Pay & Benefits

The Year of the Civil Servant

Never before have the roles of government workers taken on such significance. But there could be consequences to using their power to undermine the administration.

Management

To Transform Government, Start With the People

Managing talent for tomorrow’s needs goes to the heart of building the government workforce of the future.

Management

Puerto Rico’s Power Struggle

Amid a confusing tangle of overlapping authorities, shady contracts, and a push for privatization, nobody knows what the end of the island’s electricity and humanitarian crises will look like, or when it will come.

Management

Analysis: Why Americans Will Never Agree on Oil Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Alaska and oil proponents are cheering a move to open up an ecologically sensitive part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling -- a position environment supporters can't abide.

Management

Why Federal Managers Need To Become More Informed Data Consumers

Data is a business asset that can advance agencies’ missions, or serve as a drag on effectiveness.

Management

There's a Trick To Getting Entitled Employees to Stop Complaining and Do Their Jobs

We're sorry to inform you that special treatment is necessary, according to a new study.

Management

Deterring Illegal Immigration by Separating Parents and Children

A proposal to stem the flow of migrants trekking to the southern border is revealing the limitations of deterrence policy.

Management

Post-Holiday Blues Can Teach You to Celebrate Reality

If your rosy hopes for the holidays have turned into blues, use this feeling to make every day a better experience.

Management

How Risk Is Transforming Government

Risk management is not simply a compliance exercise but goes to the core of agency mission delivery.

Management

Trump’s Category 5 Storm

What will hit first in 2018, the tsunami of a very big policy revolution or the legal waves that could submerge Trump’s presidency?

Management

Trump Escalates His Attacks Against FBI Officials

The president singled out FBI attorney James Baker and Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe in a series of tweets.

Oversight

Transparency Groups Seek Probe of CDC ‘Gag Orders’

Office of Special Counsel asked to investigate potential violations of whistleblower protection laws.

Management

IRS Faces a ‘Crushing’ Workload to Implement the GOP’s Massive Tax Cut

After years of budget cuts, the agency must quickly calculate new pay tables, issue guidance for taxpayers, train staff and update its computers.

Management

Millennials, Wake Up! Algorithms Will Be Discriminating Against You In Just a Few Years

Facebook and other tech platforms allow companies to exclude the olds. As in, age 40 and above.

Management

One Major Factor Driving Government Transformation: Effectiveness

Improving efficiency is not enough; agencies must also deliver better outcomes.