Management
White House Takes Risk Directing IRS to Un-Furlough Staff to Process Tax Refunds
Effort to make shutdown “less painful” could violate Anti-Deficiency Act.
Management
The Case for Inbox Infinity
It means accepting the fact that there will be an endless, growing amount of email in your inbox every day, most of which you will never address.
Management
Defense Companies Starting to Feel Effect of the Shutdown
Firms working for NASA, DHS, and other shuttered federal agencies are taking hits to their cash flow.
Management
Analysis: Why Mike Pence Couldn’t End the Shutdown
The vice president has led negotiations to reopen the government. But even after the White House’s state-of-emergency threat, he doesn’t appear to have the authority to do much about it.
Management
Can Pat Shanahan Serve as ‘Acting’ Defense Secretary Forever?
The law is unclear, and the situation all but unprecedented.
Pay & Benefits
Federal Workers Recount Concerns Over Transit Payments, Qualifying for Mortgages and Other Shutdown Impacts
“It’s not just about us; it’s the people we serve and what the mission is,” said one employee at a roundtable hosted by Sen. Chris Van Hollen.
Management
If the Shutdown Derails Your Finances, It Could Affect Your Security Clearance
Don’t panic, but don’t go on a shopping spree either. Money issues cause more clearance denials and revocations than all other issues combined.
Management
Federal Employees Did not Sign Up to be Shut Down
The current impasse reflects a pattern of mismanagement of public service talent under the Trump administration.
Management
IRS Faces Busiest Season Under New Tax Law With a Mostly Furloughed Workforce
The White House said Monday the IRS will call back some employees, unpaid, to process 2018 tax refunds this month.
Management
Social Security May Have Overpaid Disability Claims by $657M
Sampling shows failure to verify start of eligibility dates.
Oversight
GOP Senator Blasts Marshals Service for ‘Frat’ Culture, Details Mismanagement
Some 100 whistleblowers told Judiciary panel of waste, wrongful hiring, retaliation.
Management
Trump Brings Federal Employee Union to White House to Make Case for Shutdown
Union officials say temporarily forgoing pay is small price to pay for a wall.
Management
Analysis: How to End Government Shutdowns, Forever
Congress should stop relying on one-off funding extensions to keep the government running.
Management
Stop-Work Orders Beginning to Go Out to Contractors
Companies wrestle with "highly fluid" shutdown situation.
Management
TSA Whistleblower Disclosures Prompt Two Aviation Security Probes
Office of Special Counsel orders DHS to examine breakdowns in food and drug handling on planes.
Management
If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours
A new data analysis by ProPublica and the Urban Institute shows more than half of older U.S. workers are pushed out of longtime jobs before they choose to retire, suffering financial damage that is often irreversible.
Oversight
Investigators Probe Allegations of Cronyism, Mismanagement at Government Publishing Office
If the Senate confirms President Trump’s nominee to lead the agency, he will have to grapple with accusations of high-level corruption.
Management
Navigating a Leadership Slump
There are a number of strategies you can employ to get beyond this unhappy state.
Management