Management

Obama-Era Acquisition Leaders Welcome Trump Efficiency Efforts

Category management and shared services are likely to continue, officials say.

Management

TSA Will Also Partially Continue Its Hiring Freeze

Growing list of agencies decline to follow OMB’s advice to take a more ‘surgical’ approach.

Management

Trump Regulatory Nominee Criticized for 'Modest Record' in Cost-Benefit Analysis

Progressive group also portrays White House regulatory office as opaque.

Management

ICE’s ‘Management Deficiencies’ Are Preventing It From Deporting More Immigrants

Trump wants 10,000 more ICE officers, but IG says the agency is failing those currently on the rolls.

Management

Analysis: Trump is Starting to Realize the Complexities of Governing

The 45th president’s journey of discovery could be a public service, if it helps bring his supporters to greater understanding of government.

Management

A To-Do List for Leaders Who Need to Grow Up

It takes a big person to look in the mirror and see the behaviors that run counter to the mission. It takes an even bigger person to do something about them.

Management

How Agencies Are Turning Scientific Breakthroughs Into Jobs

The Trump administration has an opportunity to build on advances in moving government-funded research to market.

Management

Special Counsel Goes to Bat for Two Defense Whistleblowers

Friend of court briefs seek to overturn rulings against retaliation claims.

Management

Analysis: Why the White House's Secrecy Over Visitor Logs Isn't a Crisis

Had the Trump administration decided to voluntarily release them, officials still would have had free reign to conceal meetings they didn’t want the public to know about.

Management

Trump's 'Buy American' Order Draws Mixed Reviews from Contractors

Agencies are tasked with maximizing domestic product content and curbing waivers.

Management

Without Reforms, SES May Not Be Ready for 21st Century Government

Government's executive corps faces critical demographic and structural challenges.

Management

Trump Cabinet Secretary Tells Lawmakers to ‘Shut Up’ and Support Front-Line Feds

Homeland Security chief says his department will "never apologize."

Management

The Biggest Stereotype About the Professional Lives of Millennials in the U.S. is Wrong

Contrary to the stereotypes that dog them, millennials just aren't very different from generations past.

Management

The Best Strategies for Self-Assessment, According to Buddhist and Stoic Philosophy

We’re programmed to compare ourselves to others—now we have to override that urge if we want to find happiness that lasts.

Management

What's So Bad About Trump Calling Erdogan?

There’s a long tradition of the U.S. subordinating human-rights concerns to other interests. But there was something remarkable about the president’s move.

Management

Border Patrol Agents Are On Pace to Catch Nine Undocumented Immigrants Each in All of 2017

March was the month with the smallest number of apprehensions since at least 1999, but experts say it's too early to call it a trend.