Management

What Romney Could Learn From Steve Jobs

Mitt Romney’s campaign could use a little of the Jobs business plan: a grand vision and a compelling case.

Nextgov

GSA may have to start over on governmentwide cellphone plan

Demands on wireless vendors went outside commercial standards, GAO says.

Management

White House to government contractors: Stop human trafficking

Republicans call executive order 'politicized.'

Oversight

Congress clears bill cracking down on purchase card abuse

Bill tightening oversight and imposing new penalties heads to Obama.

Pay & Benefits

Poll: Are you ready for sequestration?

Tell us how well-prepared (or not) your agency is for the government’s fiscal Armageddon.

Management

Supreme Court to hear cases affecting federal agencies

Justices will address the appeals process for certain MSPB cases.

Management

Challenges await GSA’s plan to cut agency contract fees

Move comes as White House mulls making strategic sourcing mandatory.

Management

NIH Cuts the Monkey Business

The National Institutes of Health will retire 110 government-owned chimpanzees.

Management

Senate delays STOCK Act for senior execs

Bill postpones online publication of feds’ finances until Dec. 8.

Management

Federal agencies recognized for ‘bright ideas’

Harvard University selects initiatives as best in government.

Management

Does Your Job Matter?

If what we do doesn't make a difference to at least one person, perhaps it's time to stop.

Management

Retirement Saving’s Big Data Problem

Many American's aren't financially literate enough to make effective plans for retirement.

Defense

Obama: U.S. will 'do what we must' to stop a nuclear Iran

Report finds Iran's rate of uranium enrichment has nearly tripled since Obama took office.

Oversight

Play of the Day -- Ahmadinejad at the UN and candidates on TV

Iran's president always provides fuel for late-night comedians.

Oversight

The politics of a late-night Senate session

Why the Defense authorization bill came up for consideration at 1:40 a.m. Sunday.

Oversight

Romney to call for foreign aid ‘reform’ at Clinton confab

Aid too often supplants private enterprise, candidate says.

Oversight

Bipartisan group of senators sounds the sequester alarm

Letter to leadership highlights looming cuts.