Management
5 Ways to Make Your Management Consultants More Effective
When you seek outside advice, the worst thing you can do is not listen.
News
VA Employees Get Some Recognition at the Oscars
Film on the department’s suicide prevention hotline wins Best Documentary Short.
Nextgov
Multiple Companies Protest $1.6 Billion Pentagon Contract
The bid protestors contend the contract re-up is an improper sole-source request for cloud services that would give VMware an unfair advantage competing for DOD’s growing cloud demand.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to Campaign For the Bench
Last Week Tonight takes a look at American judicial elections.
Management
Love Coffee? You Should Probably Be Drinking Even More
Self-proclaimed caffeine addicts will be glad to hear the results of this new study.
Oversight
Congress Returns With No Plan to Avoid Shutdown
Both chambers likely will spend the week refusing to budge on DHS funding.
Management
Beware of the Unpaid TSA Agent
The Obama administration's latest DHS shutdown warning focuses on the federal workers who won't get their paychecks.
Oversight
What Does It Mean for Obama to Love or Hate America?
Rudy Giuliani is only the latest conservative to claim that the president isn't fond of his country, despite all evidence to the contrary.
Nextgov
Hackers Threaten Military Families, Penetrate Gas Pump and Expose Porn Site Visitors to Viruses
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Route Fifty
For Public Employees, Your First Amendment Rights as an American Are 'Curtailed’
Seattle puts its police officers on notice when it comes to their personal social media conduct.
Nextgov
EXCLUSIVE: State Department Trashed 30,000 Log-in Key Fobs After Hack
The decision to replace tens of thousands of passcodes and two-step authentication credentials "was based on sound cybersecurity best practices,” a State official said.
Defense
The Homeland Security Department Is Starting Shutdown Prep
More than 85 percent of the department’s employees would have to report to work without pay, based on 2013 plans.
Defense
Who Would Be Forced to Work During a DHS Shutdown?
A look at which parts of the department would have the most employees still on the job, based on 2013 plans.
Management
Health and Human Services Messed Up 800,000 Obamacare Tax Forms
Taxpayers received incorrect information about their subsidies.
Pay & Benefits
The End of Public-Employee Unions?
The Supreme Court has been asked to take a case that could deal a crippling blow to the labor movement.
Route Fifty
Harvard’s Ash Center Honors Innovative State and Local Government Projects
Attention state and local governments: The 2015 Bright Ideas might spark ways to develop and implement smart programs.
Pay & Benefits
Many Service Members' Feb. 27 Paychecks Will Be Smaller
A processing error at the Defense payroll agency affected retirement deductions related to Roth accounts.
Nextgov
What Really Grinds Federal IT Managers’ Gears? Try the Hiring Process
The CIO Council has just wrapped up a survey of the IT workforce about its frustrations with the federal hiring process.
Management