Management Matters - Advice And Dissent

The Best and the Brightest

Should top leaders seek innovation from the front lines?

Managing Technology

Outbreak

Agencies lag at telework, but could H1N1 be the catalyst for change?

Viewpoint

The Right Path

The military serves as a model for developing senior executive leadership.

Viewpoint

Blueprint for Disaster

When Washington designs policies that can’t work, the results are grim.

In Every Issue

Briefing

Green scene, double duty, viral video and seeing stars.

Editor's Notebook

Slogan-Free Zone

The government’s chief performance officer bets on substance over style.

News And Analysis

Power Hour

President Obama’s energy plans depend on tapping the country’s sun-drenched, windswept public lands.

News And Analysis

Fueling Fundraising

The CFC seeks to motivate young workers to contribute time and money to charitable causes.

News And Analysis

Sounding the Alarm

Advocates seek better protections for State Department contractors who report violations in contingency zones.

Perspectives

Qualities of Leadership

Are federal executives as good as a new survey suggests?

Features

Competing Objectives

The White House’s ambitious agenda is running head on into its desire to cut contracting. Something has to give.

Features

Recovery Mode

Recovery Board Chairman Earl Devaney and his team had to find an accurate and public way to account for stimulus spending—and quickly.

Features

Warming Trends

Carol Waller Pope ushers in a new era in federal labor relations.

News

Idea Factory Goes DHS-Wide

News

Formatting Plain Language

Oversight

States report saving 640,000 jobs through Recovery Act

Data from states and local municipalities includes $150 billion in grants, loans and contracts.

Defense

From Nextgov.com: Compliance focus is hampering cybersecurity, critics say

OMB urged to update federal security standards to better detect network vulnerabilities and keep up with new threats.

Pay & Benefits

Hidden cost hikes aren’t new to federal benefits programs

Premium jumps in the long-term care insurance program are the latest example of stealthy rate increases.

Defense

Lawmakers cry foul over Defense procurement debacle

Nobody's happy about the latest development in the high-stakes contest to build aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force.