Management
The FDA Says It’s Taking The Lead On The Regulation Of Cell-Cultured Meat
There's a fight over how to manage the safety of lab-grown meat. The outcome could determine the future of the industry.
Management
Informants Aren’t Spies – They’re Essential FBI Tools
An informant gathered information from Trump campaign staffers for the FBI's Russia probe. An historian writes that informants are one of the most basic ways the FBI and police investigate.
Management
The Challenge Effective Leaders Embrace Every Day
Organizations are mostly designed to optimize the status quo. A simple diagram can show you how to break free.
Management
A Prison Or A Summer Camp? Wildly Different Spins On The Casa Padre Child Immigrant Center
Impressions from journalists, the Trump administration, the nonprofit that runs it, a photographer, and a teenage former resident.
Management
Education Department Proposes New, More Restrictive Telework Policy
Action follows unilateral implementation of a new management edict by agency leadership.
Management
Five Times James Comey Used His Personal Gmail For FBI Business
According to the inspector general's report, Comey used his own Gmail for FBI work just after the Clinton email investigation.
Management
Education Department Staff Has Shrunk by 13% in Trump Era
“If you’re going to make a case to hire more people, you better have a really good reason,” Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently told an interviewer.
Management
House Passes Bill to Help USPS Block International Shipments With Illegal Opioids
The Postal Service typically has no advanced data on the packages it receives from overseas.
Management
House Democrats Join Fight Against Workforce Executive Orders
Twenty-three lawmakers say the three edicts reduce protections for whistleblowers, attempt to “eradicate unions.”
Management
Government Already Has a Blueprint for Implementing Pay For Performance
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency offers a success story.
Management
Agencies Continue Chipping Away at Science and Climate Change Spending
Progressive group analyzes Trump team efforts to downplay data and research.
Management
EPA Staff Say The White House Is Changing Their Mission From Protecting Health And The Environment To Protecting Industry
Government agencies are supposed to listen to the industries they regulate, but what if they tune out everyone else? Scholars call this regulatory capture, and some staffers see it happening at EPA.
Management
Analysis: Why Is Trump Protecting Scott Pruitt?
How has the head of the EPA withstood a deluge of corruption scandals? It all comes back to the president.
Management
13 Unions File Lawsuit Against All Three Workforce Executive Orders
The coalition of smaller federal employee unions argues that the executive orders unconstitutionally usurp the power of Congress, unions, management and independent agencies.
Oversight
Federal Employees Last Year Broke Record for Proving Retaliation By Managers
New laws and better employee results from watchdog are giving supervisors "more to fear" than ever, whistleblower advocate says.
Management
For Many Students, Government Agencies Are the Most Attractive Employers. Really.
Students in three of five broad areas of study ranked a non-business employer at the top.
Management
You’re More Vulnerable to Isolation and Stress Than You Think
It’s vital to foster the connections that will help you and your employees become healthier and perform better.
Management
EPA Under Fire for Slow Rolling Release of Public Records
Critics accuse Scott Pruitt of steering staff to focus on Obama-era requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act.
Management
Republican Lawmakers Ask Trump to Repeal Workforce Executive Orders
House GOP members argue a collaborative labor-management relationship saves money, improves operations.
Management