Management

White House Inaugurates ‘Gears of Government’ Awards for Exceptional Performance

Agencies will nominate employees who advance the mission, customer service or stewardship.

Management

Audio: A 6-Year-Old Migrant Girl Tries To Navigate The U.S. Detention System On Her Own

"I promise I’ll behave, but please get me out of here. I’m all alone," she said.

Management

New Technologies Pose Ethical Challenges for Agencies

Officials need to ensure efforts to modernize are not in conflict with essential moral principles.

Management

Understanding the Rising Rate of Suicide

Deaths from opioid overdose and suicide are at an all-time high. One in 10 adult Americans uses marijuana. And only 1 in 3 Americans self-describes as "happy." A public health expert asks, what's going on?

Management

Commerce Secretary Accused of Shorting Financial Disclosure Mandates

Forbes report alleging Ross’s violation raises questions on Ethics Office handling.

Management

Analysis: Trump’s Immigration Policy Gets Its Moral Reckoning

The U.S. government has separated some 2,000 children from their families in the past six weeks. Over the past 48 hours, a chorus of influential voices, including former first lady Laura Bush, have spoken out against the practice.

Management

How To Cry At Work Without The Social Cost

A new study looks at the way we tend to judge women who cry at work.

Management

Why Bosses Cut Some Employees Slack for Unethical Behavior

The same transgression can lead to different consequences. Here’s one reason why.

Management

Trump's Surprise Nominee for Consumer Bureau Draws Mixed Reaction

Homeland security specialist Kraninger is Mulvaney’s associate at OMB.

Management

HUD Moves to Evict Union from Federal Office Space

Department leaders say they’re implementing Trump’s executive orders, but union officials say the move runs afoul of current law as well as the orders themselves.

Management

Why Are People So Unproductive in Short Windows of Time?

Who knows where the last hour went.

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.”