TSP's G Fund Helps Delay Debt Ceiling
Sequester Hits Disaster Relief
Feds Respond to Oklahoma Tornadoes
Making Government 'Simpler'
OK Senator Wants Aid Offset by Budget Cuts
Boldly Go Where No Fed's Gone Before
AUTHOR ARCHIVES
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.
How Bill Bradley would govern
January 5, 2000 tshoop@govexec.com Would Bill Bradley be the next Jimmy Carter? Several of Bradley's former colleagues in Congress, along with journalists and Bradley's former chief of staff, debated that question at a forum in Washington on Tuesday. Panelists at the forum described Bradley as a bright, detail-oriented, highly effective policy strategist. But ...
Freedom to Speak
December 1, 1999 tshoop@govexec.com his fall brought a cautionary tale about the relationship between government, its employees, the media and the First Amendment-involving the very magazine you're reading. The story starts in April 1996, when Government Executive published an article called "The Great Divide" about race relations in government and efforts to increase ...
The Pentagon vs. the Press
November 1, 1999 hen it comes to media relations, no federal organization has a bigger challenge than the Pentagon. Even in peacetime, the Defense Department is a huge, secretive, enormously complicated organization. And when America goes to war, the military's decisions about how much and what type of information to release to reporters ...
Summertime Blues
October 1, 1999 f it's October, life in Washington must be returning to normal: endless budget bickering, political gamesmanship, attacks on the bureaucracy and the drone of the seemingly nonstop presidential campaign. All of these are indications that the city has recovered from its annual summer break. Late summer in oppressively hot and ...
Getting the Word Out
September 1, 1999 verybody knows the federal government doesn't get much in the way of positive press coverage. But is the situation entirely the fault of the news media? Mike McCurry, former White House press secretary, doesn't think so. In a recent issue of The Washington Monthly, McCurry argues that "government often falls ...
Fighting Back on the Web
August 1, 1999 tshoop@govexec.com hen it comes to dealing with unfavorable press coverage, most federal agencies have followed the adage: "Never get into an argument with someone who buys ink by the barrel." Traditionally, agencies' options for responding to stories they believed were unfair or inaccurate were limited: Write a letter to the ...
That's Entertainment
July 1, 1999 hen millions of Americans lined up at theaters this summer to see the long-awaited debut of "Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace," they got what they came for: a swashbuckling sci-fi adventure with stunning visual effects and a dash of mystical philosophy. But they also got something they probably ...
Washington Uncovered
June 1, 1999 s anyone paying attention to the federal bureaucracy? In a recent cover story in American Journalism Review, two veteran journalists argue that major newspapers aren't, to the detriment of readers of across the country. John Herbers, former deputy Washington bureau chief for The New York Times, and James McCartney, a ...
On TV, 'civil servant' means 'bumbling loser'
May 5, 1999 tshoop@govexec.com If you think the image of government employees on television shows just keeps getting worse, you're right, according to a new study. After analyzing more than 1,200 episodes of prime-time series from the 1950s to the 1990s, researchers at the Center for Media and Public Affairs found that every ...
It's a Scandal
May 1, 1999 s the seemingly endless Monica Lewinsky scandal faded away early this year, two groups breathed sighs of relief: White House officials and Washington reporters. Clinton administration leaders had obvious reasons to celebrate the end of the scandal. But reporters were no less thrilled to see the whole sordid affair sputter ...
