Management

Where Are the Stories About Government’s Vital Work?

Agencies need to do a better job of explaining what they do and why it matters.

Management

Analysis: The Emergency Declaration Should Not Be Resolved in Court

The constitutional conflict between Congress and President Trump over his emergency declaration has potential to undermine centuries of checks and balances between the two branches of government.

Management

Stop Inspiring Your Team to Underperform

A lot of well-intentioned leaders set the bar too low for their staff.

Management

Workism Is Making Americans Miserable

For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity—promising identity, transcendence, and community, but failing to deliver.

Management

The Budget Outlook Is Even Worse Than the Official Projections

The growing debt would be less of a concern if there was a viable plan to stop overspending, but this isn't the case.

Management

Analysis: Blame Congress for the National Emergency

Long ago, it could have required the president to meet certain requirements prior to unlocking this broad authority.

Management

FBI Scientist’s Statements Linked Defendants to Crimes, Even When His Lab Results Didn’t

Court records and FBI Lab files show statements by prosecutors or Richard Vorder Bruegge, the most prominent member of the Forensic Audio, Video and Image Analysis Unit, veered from his original conclusions in at least three cases.

Management

Federal Executive Pay is Inadequate

When school superintendents are paid significantly more than government’s leaders, something is wrong.

Management

Unions, Trump Administration Prepare to Face Off in Court Again Over Workforce Executive Orders

Oral arguments in the White House’s appeal of a decision blocking the measures are slated for April.

Management

How Leaders Rise From Small Groups

New research indicates how leaders arise from small groups of people over time.

Management

Forest Service Advised to Improve Reporting on Sexual Harassment

IG finds progress in workplace protections, but managers with prior histories won promotions.

Management

Shutdown Thwarted Public Input on Agency Rules

Lawmakers, citing public health and environmental impact, want OMB to extend the rulemaking comment period.

Management

You Don’t Need Leadership Training to Lead

An interview with retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal on the nature of leadership.

Management

Washington-Area Agencies Closed Wednesday

OPM announces closure amid forecasts of an impending winter storm.

Management

Don’t Assume the Worst

It’s a quick way to derail communications and set yourself and others up for disappointment.

Management

Federal Union Accuses FLRA of 'Unprecedented' Bias Against Labor

"Essentially, the union never prevails" in appeals of disputes between unions and agencies, attorneys argue in federal lawsuit.

Management

The VA Is Paying for a Top Official’s Cross-Country Commute

Darin Selnick, the architect of the Trump administration’s controversial new policies on private health care for veterans, traveled to Washington from his home in California twice a month at taxpayer expense.