Management

Memo to the President: Collaboration Across Boundaries

No significant issue can be addressed solely by an individual government agency.

Management

Tapping Government’s Biggest Asset—Knowledge

How agencies can develop, share and keep critical expertise.

Management

Government’s Turnaround Starts at the Bottom

Fixing performance requires making everyone a leader.

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

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

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

Will Trump Bring Back Outsourcing and A-76?

Unions and procurement specialists await clues on how the president-elect’s agenda for trimming agencies might affect contractors.