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Election Assistance Agency Loses Its Top Leaders
The bipartisan and independent agency also faces pushback from advocacy organizations and potential funding shortages.
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Trump’s Asylum Ban Could Apply Retroactively to Thousands of Migrants Even Though Officials Promised It Wouldn’t
The Trump administration promised that asylum-seekers who already had U.S. cases, but had been forced to return to Mexico to await court dates, could still get asylum. That might not be the case.
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Analysis: William Taylor Delivers the Smoking Gun
It doesn’t matter what President Trump wants to call it—of course it was a quid pro quo.
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Efforts to Reform Federal Hiring Already Showing Results
Administration officials said that performing pass-fail interviews earlier in the hiring process led to a faster turnaround, better candidates and more hires from public job announcements.
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How Donald Trump Turned to a Comics Titan to Shape the VA
In a new book and an interview with ProPublica, former VA Secretary David Shulkin describes how Marvel Entertainment’s Ike Perlmutter and two associates with no government experience exerted influence over millions of veterans.
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Now’s The Time To Share Your Bold Ideas and Stories
A chance to tell your colleagues across government about innovative approaches you’re implementing.
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A Checklist and Process to Create Daily Success at Work
It’s one way to avoid losing yourself in your organization’s maelstrom.
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Merit Board Suggests Ways Agencies Can Hire 'Better,' Not Just 'Faster and Cheaper'
The Merit Systems Protections Board is lending its support to the Office of Personnel Management's hiring reform efforts.
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Analysis: Why Firing Mick Mulvaney Is Riskier Than Keeping Him
President Trump’s third chief of staff seemed destined for the door until impeachment came along.
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Viewpoint: Trump’s Government Lawyers Don’t Know Who Their Real Client Is
White House and Justice Department attorneys work for the government and the public—but are acting in Trump’s personal interest instead.
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When Performance Goals Backfire
Ambitious goals can be motivational, but they also can incentivize unethical behavior.
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After Falling 'Badly Behind Schedule,' Senate to Begin Moving Spending Bills Next Week
House and Senate must still strike an agreement to avoid a November shutdown.
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Government Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Improve Performance
Agencies would not only become more efficient, they also would develop more reliable data.
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NTEU Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Proposed OPM Rule Easing Firing of Feds
The federal employee union accused the Trump administration of forcing managers to focus on firing employees, rather than helping them succeed in their positions.
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House Panel Advances Bipartisan Bill to Protect Federal Scientists From Undue Political Influence
Career employees working in science would enjoy an array of new rights under the bill.
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Viewpoint: Trump’s Most Shameless Act of Profiteering
The president is bringing the G7 to the struggling Trump Doral resort.
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Bosses Face More Discrimination if They Are Women – from Employees of Any Gender
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
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The Experts Strike Back
Donald Trump has spent his presidency belittling and attacking career foreign-policy professionals. Now that he’s asking for their loyalty, they don’t seem to feel any.
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Analysis: What Elizabeth Warren Learned From Her Heroine
Frances Perkins’s genius lay in spotting a problem—and framing it as something government action could fix.
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