Management
Poll: Federal Employees Prefer Trump to Clinton for Handling Terrorism
But feds prefer Clinton for governmentwide management.
Management
How to Hire for Motivation
Interviewers assume a prepared, affable, assertive and extroverted person is highly motivated, and those who aren’t, aren’t. They’re wrong.
Management
Obama, Caught Between Black and Blue Lives
In writing a letter to the law-enforcement community, the president showed the tensions in his position on police violence and protests.
Management
To Be a Better Negotiator, Talk to Your Colleagues Like You Talk to Your Kids
The next time you’re in a difficult negotiation, imagine you're talking to a child.
Management
The Republican Party Nominates Trump
The party’s establishment mounted the stage in Cleveland to line up behind their new leader.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Melania Trump's Unoriginal Speech
The prospective First Lady took some lines from the current one.
Nextgov
House Committee Chair Opens Inquiry Into Foreigners’ Access to OPM Data
Some OPM contractors may have handed "foreign governments direct access to data long before the recent reported breaches," according to Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas.
Defense
That Wasn't An Earthquake
The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.7-magnitude “earthquake” in Florida over the weekend, but what was it really?
Management
Meanwhile, in Outer Space
NASA releases more than 1,300 unprocessed images of Juno’s Jupiter approach.
Management
Transition Experts Bow to Congress’s Demand for Easier Discipline of Senior Execs
The next administration should take steps to avoid the kind of “catastrophic traps” into which previous administrations have fallen.
Nextgov
A New CISO for NASA
Jeanette Hanna-Ruiz will begin effective Aug. 8 after being selected by NASA CIO Renee Wynn.
Management
Most Americans Are Worried About Affordable Housing But Neither Party Is Really Talking About It
A new poll finds that 71 percent of respondents think the presidential candidates should focus on the issue.
Pay & Benefits
GOP Platform: Cut Feds’ Pay and Benefits While Making It Easier to Fire Them
Democratic platform largely silent on federal employee issues.
Nextgov
Is Pentagon’s Push to a Joint Information Environment in Trouble?
An audit suggests the modernization effort lacks a management plan.
Oversight
Special Counsel Finds Hatch Act Violations by HUD Chief, Others
Julian Castro admits error in political comments in Yahoo interview.
Defense
America’s Network of Secret Bomb Detectors
Can a mysterious device help the government protect Northern Virginia from nukes?
Management
A Majority of Federal Employees Think the Justice Department Gave Clinton Special Treatment in Email Probe
Fifty-five percent polled say Clinton’s email practices were “unacceptable” for a presidential candidate.
Management
Poll: 45 Percent of Federal Employees Say Donald Trump Is a Bigot
More than 55 percent said his controversial comments are unacceptable for a presidential candidate.
Oversight
Melania Trump's Secret Speechwriter: Michelle Obama?
The wife of the Republican nominee apparently borrowed passages from the first lady's speech at the 2008 Denver Democratic National Convention.
Management