Management

Is It Really So Bad to Have a Business Mogul as President?

Donald Trump has never held public office, but executive and global leadership are wholly interlinked so business offers some important lessons for the president-elect.

Management

What President Trump Means For the Future of Energy and Climate

President-elect Trump's objective on energy and climate is clear: Undo Obama's legacy of environmental regulations and massively expand fossil fuel production

Management

What Mid-Size Cities Can Teach Feds About Performance

Successful data efforts require focus, buy-in and capacity.

Management

How Trump Could Carry Out Mass Deportations

Former agency heads say changing Obama immigration policies will be only one small step in delivering on pledge.

Management

IRS Employees Told to Better Handle E-Mail With Sensitive Information

Watchdog says use of unencrypted messages puts taxpayer information at risk. 

Nextgov

OPM Gets Poor Cyber Grade 18 Months After Breach

High staff turnover puts agency security at risk, according to the annual information security management audit.

Management

Small Business Group Renews Suit Challenging SBA’s Goal Claims

At issue is the methodology for defining a small business in agency contracting.

Pay & Benefits

Vets Affected By Calif. National Guard Bonus Debacle Would Not Owe Government Under House Bill

Republican lawmakers also want Defense to repay with interest anyone who already paid their debt, which resulted from overpayments by military recruiters.

Management

Pressure Builds on Trump to Divest or Put Holdings in Blind Trust

Both the right and the left warn of constant ethical conflicts, public furor.

Nextgov

How Procurement Could Secure Internet of Things

Money talks when it comes to connected devices.

Oversight

Trump Offers CIA Director Position to Kansas Representative Mike Pompeo

Pompeo is a lead Benghazi critic.

Oversight

Trump Selects Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General

Sessions serves on the Judiciary Committee and has opposed immigration reform.

Defense

Universities Worry That They Have No Way to Protect Their Students From Federal Immigration Agents

Trump has vowed to repeal the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which grants an exemption from deportation to children who arrived in the US before they turned 16 or before January 2010. .

Oversight

How Far Behind is Donald Trump's Presidential Transition Compared to Obama's?

Trump's team is several days behind the Obama effort in terms of getting staffers in position to assess how they will make policy and who they will need to do it.

Oversight

Play of the Day: Donald Trump Should Probably Contact the Pentagon

As the transition continues, the Defense Department has not heard from the president-elect.

Route Fifty

Learning From Resilient Design Projects in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy

A new report spearheaded by the Georgetown Climate Center explores the funding, legal and land-use barriers to local resilience efforts and why they're to be expected at such an experimental stage.

Management

Trump’s Unusual Transition Keeps Good-Government Groups Guessing

Shifting personnel and secrecy complicate efforts by longtime experts to provide guidance.

Management

Memo to Next Administration: Rely on and Respect the Government’s Senior Executives

New handbook from senior executives group aims to help new political appointees cultivate a successful relationship with career leaders.

Nextgov

Army Secretary: We Need to Open Ourselves to All Innovation

When innovation serves the Army's mission, it should be embraced no matter where it comes from, Eric Fanning said.

Management

Don't Let Your Message Morph Into Propaganda

Agencies need to re-examine how they communicate with the public, especially when the facts conflict with the image officials want to project.