Management
Can Ryan Zinke Balance Conservation and Development as Interior Secretary?
If he is confirmed, he will face difficult choices about balancing extractive activities like energy production with conservation on public lands.
Management
Law Enforcement and the Crisis of Public Confidence
Agencies need to do a better job of explaining results.
Defense
Can James Mattis Protect Trump From Hubris?
The president-elect and the risks of overconfidence
Management
In a Memo, the U.S. Ethics Chief Reminds 'Everyone' in the Executive Branch What Ethics Are
Shaub's latest memo never mentions Trump, but seems aimed right at him.
Management
The Results Are In: Nobody Trusts Anyone Anymore
There has been a "global implosion" in the public's trust in business, government, and media, according to a new survey.
Management
Sure, Some Feds Are Overpaid
But others are underpaid, and the government doesn’t have enough data to show where the discrepancies are.
Management
House GOP Warns Agencies Against Accelerated Hiring in Anticipation of Trump's Freeze
Looming hiring moratorium does not permit skirting civil service laws, congressman says.
Management
IRS Shortchanges Taxpayers With Its Focus on Delinquents, Advocate Says
Nina Olson criticizes the current priority on enforcement over service.
Nextgov
GAO Denies Alliant 2 Protests, Evaluations to Come
The protests questioned GSA's self-scoring system and baseline price.
Management
Memo to the President: Getting Public-Private Partnership Right
Management really matters for this high-potential but hazardous approach.
Management
What Rex Tillerson's Confirmation Hearings Revealed
The State Department nominee's views diverged from the president-elect's in some areas.
Management
How the Trump Administration Could Advance Customer Service
Agency officials trying to make government more citizen-centric have an opportunity to take their work to a new level.
Management
Cobert to Trump: Focus on ‘Holistic’ Civil Service Reforms, Not Hiring Freeze
OPM chief says Obama personnel reforms will survive future administrations.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: FEHBP Carriers Should Focus on Rising Prescription Drug Use and Costs
Agency’s annual call letter said escalating drug prices ate up more than a quarter of the FEHBP health care budget in 2015.
Management
Burned Out? Take a Sabbatical
In 2009, the U.S. Navy started offering a career break to help retain service members. Now the other armed forces—and private companies—are following suit.
Management
The Perfectly Normal Ways Trump Can Enrich Himself as President
The president-elect's control over conventional economic policy could be worth more money than any conflict of interest.
Management
Dr. Ben Carson Wants to Pick The Brains of HUD Employees
Trump housing secretary nominee and retired neurosurgeon plans to do a lot of listening, if confirmed, he told senators.
Management
Trump’s Defense Secretary Pick Promises Efficiencies Among Civilian Workforce
Mattis says Pentagon should base cuts on workforce assessments.
Defense
Trump Has Considerable Authority to Revamp the Intelligence Community
But the the 2004 law that created the Office of the Director of National Intelligence creates some hurdles as well.
Management