Management
A New Study From Yale Scientists Shows How Uncertainty Helps Us Learn
Put yourself in an unpredictable situation, and watch magic happen.
Management
How To Lead Like Abraham Lincoln, According To a Harvard Historian
One of Lincoln’s greatest strengths was understanding the power of doing nothing in the heat of the moment.
Management
Senators Unveil Legislation to Overhaul the IRS
Rob Portman and Ben Cardin want to revitalize the tax agency’s structure and management.
Management
How the Agencies With the Oldest Workforces Are Preparing for a Retirement Exodus
Data and recruiting initiatives help, but officials also want more money and people.
Management
If You Were Fired, Don’t Lie About It In A Job Interview. Do This Instead.
Advice from Ask a Manager's Alison Green, distilled into three simple steps.
Management
Reeling From The News? Train Your Brain To Feel Better With These 4 Techniques
The relentless news cycle has many people feeling overwhelmed and stressed, wondering how to calm their lives and stay healthy. Here are some tips from neuoscience that may help
Management
Senators: SSA Has Carried Workforce Executive Orders Too Far
Letter accuses officials of going far beyond mandates set forth by President Trump.
Management
Get Out of the Weeds to Lead People
Overemphasis on the details of the work at hand, while leaving people to struggle on their own doesn’t lend itself to leadership success.
Defense
National Intel Office Restructures to Improve Operations
The ODNI stood up four new directorates to better develop the workforce and integrate intelligence, and improve decision-making.
Management
NSA Watchdog Breaks Precedent By Releasing Semi-Annual Report
Storch emphasizes transparency, welcomes whistleblowers.
Management
As Probes Pile Up, Trump Administration Says It’s Reunified All Eligible Immigrant Families
More than 700 children remain separated from their parents, many of whom have already been deported.
Management
EPA Press Staff Under Pruitt Sought to Discredit Departing Career Staff
Emails newly released under FOIA reveal distortions of pensions of Trump critics.
Management
In 4-Hour Hearing, Judge Suggests Executive Orders Ignore Half of Labor Statute
Arguments from the government, federal employee unions were heavily scrutinized.
Management
OPM May Scrap the Most Significant Change in Its Reorg Plan
Agency may not move itself into the executive office of the president after all, OPM director says, but plans unilateral action on other parts of the reorganization this year.
Management
How USDA Will Bypass Congress to Give Farmers $12 Billion in Emergency Aid
Budget analysts consider the Trump plan unusual.
Management
What Government’s Broken Strategic Planning Needs: Evidence
Instead of trying to create the perfect strategic plan, agencies should aim to get better at learning what works.
Pay & Benefits
House Democrats Introduce Legislation to Protect Telework at Agencies
Bill would prohibit policies to reduce telework like those announced for Education and Agriculture departments.
Management
New Details About the F-15X That Boeing is Pitching the U.S. Air Force
The single-seat jet is being built to shoot down enemy aircraft, pound targets on the ground, and even hit ships at sea.
Management
No-Bid Maintenance Contract Sweetens Air Force One Deal for Boeing
A newly released contracting document reveals details about the $3.9 billion deal to buy and modify two 747s for presidential use.
Management