Management

Keeping Employees Engaged During Periods of Uncertainty

It’s not just about making workers happy or providing them with incentives.

Management

Contractor Settles Criminal Charges on Overpriced Food for Troops in Iraq

Kuwaiti-based Agility had been suspended following indictment.

Management

I’m a Former Federal Manager And I Voted For Trump

Here’s why I think he’s doing a good job.

Management

Ex-GSA Chief Explains Decision Not to Block Trump’s Hotel Arrangement

Denise Turner Roth cites need to avoid politics, though she favors divestment.

Management

White House Gives Ground on Ethics Waivers, Continues Questioning Legality

Budget director says Office of Government Ethics will get requested disclosures.

Management

New Ebook: Government's Catch 22 Performance Problem

The case for civil service reform has never been stronger.

Management

Effort to Save Agency from Budget Ax Draws Allegations of Wrongful Lobbying

Chemical Safety Board official allegedly circulated a flyer designed to preserve funding.

Management

'Personal Kanban:' A Life-Changing Time-Management System That Explodes the Myth of Multitasking

Only 3% of the population are "supertaskers" The rest of us just pretend to be.

Management

Departure of White House Communications Director Could Signal Wider Shakeup

Mike Dubke has resigned from his position.

Management

Trump's Travel Ban Is Headed for a Supreme Court Showdown

Will the justices, many of whom worked in the executive branch, hold the president’s words against him?

Management

Politics is Distracting American Workers and May Be Killing U.S. Productivity

There is a real, measurable cost to the drumbeat of disturbing news coming out of Washington.

Management

Weather Service Staff Shortages Have Led to Burnout Among Employees

Agency is working on ways to hire meteorologists faster after 2013 hiring freeze created a backlog.

Management

Agencies Largely Maintain Small-Business Contracting Scores

Women-owned businesses landed fewer awards than the previous year.

Management

Trump Budget Continues Homeland Security Move to St. Elizabeths

Despite some lawmaker criticism of cost overruns, HQ consolidation on track.

Management

Congress is Sending Mixed Messages on Defense Procurement

The landscape is littered with the remains of scores of previous reform efforts.

Management

Older Americans Are More Millennial Than Millennials

To understand both changes to the workforce and changing attitudes toward work, don’t watch young people. Watch their parents (and uncles, aunts, and grandparents).

Management

Boosting Job-Creating Foreign Investment in the U.S.

In 2014, 6.4 million Americans were employed by U.S. subsidiaries of foreign firms.

Management

Appointee Watch: Nominees for Personnel Management, Overseas Posts and More

A Treasury nominee withdraws from consideration.

Management

Trump Budget’s Blessing of Program Evidence Could Cut Two Ways

Program evaluation specialists welcome effort but some worry it could simply be used to justify cuts.

Management

Risk and Trump’s Reorganization Order

The mandate for reform represents an opportunity for agency leaders.