Management

'Black Box' Expert Uncovers Airplane Crash Mysteries

Investigating major transportation accidents requires listening for clues that explain what happened.

Nextgov

TSA pays $245 million for smaller, faster body scanners

L-3 Communications, American Science and Engineering, and Smiths score contracts.

Management

How Keeping a Diary Makes You Happier and Better at Your Job

A Harvard Business School professor has done research on this.

Management

Are Your Ideas Having Sex?

Authentic collaboration requires bringing your team's ideas together--and letting them get it on.

Pay & Benefits

Congress approves extended pay freeze

Six-month spending measure avoids a government shutdown as fiscal year winds down.

Management

Bum Contractors Get the Boot

Annual debarments and suspensions between FY 2009 and and FY 2011 have increased significantly.

Management

How to Cultivate a Culture of Innovation

DoD Deputy Chief Management Officer Beth McGrath on the keys to improving business operations.

Defense

Obama’s quagmire: Syria and the Islamist arc

Hammered on leadership, the president struggles for a Middle East policy.

Pay & Benefits

Video: Olympic bronze medalist in rowing proud to be a fed

'The federal employee in me is just through the roof,' VA's Natalie Dell says during White House event.

Management

Legal questions dog administration officials on campaign trail

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’ recent violation of the Hatch Act shows issues with politics.

Defense

Two theaters are burned down as new protests break out in Pakistan

Mobile phone service has been shut down across the country to hamper organizing and to prevent protesters from setting off explosives remotely.

Management

Video: Leading From the Middle

Most are leading from the middle of organizations--whereas most approaches to leadership assume you're at the top.