the Wall Street Journal's Real Time Economics blog highlights an interesting number: 7.8. That's the median number of years government employees at all levels have stayed with their employer, according to Labor Department data. The comparable figure on the private-sector side is 4.2 years. There's nothing ...
Obama: Somewhere, a Fed is Doing Something Dumb
September 20, 2012 Let's face it, the federal government is a big entity, with billions upon billions of dollars in spending, thousands of installations and offices, and millions of employees. It's not just an entity, or series of entities -- it's a sector of the economy unto itself. So when President Obama said ...
OPM's Berry: I'm No Hairdresser
September 19, 2012 In a revealing profile in the Washington Post, Lisa Rein not only details Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry's aw-shucks demeanor -- he "looks and acts like Richie Cunningham," she writes -- but describes his unique position in the Obama administration. Berry notes that he plays two roles: head ...
Romney outlines $500 billion in annual pay, workforce, program cuts
September 17, 2012 In an address in Los Angeles Monday, GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney said reducing the federal workforce, bringing federal pay into line with private sector compensation, reorganizing government and improving its efficiency would result in savings of $500 billion a year within four years after he took office. "I will ...
Obama hails public servants killed in Libya
September 14, 2012 President Obama on Friday traveled to Joint base Andrews, Md. to honor the four Americans killed in an attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya this week, lauding their ethic of public service and devotion to country. In his remarks, Obama said those who gave their lives “didn’t simply ...
What Serving America Is All About
September 14, 2012 I enjoyed another awe-inspiring night at the Service to America Medals awards gala last night. As always, the Partnership for Public Service did a great job of identifying worthy federal winners of the awards, and their accomplishments are stunning. Federal Employee of the Year Dr. Lynne Mofenson of the National ...
