Management
Memo to the President: Collaboration Across Boundaries
No significant issue can be addressed solely by an individual government agency.
Management
Create Your Guide for Living (and Managing) in 2017
If you want to lead at your best, you have to live at your best.
Management
Tapping Government’s Biggest Asset—Knowledge
How agencies can develop, share and keep critical expertise.
Management
Trump Says Transition Is No Longer Going Smoothly
Transition spokesman says Obama administration is still being helpful.
Management
Government’s Turnaround Starts at the Bottom
Fixing performance requires making everyone a leader.
Management
There’s a Very Deep Reason Why You Can’t Kick That Bad Habit
"Willpower and self-control are not a good match for habit."
Management
How Ancient Wisdom Can Help Managers Give Their Employees Better Feedback
Many managers say they're uncomfortable giving negative feedback, yet employees tend to consider it helpful to improving importance. Research – and a 13th-century saying – offers some tips.
Management
Finding a Fix for Government Performance
The Trump administration should look at time-tested management approaches.
Management
Lesson One for Rick Perry: The Energy Department Doesn’t Produce Much Energy
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experience with energy, but if he is confirmed, he should get ready to learn a lot about DoE's big jobs: nuclear security and basic science research.
Management
What Trump Foundation’s ‘Self-dealing’ Disclosure Means For a Conflicted President-elect
Given Trump's substantial conflicts of interest, the foundation's admission of self-dealing should sound a warning to both the president-elect and voters as he takes the oath of office.
Management
Another Reason to Exercise Every Day During the Holidays
Most of us know that exercise is good for you in the long run, but there's compelling evidence to show that it helps you right away. Here's why.
Management
Memo to the President: Performance and Results in Procurement
The government has remarkably little information about how well its procurement system is working.
Management
EPA Employees Didn't Intentionally Break the Law With Use of Instant Messages, Says Watchdog
But lawmakers part ways on need for improvement on recordkeeping.
Management
Trump is Now America’s Arms Deal Negotiator
His meetings and bombshell tweets with the heads of America’s two largest weapon makers show Trump will play a role in hammering out contracts.
Management
Trump’s Transition Team is Seeking Names of State Department Staffers Working on Gender-Equality Issues
The department had less than eight hours to turn over a list of names, programs, and funds allocated to gender-related programs.
Management
Memo to the President: Reforming the Federal Budget Process
A return to “regular order” is not enough.
Management
Trump’s 100-Day Plan For Federal Employees and Agencies
The president-elect has vowed to freeze hiring, eliminate wasteful programs, and overhaul certain agencies.
Management
Can Legal Activist Scott Pruitt Undo Clean Air and Water Protections as Head of EPA?
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has sued the federal government repeatedly. If he becomes head of EPA and tries to weaken environmental laws, opponents are likely to do the same to him."
Management
Obama to Agencies: Do A Better Job Helping Immigrants in the Military Navigate Government
President creates interagency working group to improve access to eligible benefits and assistance for new American service members, veterans and their families
Management