Management

An Unconventional President Takes Aim at the Bureaucracy

Trump’s budget targets familiar agencies and programs.

Management

A Guide For Federal Leaders In a Time of Uncertainty

Managers and supervisors don’t have the luxury of indulging in their worst fears—there’s too much work to be done.

Management

Trump Suggests USPS Cut Retirement, Health Benefits in $46B Savings Package

Decreasing mail delivery frequency also part of White House’s postal reform proposal.

Tech

Budget Spares NASA From Cuts As Deep As Other Research Agencies

The NASA plan includes cuts across most of the space agency’s programs.

Management

The 18 Independent Agencies Trump Wants to Eliminate

The president’s budget suggests entirely eliminating these bodies, from the Appalachian Regional Commission to the National Endowment for the Arts.

Management

Trump Proposes Easier Firing, Job Cuts at Most Agencies

Budget blueprint pushes sweeping changes to agency structures and personnel management.

Management

How Many Jobs Would Your Agency Lose Under Trump's 2018 Budget?

Most of the major agencies would see significant workforce reductions, with a few exceptions such as the Defense Department.

Management

Leadership Matters, But Government Has a Deeper Problem

Federal management systems are in dire need of an overhaul.

Tech

Trump’s Budget Would Gut Government Science — Except for the U.S. Nuclear Program

Here's how Trump’s proposed budget would decimate government science programs, by the numbers.

Defense

Michael Flynn Invokes the Fifth

President Trump’s former national security adviser won’t comply with the Intelligence Committee’s demand for Russia-related documents, his lawyers said Monday.

Management

Trump to Propose $1.4 Trillion in Cuts to Non-Defense Agencies

Budget required "hard choices," White House says, including federal workforce reductions.

Management

Trump Plan to Submit Unsigned Financial Disclosure Draws Mixed Reviews

Ethics office continues pas-de-deux with president’s attorneys as lawmakers pounce.

Management

Turkey Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Embassy Brawl

The fight last week in Washington, D.C., in which the Turkish president’s bodyguards were involved, left a dozen people injured.

Management

Three Techniques That Helped Me Manage Work-Life Balance On a New Time Zone

Take a deep breath, London ... New York's about to sign on.

Management

Joe Biden Says We Have to Be Willing to Risk Failure to Enjoy Doing What Really Matters to Us

"You’ve got to resist the temptation of what others view as the right choice for you," Biden said, at a commencement address at Morgan State University.

Management

Women Are Slowly Taking Over the Military-Industrial Complex

The military's future is female.

Management

Decoding Federal Employee Compensation

The absence of readily understood, verifiable data has perpetuated this contentious debate now for over two decades.

Management

Trump Told the Russians That 'Nut Job' Comey's Firing Relieved 'Great Pressure'

The president told the Russian foreign minister and ambassador that firing his FBI director had “taken off” the pressure he had faced, "The New York Times" reports.

Management

You Can’t Solve These Problems on an Ad Hoc Basis

Progress on cyber and Internet governance policy is predicated on collaboration between private companies and federal agencies.

Management

Freeing Technology From the Pace of Bureaucracy

Machines and software can improve how well our democracy works for its citizens—but only with human-guided efforts.