Management

Trump to Congress: Offset Disaster Relief With Cuts to Agency Spending

White House requests $11 billion in cuts—and potentially more—to pay for hurricane response.

Oversight

Last of 24 Scammers Impersonating IRS Agents Pleads Guilty

Probe of money laundering conspiracy involved Justice, Homeland Security and Treasury IG.

Management

Five Annoying Questions to Ask Your Grandparents at Thanksgiving

There’s no time like the holiday to explore the pressing issues of federal policy.

Management

Mulvaney Might Double as Temporary Head of Consumer Bureau

The White House has not confirmed reports of budget director’s expanded role.

Management

Sheryl Sandberg Is Calling BS On Your Long-Held Career Phobia

Your career can move in more than one direction—it doesn't always have to be up.

Management

Small Business Activist Wins Interim Victory Against Pentagon, Sikorsky

Chapman’s FOIA case forces out “proprietary” information on subcontractors.

Management

Navy Poised to Fire Employee After Failing for 4 Years to Accommodate Her Disability

Service spent more than a year attempting to address compatibility issues between promised speech recognition and its intranet.

Oversight

House Passes Bipartisan Evidence-Based Policymaking Bill

Agencies would create evaluation officers and contribute to national secure data inventory.

Management

What Evidence-Based Policymaking Doesn’t Do

The obsession with improving existing programs misses the need to redesign them for the future.

Management

Appointee Watch: The 300-Day Mark

HHS nominee announced, other picks withdraw as Trump runs into the federal vacancy deadline.

Management

Inspectors General Seek Subpoena Power, Authority to Probe DoJ Prosecutors

TSA watchdog calls results of new secret test of TSA airport screeners "disappointing."

Management

What Can We Say to Each Other at Work Now?

I didn’t realize before all this how little most men knew about the things women accept as inevitabilities.

Management

How Data-Driven Insight Is Transforming Government

The use of analytics goes beyond just collecting and reporting evidence of program outcomes.

Oversight

Regulatory Reformers Target Agencies’ Nonstatutory Guidance

Officials executing Trump’s reviews agree to turn over names of task force members.

Management

Postal Service Suffers First 'Controllable' Loss in Five Years

USPS loses $2.7 billion overall in fiscal 2017, the 11th consecutive year with major deficits.

Management

House Speaker Says Congress Likely to Stave Off Shutdown With CR Through 2017

Paul Ryan says lawmakers are considering a measure to keep agencies open past Dec. 8, but not into next year.

Management

How to Stay Out of Your Lawyer’s Office

Do you really want to spend some of your precious time meeting with agency lawyers to sort through an avoidable mess?