Management

One More Time: Can Government Be Run Like a Business?

Managers have been encumbered far too long by a civil service system that makes managing poor performers more important than rewarding stars.

Management

Faced with Vacancies, Trump Quietly Resets Justice Department Succession

Trump signed the executive order the same day Attorney General Jeff Sessions was sworn in.

Management

Trump’s Labor Secretary Nominee Just Got Sued For Labor Violations

Andrew Puzder, Trump's pick for Labor, isn't famous for being a friend to workers.

Management

Donald Trump's Glacial Pace Toward a Full Cabinet

Most presidents have the majority of their Cabinet confirmed by this point in their first term. Why doesn’t he?

Management

Lawmakers Attempt to Add Veterans to Growing List of Hiring Freeze Exemptions

OPM encourages agencies to continue recruiting and posting openings, despite freeze.

Management

Why Hiring Freezes Don’t Work

Shrinking the workforce through attrition is guaranteed only to produce a federal bureaucracy badly out of step with the government we want.

Management

The Federal Voting Agency Republicans Want to Kill

GOP lawmakers argue the Election Assistance Commission, created in 2002, has outlived its usefulness. Democrats say that in the age of hacking, it’s needed now more than ever.

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90-Day Federal Hiring Freeze Would Impact 19K Jobs, Consultant Estimates

Deltek VP "pretty bullish" on contracting under Trump given new defense spending.

Management

VOA Serves New Russian-Language Fare to Counter Putin Info Diet

Current Time TV network taps cross-continental staff in Washington and Prague.

Management

A New Approach to Fighting Fraud in Federal Benefits Programs

Agencies need a formal framework for detecting, preventing and managing fraud, waste and abuse.

Management

Can the Education Department Be Killed With One Sentence?

Kentucky Republican introduces concise bill to abolish the department as it turns 40.

Management

Long-in-Limbo Ex-Im Bank Welcomes Trump’s Sudden Support

At lunch with senators, president says Boeing CEO convinced him of its worth.

Management

To Save Its Budget, the State Department is Defining Gender Equality as a National Security Issue

"Any effort to undermine the critical work that we have done would be foolhardy and shortsighted."

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People Are Finding It Hard to Focus on Work Right Now

A survey finds that nearly a third of people say they have been less productive since the election.

Management

Trump's 3 a.m. Phone Call

The president pondered a reasonable economics question—but who he reportedly dialed for answers raises questions of its own.

Management

Chronically Late People Share One Positive Personality Trait

Humans cannot transcend the rules of physics, no matter how invincible we feel on a day when all the traffic lights glow green.