Management

Leading Employees Who Struggle with Self-Doubt

Developing individuals who lack confidence in their own abilities is one of the most difficult challenges for a manager.

Management

Senator Pushes For Action on VA Accountability Reforms

Legislation that would limit appeal rights of fired department senior executives has stalled.

Management

Frequent-Flyer Programs Are Too Complicated to Understand, the Transportation Department Has Concluded

At issue is the system airlines use to determine how many miles travelers need to redeem for a ticket.

Management

For Defense Firms, Brexit Could Be Europe’s Sequester

A British departure from the European Union could slow arms purchases and collaboration across the continent.

Management

Senior Executive Service Faces ‘Pivotal Moment’ on Cusp of Next Administration

Report details some agencies’ efforts to infuse new life into the frail, aging elite career corps.

Pay & Benefits

Defense Rolls Out Phased Retirement For Civilian Employees

The decision by the government’s largest department could prod other agencies into offering the nearly four-year-old benefit to eligible workers.

Management

NASA Finds That the Earth Has a New 'Mini Moon'

The quasi-satellite technically orbits around the sun but dances around the earth in the process.

Management

Democrats Fight Back on Gun Control

The Obama administration offered a withering attack on the senators who voted down a series of measures aimed at tightening regulations on firearms.

Management

If Employees Aren't Engaged, Leaders Need to Take a Hard Look at Their Own Actions

Executives and senior managers are ultimately accountable for workforce morale and productivity.

Management

Suspensions and Debarments of Misbehaving Contractors Drop

Annual report to Congress on contractor discipline stresses administrative alternatives.

Management

There’s a Powerful Hack to Remember Something New You've Just Learned

Our brains might be supercomputers, but they still can't store information like hard drives can.

Management

Top Homeland Security Officials Under Fire for Personal Email Use

Conservative legal group obtains documents on Secretary Johnson and 28 officials' past use of prohibited Web-based accounts.

Management

The Next Taste of U.S.-Cuban Diplomacy Will be Coffee-flavored

Companies are racing to make coffee the first Cuban agricultural good to be commercially exported to the U.S. since the embargo was imposed.

Management

What Does It Take for People to Do the Right Thing?

Knowing best practices and having the right policies doesn’t necessarily translate into operational improvements on the front line.