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The Pay Gap Analysis is a House of Cards
It contains estimates stacked upon estimates. Rube Goldberg would be pleased.
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15 Minutes Of Exercise Can Make a New Skill Stick
Trying to learn something new? Getting some quick exercise could help you retain it more easily.
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Trump Moves Hiring of Administrative Law Judges Out of the Competitive Service
White House officials said the change will not affect the judges' protections against removal.
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How The Most Productive People Structure Their Mornings
I interviewed 300 of the world's most successful people. Here is what their mornings have in common.
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The Trump Administration Is Struggling to Reunify Young Separated Immigrants With Their Parents
ICE maintains the steps it has taken are in compliance with a federal court mandate.
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ICE Downplays Consultancy’s Cancellation of Contract Over Moral Concerns
McKinsey employees objected to separation of families at border.
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Agencies Strip Union of Office Space, Attempt to Charge Rent
Social Security’s Office of Hearing Operations unilaterally stripped NTEU of its office space, while Health and Human Services has proposed the union begin paying rent.
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IRS Spent Nearly $400 Million for Scant Progress in Collecting Overseas Taxes
Watchdog finds incomplete taxpayer compliance, but agency defends broader effort.
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Trump Pardons Men Who Inspired Armed Occupation of Federal Facility
The Hammonds were indicted on charges of threatening a federal employee and damaging federal property.
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Analysis: Brett Kavanaugh Is Devoted to the Presidency
Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court has been deeply shaped by the needs and mores of the executive branch.
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What Next For The EPA? Here’s What Reagan Did
After two years of turmoil at the EPA in the 1980s, President Reagan hit the reset button, choosing a Republican who supported environmental protection to head the agency.
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Want To Love Your Job? Read This Article
There is no such thing as a bad job if you're playing the game of work with verve.
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Appointee Watch: Movement at Consumer Bureau, More Ambassadorial Nominations
Trump has recently announced a number of picks to be inspectors general, as well as key posts at Energy.
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Job References Often Lie. Ask These Questions To Make Them Tell The Truth
There’s an easy way to ensure references don’t sugar-coat candidates, without making anyone uncomfortable.
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The IRS Doesn’t Know How To Get In Touch With American Expats. But It Can Revoke Their Passports
According to a 2015 report, "IRS data systems are not designed to accommodate the different styles of international addresses."
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8 Leadership Questions for Sara Ratcliff
The executive director of the Federal Chief Human Capital Officers Council shares some hard-won lessons in leadership.
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Which Company Will Test the DNA of Separated Families?
And other unanswered questions about the HHS’s new plan to reunite migrants separated at the border.
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The Scramble To Reunite Immigrant Kids With Their Families Is A Case Study In Poor Project Management
The HHS plans to review the files of 12,000 children in its care, by hand.
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10 Ways to Get Good Advice from Federal Advisory Committees
Agencies devote considerable effort to planning, scheduling and staffing thousands of committees. Here’s how to get the most out of that effort.
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