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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Analysis: How to End Government Shutdowns, Forever
Congress should stop relying on one-off funding extensions to keep the government running.
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Stop-Work Orders Beginning to Go Out to Contractors
Companies wrestle with "highly fluid" shutdown situation.
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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
What a ProPublica Reporter Learned Covering HUD: Oversight Failures Are Symptoms of Deeper Dysfunction
A goal this year was to explore HUD’s failure to enforce legal standards for decent, safe, sanitary housing. What started as a simple premise brought to light greater challenges: Years of congressional cuts have left the agency in a state of chaos as communities suffer.
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Attention Is Not a Resource But a Way Of Being Alive To The World
When attention is a limited resource, it can run out. Treat it as an experience, and it yields a rich sense of purpose.
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Improving Program Management
Two years after the Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act was signed into law, slow but steady progress is being made.
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Days Into the Shutdown, the Costs Are Mounting
The mortgage payments, school tuition and utility bills will keep coming, even if paychecks are disrupted.
Management
What Aristotle Can Teach Us About Trump’s Rhetoric
Trump appeals to his base in a way that philosophers knew was effective thousands of years ago.
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