Management
Office Drama? Here Are 3 Ways to Defuse the Situation
Learning the art of constructive confrontation can preserve your staff’s morale.
Employee Policy
Debt limit clock ticking
As it has done numerous times in recent years, the Treasury Department announced the implementation of "extraordinary measures" to protect the nation's credit until Congress passes legislation to raise the federal debt ceiling.
Employee Policy
Companies commit to hiring 100,000 vets
First Lady Michelle Obama this week said that more than 100 construction industry firms have signed onto a national initiative to hire more than 100,000 military veterans over the next five years.
Employee Policy
Group: Don't vilify federal contractors
A trade group that represents professional and technical services industries that serve the government cautioned against vilifying contractors amid recent allegations that one investigations firm took shortcuts in conducting thousands of federal security clearances.
Management
White House Delays Obamacare Mandate Again
New rules soften the law’s employer mandate, which has already been delayed by a year.
Oversight
The Path to Victory in 2014
The president’s languishing approval ratings point to different strategies for each party going into the midterms.
Nextgov
Five Things That Cost More Than Space Exploration
Does the U.S. spend too much on space exploration, or not enough?
Pay & Benefits
Union Leader: 'We’re Not Taking Crap From Nobody'
American Federation of Government Employees president J. David Cox says union will campaign aggressively in upcoming midterm elections.
Nextgov
How to Make Data-Based Hiring Decisions
Typical resumé fodder may not be predictive of an employee’s performance.
Oversight
Pentagon Going Full-Speed Ahead to Improve Ethics
Hagel, Dempsey address theory that wartime pace prompted transgressions.
Oversight
SEC Chief Given Waiver on Work for Former Client
Ethics office says contact between Mary Jo White and Credit Suisse was minimal.
Nextgov
DARPA Launches Project to Revolutionize Web Search
Memex system, inspired by a 1945 article in The Atlantic, will focus on topical searches and plumb ‘deep Web.’
Management
Women Pay a Steep Price for Their More Flexible Work Schedules
Economic research finds that pharmacists are the most egalitarian of professions with a seamless system of job sharing.
Management
Your Post Office Now Wants to Be Your Bank
USPS is thinking about financial services—debit cards and small loans. But first, America's banks would have to get on board, or at least out of the way.
Defense
Is Syria Now a Direct Threat to the United States?
The militancy nurtured by the civil war appears to be spreading—just as diplomacy falters.
Management
Time Running Out on Debt Ceiling
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says that Congress only has until Feb. 27 to raise the debt limit without risking default.
Management