Management
Designing a Test Worth Teaching To
Performance targets aren’t always perfect, but they’re necessary.
Management
If Ebola Spreads, How Close Are You to a CDC Quarantine Station?
The agency has 20 facilities to help stop outbreaks of deadly contagious diseases in the United States.
Management
The Federal Jobs Picture Isn't Nearly as Rosy as the Overall Jobs Picture
Uncle Sam’s workforce remained more or less flat in September.
Management
Patient Treated for Ebola-Like Symptoms in Washington
The patient recently traveled from Nigeria.
Management
3 Ways to Motivate Your Employees
Boosting morale is about more than financial incentives.
Oversight
Ebola Scare, Secret Service Enter Campaign Politics
It's either tactically smart or desperately silly, but a North Carolina Republican is trying to use the week's biggest news items to attack President Obama.
Defense
The ISIS Conflict Has Saturated the American Mind
On Pew's latest news quiz, the only issue Americans were better informed about was the level of the minimum wage.
Route Fifty
Drought Is Making California Shrink in Mass
There are "potentially dire consequences for the economic and food security of the United States."
Oversight
Barack Obama's Friendly-Fire Problem
Leon Panetta is the latest former aide to criticize the president publicly.
Oversight
Why Liberia Is Prosecuting the Man Who Brought Ebola to the U.S.
The case of Thomas Eric Duncan imperils the West African country's links to international destinations.
Oversight
Play of the Day: A Texas Secession Could Solve Our Ebola Problem
Stephen Colbert looks at the first case of the disease in the U.S.
Route Fifty
Feds Investigate N.C. Thirst Death; California Egg Lawsuit Tossed
Also in our State & Local roundup: Stories from Dallas, Wyoming and Bucksport, Maine.
Management
Does Testosterone Make People Greedy?
A new study ties the infamous hormone to antisocial behavior.
Route Fifty
Slow-Moving Disaster Tests Officials on Hawaii’s Big Island
An advancing lava flow is threatening to cut off communities.
Nextgov
Hacktivists Back Hong Kong’s Occupy Central
Autism site in the dot-HK domain becomes one of the first victims.
Management
SBA Data Show Large Firms Are Nabbing Contracts Reserved for Small Businesses
The information was obtained by the American Small Business League after a multi-year court battle.
Management
Controversial VA Procurement Officer Should Be Fired, Lawmaker Says
Rep. Coffman cites IG’s criminal referral of Susan Taylor for conflict of interest.
Management
Difficult Conversation Ahead? Get Into the Discomfort Zone
How leaders can turn tension into trust.
Nextgov