Management
There Is Such a Thing As a Career Hot Streak—And It Can Happen At Anytime
Take Picasso's highly productive year of 1932, explored in an exhibit at the Tate Modern."
Management
Social Science? Data Science? Evidence-Based Government Needs Both
Results-focused leaders need to get savvy about both if they want to catalyze a culture of continuous improvement.
Management
Analysis: The Two Reasons Rod Rosenstein's Fate Is So Uncertain
The president doesn’t like to fire people, but he does have a penchant for drama.
Management
Hurricane Season’s New Normal
Flooding from the latest storm highlights a particularly vulnerable population.
Management
Agency Grants Staff Need More Training, Watchdog Finds
HHS, Agriculture and Education lack clarity in identifying in-house expertise.
Management
Solving the Right Problem with the Federal Workforce
We’re careening down the road, steering by looking in the rear-view mirror.
Management
What Managers Should Do With 2018 Employee Viewpoint Survey Data
First, don’t get defensive about results that point to areas in need of improvement.
Management
ICE’s Expanded Use of Local Law Enforcement Came Without Adequate Planning or Resources
The agency has no way of knowing if the 287(g) program is actually helping enforce its mission, IG says.
Management
Analysis: The Decision Not to Call in the FBI Is Looking Worse and Worse
As new allegations have surfaced, the White House has continued to refuse an independent investigation.
Management
IRS Advised to Improve Verification of Agency Retiree Income
GAO finds mistakes in benefit statements not promptly reported.
Management
Lawmakers Urge Education to Rescind Unilaterally-Imposed Union Contract
Three Democratic senators asked Secretary Betsy DeVos to comply with a preliminary FLRA finding that the department’s actions last spring constituted an unfair labor practice.
Management
Why It Matters If Rod Rosenstein Resigns or Trump Fires Him
Trump has already faced one lawsuit for allegedly violating the federal vacancies law.
Management
What Rosenstein’s Exit Would Mean for Mueller's Russia Investigation
The deputy attorney general is reportedly on his way out at the Justice Department, though the exact circumstances are unclear.
Management
FEMA Chief Agrees to Reimburse Agency for Personal Travel Costs
Long and Homeland Security Sec. Nielsen announce review of rules, but he’ll stay in job.
Management
The Problem With Harvard Business School Case Studies
Even the man who popularized the case method felt it was too indifferent to societal ills, to labor, and to the ideals of economic equality.
Management
After a Slow Start, Trump’s Civil Service Reformers Connect With Experts
Good-government groups, some still skeptical, say they’re being consulted.
Management
Unions Accuse Administration of Circumventing Court Order Through Bargaining
Employee groups say that despite a court ruling overturning Trump's workforce executive orders, the administration continues to push the provisions.
Management
Immigration Judges’ Union Leader Warns of 'Dark New Era'
Justice Department plan for case quotas and deadlines kicks in Oct. 1.
Management
Largest Federal Employee Union Files Contempt Motion Against VA
AFGE accuses the department of refusing to comply with a court ruling enjoining provisions of President Trump’s workforce executive orders.
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