Management
Are You Ready to Change the Way You Think About Leadership?
Global change agents think and act in an integrated way.
Pay & Benefits
How to Prepare for a Retirement Storm
Take a week to get yourself ready for potential changes to federal benefits.
Management
Lawmakers in Both Parties Promise to Be Nicer to Feds
But kinder rhetoric is only one step on a long road to boosting employee morale.
Management
The Lowdown on Agency Strategic Reviews
Results show progress, but morale and customer service challenges remain.
Defense
The House Wants to Let You Bring a Gun to Army Corps Land
Spending bill includes another attempt to lift Army Corps ban on firearms.
Oversight
House Uses Tax Day to Pass Restraints on IRS
Bills range from bans on private email use to “preventing targeting.”
Route Fifty
New NASCIO Survey Details State Government IT Challenges
Private sector opportunities pay more, making it difficult for states to attract and retain top workforce talent.
Defense
The War Against the Islamic State Will Go Undeclared
Congress won't approve President Obama's proposed authorization of military force, but it won't limit him either.
Management
Video: Capuchin Monkeys Show How Keeping Up With Your Peers is an Early Need
Feeling bad when our peers do better is a deep-seated instinct.
Pay & Benefits
The Pentagon Says This Man Can Fix Its Broken Personnel System
Army Under Secretary and former Congressman Brad Carson takes the reins in an office that has seen nine leaders since 2009.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Clinton's Travels in Iowa
The inevitability tour continues in the Hawkeye State.
Financial Planning
Congress votes down bill to fire tax-delinquent feds
The House this week rejected legislation that would fire federal employees who are delinquent on federal taxes.
Employee Policy
House member wants feds to share concerns
In the wake of a hearing to examine the more negative findings of the 2014 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, a House lawmaker has launched a "tip line" which federal employees can use "to share concerns about operations and management of federal agencies."
Employee Policy
State officials oppose National Guard budget cuts
State government leaders this week asked President Obama and members of Congress to reject federal funding cuts for the National Guard.
Route Fifty
With a Police Body Camera Redaction Solution in Sight in Seattle, D.C. Mayor Moves to Block Video Access
A transparency fight is simmering in the nation’s capital. But in the other Washington, tech-savvy civic hackers are helping police figure out automated video redaction.
Nextgov
Does the Federal Government Need a New $400M Cyber Campus?
The Obama administration has proposed spending more than $227 million next year for the first phase of the facility’s construction.
Nextgov
Watchdog: VA Teleworkers Breached Security in China and India
The Department of Veterans Affairs allowed contractors to access the agency’s network using personally owned laptops while traveling abroad in China and India.
Oversight
House Republicans Fail in Effort to Fire All Tax Delinquent Feds
Democrats say bill disparaged the federal workforce and wasn't necessary.
Pay & Benefits
Presidential Contenders on Federal Benefits, Military Members on Proposed Retirement Reforms, and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Defense