Management

Strength vs. Warmth: The Balance the Best Leaders Find

Authors say good effective leaders need balance.

Management

SEC Chair Mary Jo White Is Edna Mode From The Incredibles

The SEC's spree of enforcement actions makes the parallels plain: Both are diminutive, bespectacled, and part of a crime-fighting organization.

Oversight

Analysis: How Secrecy Has Already Corroded Our Democracy in Concrete Ways

The renewal of the Patriot Act is a case study in how opaque policy and law destroy a people's ability to self-govern.

Oversight

Play of the Day: The President Cancels His Date With Putin

The Snowden affair and gay rights cause tension between the United States and Russia.

Oversight

Analysis: McCain May Be Our Only Hope for Forging Fiscal Deal

The Republican senator is the natural leader of the forces for pragmatic sanity in the party.

Nextgov

Trust Your Eyes, People: They're Better Than Gadgets

Another example of turning over basic brain functions to technology.

Management

Rule Would Boost Consideration of Contractor Past Performance

Pentagon, GSA and NASA seek to shorten comment period and ease agency access to data.

Management

Obama Chemical Safety Order Could Help Keep Peace Among Feuding Agencies

ATF, Chemical Board and others asked to better share accident information.

Nextgov

Military Illegally Aided ICE in Money Laundering Case, Civil Rights Lawyer Says

Special Operations Command applied data mining technologies to social media.

Management

Want to be More Productive? Clean Your Desk. More Creative? Trash It.

Study shows neat and tidy isn't necessarily best, the pros and cons of being organized.

Pay & Benefits

Senator Releases Hold on OPM Nominee

Coburn allows vote on Archuleta after Obamacare guidance is issued for congressional staff.

News

Obama on the Tonight Show: Diplomats ‘Don’t Get Enough Credit’

The president talks contracting, embassy security and infrastructure with Jay Leno.

Nextgov

Analysis: How Twitter Is Revolutionizing Washington Relationships

The capital is connecting with the country -- and itself -- 140 characters at a time.

Management

6 Ways Obama's New Agenda Aims to Make Government Smarter

Agenda lays out a 'smarter, quicker, and more responsive government.'

Oversight

Play of the Day: Obama and the Tax Code

While The Daily Show looks at taxes, Jay Leno talks about his big guest.

Management

Frustrated Senior Execs Sound Off on Sequestration

Congress and the public are clueless about the realities of the budget crisis, top civil servants say.

Defense

The U.S. Files Its First Benghazi Criminal Charges

Libyan militia leader long-believed to be a key player in orchestrating the attack will face unspecified charges.