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White House Inaugurates ‘Gears of Government’ Awards for Exceptional Performance
Agencies will nominate employees who advance the mission, customer service or stewardship.
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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.
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New Technologies Pose Ethical Challenges for Agencies
Officials need to ensure efforts to modernize are not in conflict with essential moral principles.
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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?
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Commerce Secretary Accused of Shorting Financial Disclosure Mandates
Forbes report alleging Ross’s violation raises questions on Ethics Office handling.
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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.
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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.
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Why Bosses Cut Some Employees Slack for Unethical Behavior
The same transgression can lead to different consequences. Here’s one reason why.
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Trump's Surprise Nominee for Consumer Bureau Draws Mixed Reaction
Homeland security specialist Kraninger is Mulvaney’s associate at OMB.
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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.
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Why Are People So Unproductive in Short Windows of Time?
Who knows where the last hour went.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Education Department Proposes New, More Restrictive Telework Policy
Action follows unilateral implementation of a new management edict by agency leadership.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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