Management
Obama Nominee for Controller a Seasoned Fed
David Mader spent 32 years at IRS and was Distinguished Presidential Rank Award winner.
Insights
Open Data at Core of New Governance Paradigm
Former U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra lays out his blueprint for a more open, innovative government. The key, he suggests, lies with each and every government employee.
Defense
Rand Paul Calls for Public Release of Extrajudicial-Killing Memo
Will President Obama refuse a demand that unites the Kentucky Republican and the ACLU?
Defense
Here Are the Republicans Serving on the Benghazi Select Committee
But it's still not clear if any Democrats will be joining them.
Oversight
Play of the Day: How to Apply Game of Thrones To Your Politics
Vladimir Putin is looking for strategy from the HBO series.
Management
Excellence in Government Conference Looks at the ‘Agency of the Future’
Speakers examine mobility, young leaders and women in government.
Defense
Chuck Hagel Is Open to Reviewing the Military's Transgender Policy
Pronouncement could signal one of the first steps toward a shift in policy.
Management
The Washington Monument Is Finally Reopening
The stone obelisk was damaged during a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that rumbled up the east coast on August 23, 2011.
Employee Policy
How to be positive and realistic, at the same time
Fox speaks with Kathy Cramer, a psychologist and leadership consultant who specializes in helping leaders and their teams make small shifts in thinking to produce large impacts. She is also the author of the new book “Lead Positive: What Highly Effective Leaders See, Say & Do.”
Retirement
Wheels moved slowly in unraveling Army's TSP phishing hoax
It took almost two weeks for Defense Department and Thrift Savings Plan officials to verify that a phishing scheme launched Feb. 11 to get personal information from military TSP investors actually was a bogus scam created as part of an Army cybersecurity training exercise.
Employee Policy
Postal labor rejects negative depiction of USPS financials
While the U.S. Postal Service last week framed its quarterly results in largely negative terms, postal unions reacted by highlighting USPS operating profits and blaming the losses on the unique requirement to prefund retiree health care costs that Congress placed on the agency.
Employee Policy
Retired Forest Service agents call for ouster of director
Citing "negative leadership," a group of retired Forest Service special agents and law enforcement officers are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to reassign a top Forest Service official.
Defense
China and the US Are Racing to Turn Poor, Naive Millennials into Spies
Unsuspecting Chinese students, some of them as young as 16 years old, are being lured into working for foreign intelligence agents.
Oversight
Poll: Americans Have More Faith in Themselves Than in Uncle Sam
The public believes individuals and local organizations are better than the federal government is right now at tackling major challenges facing the country.
Management
Agencies Could Track Feds’ Speeding to Reduce Fuel Costs
More data could help lower federal fleet expenses, watchdog report says.
Management
How to Lead Change When You’re a Middle Manager
Building new organizational capabilities can be difficult when you lack full authority.
Nextgov
It Took the VA Hospital in Phoenix 10 Years to Install an Electronic Waitlist System
The system was available and deployed elsewhere in the agency since 2001.
Management
USPS Loses $1.9 Billion in Second Quarter Despite Operating Profits
Retiree health benefits and other liabilities continue to drive the Postal Service into the red.
Nextgov
It Took Feds 13 Days to Unravel a TSP Cyber Hoax Perpetrated by... Feds
Documents acquired by Nextgov show how retirement fund officials scrambled to dissect a misguided Army cybersecurity exercise.
Defense One