Management
How We Set Ourselves Up to Fail
By designing our environments with an awareness of psychology and self, we could alter how we reach our goals.
Management
Analysis: Don’t be fooled -- this transition matters more than ever
Second-term leadership changes are pivotal as agencies face fiscal pressure.
Management
Are Government Workers Learning Anything?
Government’s New Breed of Executives—Chief Learning Officers—are working to ensure organizations are creating cultures of learning and development.
Pay & Benefits
Supreme Court: Feds can challenge MSPB decisions in federal district court
Justices say government’s argument was too convoluted.
Management
GAO Readies Its ‘Naughty List’ of Duplicative Programs
This holiday season, the Government Accountability Office is compiling a list and checking it twice – of all the government programs it deems as potentially duplicative or overlapping.
Management
Senators press Army to step up contractor suspensions
Letter cites delays in barring bad actors from work in Afghanistan.
Oversight
Boehner: 'We're still waiting' for the president, Democrats to propose cuts
House speaker demands details.
Management
A Secretary John Kerry would elevate climate issues
The Massachusetts Democrat is a possible choice for the top State and Defense jobs.
Defense
Afghans sit on basic tools to fight money laundering
Auditors fault embassy and DHS for stalled training of locals.
Nextgov
How much crime really occurs? Don’t ask the feds.
FBI statistics do not reflect online crime, gun trafficking and other post-1930 illicit activities.
Management
Poll Shows Americans Fear Entitlement Cuts the Most in 'Cliff' Talks
A plurality have already fingered a favorite scapegoat if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement: everyone
Defense
The CIA agent who found bin Laden is having trouble at work
According to sources, the agent is not popular at work.
Management
Analysis: Obama is using the permacampaign to change Washington from the outside
The president aims to win the fiscal-cliff debate the same he won the election -- barnstorming through battleground states and email-blasting supporters.
Management
Start Your Day With The 8 Irresistible Principles of Fun
Having a rough morning? Want more fun in your life? Start your day with this video.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, and the Ikea monkey
Comedy is brought to you by the letter M.
Oversight
GOP playing with fire on debt limit
Republicans don't enjoy the same bargaining position they did in 2011.
Management
23,600 employees accept Postal Service buyouts
Separation incentives are part of ongoing workforce reduction effort as lawmakers continue to pursue reforms.
Management