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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Message
Clarifying and repeating the your organization’s purpose keeps everyone focused.
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EPA Employees Using Encryption Apps May Violate Records Laws
Conservative transparency group has filed a FOIA request for all records created or received by any agency employee using Signal.
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VA Has No Way of Knowing How Much It Spends on Employees’ Union Activity
The department’s official time data is "unreliable," GAO says.
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More Than 100,000 Visas Are Said to Have Been Revoked Under Trump’s Immigration Order
The White House has called the ban an "inconvenience."
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GSA Seeks Proposals for Huge Governmentwide Charge Card Contract
The estimate total value for the multiple-award SP3 contract is $700 billion, according to the RFP.
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Contractors Applaud House Vote to Kill Obama Fair Pay, Safe Workplace Rule
They cite "burdensome" paperwork and "blacklisting" of firms with past labor law violations.
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How Trump Is Changing Immigration Enforcement
The president’s directive on immigration might resemble the record deportations of Obama’s first term—but without the corresponding push for legalization.
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The Underrated Art of Persuasion
With business leaders (and others), Trump needs to try a new tactic.
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Trump’s Agency Gag Orders Draw Bipartisan Criticism
House hearing on whistleblower law produces consensus on White House missteps.
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Taxpayers Are Having an Easier Time Getting Through to IRS Call Centers
Watchdog report also cites progress curbing I.D. theft.
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Trump VA Nominee Will Push For More Flexibility to Hire and Fire
Dr. David Shulkin said he would work with Congress on greater workforce accountability measures, but also on recruitment and retention efforts.
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Trump OMB Nominee Clears Two Senate Panels Along Party Lines
Republicans portray Rep. Mulvaney as passionate, but Dems reject his past "brinksmanship."
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Defense Spells Out Broad Swath of Civilians Exempt From Hiring Freeze
Department acknowledges impact, but calls freeze an opportunity.
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VA Nominee Leaves Door Open For More Hiring Freeze Job Exemptions
Dr. David Shulkin said he would seek more waivers from the White House if the claims backlog starts to spike.
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Charted: Donald Trump’s Recent Flurry of Phone Calls With World Leaders
Trump spent more than twice as long with leaders of Saudi Arabia and Russia than one of the U.S.'s closest allies, Australia.
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Northrop Scratch-Built a Jet to Bid on an Air Force Contract. Now It’s Dropping Out.
The decision leaves three, or maybe four, potential bidders on the 350-plane T-X program.
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Six Ways to Stop Wasting Time in Office Meetings
For example, shorten the time of meetings. People can only focus on any one subject for 18 minutes on average.
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Inspectors General Worry About Hiring Freeze, Regulatory Cap
House hearing details Trump team's rumored plan to fire watchdogs.
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Who Abused Their Executive Power at Standing Rock?
Under the Obama administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the project needed an environmental-impact review. Now, the Corps has reversed course.
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