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Obama-Era Acquisition Leaders Welcome Trump Efficiency Efforts
Category management and shared services are likely to continue, officials say.
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TSA Will Also Partially Continue Its Hiring Freeze
Growing list of agencies decline to follow OMB’s advice to take a more ‘surgical’ approach.
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Trump Regulatory Nominee Criticized for 'Modest Record' in Cost-Benefit Analysis
Progressive group also portrays White House regulatory office as opaque.
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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.
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The 15-Minute Weekly Habit That Eased My Work Anxiety — and Made My Boss Trust Me More
The key is to manage up.
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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.
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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.
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It’s Time to Stop Thinking We Can 'Life Hack' Our Way to Happiness
There's a dark side to hacking your way through life.
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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.
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Special Counsel Goes to Bat for Two Defense Whistleblowers
Friend of court briefs seek to overturn rulings against retaliation claims.
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To Get the Best Results From Your Employees, Assemble Them Like a Team of Surgeons
Humans evolved to share knowledge.
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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.
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Trump's 'Buy American' Order Draws Mixed Reviews from Contractors
Agencies are tasked with maximizing domestic product content and curbing waivers.
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Without Reforms, SES May Not Be Ready for 21st Century Government
Government's executive corps faces critical demographic and structural challenges.
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Trump Cabinet Secretary Tells Lawmakers to ‘Shut Up’ and Support Front-Line Feds
Homeland Security chief says his department will "never apologize."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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