Management

What One Year of Space Travel Does to Bodies of Astronauts

After nearly a year aboard the International Space Station, Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are coming home.

Management

Intel Community Ups Fees for Newly Declassified Documents

Transparency advocate calls the additional charges “extravagant on their face.”

Pay & Benefits

Senators to Pentagon: Don't Mess With Commissary Employees' Compensation

A proposal would convert workers to a different personnel structure, potentially reducing their pay and benefits.

Management

Americans Should Demand a Serious Budget Debate

The lack of clarity and funding predictability is hurting both agencies and taxpayers.

Management

House Approves Bill to Smooth Presidential Transition

The bipartisan legislation would require a senior-level interagency council to facilitate changeover.

Management

The Digital de Tocqueville

Increasing citizen involvement is essential to revitalizing democracy.

Management

Measure to Streamline Federal Hiring Heads to Obama’s Desk

Budget office warns the well-intentioned bill will be little used.

Management

OMB Prepares to Ratchet Up Enterprise Risk Management

Agency veteran W. Todd Grams says approach might have softened VA, IRS scandals.

Management

The National Archives' Unique Role in Resolving the Clinton Email Case

Records agency runs its own probe into State Department document retention practices.

Management

Seven Steps to Becoming a CX Leader in Government

Improving customer experience could greatly benefit both employees and taxpayers.

Management

GAO Details Weaknesses in Governmentwide Quest for Clean Books

Consolidated financial statements for 2014-2015 focus on Pentagon, HUD and Agriculture.

Management

The Postal Service Lost Money on Its Facility Closures Last Year

Financial news comes at tough time as USPS gears up for force price reduction.

Management

VA Tries to Punish Senior Leaders in Cincinnati for Misconduct

Department proposed firing Jack Hetrick, but he retired; Dr. Barbara Temeck has been reassigned pending further discipline.

Management

How You Can Use Social Media Analytics to Advance Your Mission

But know the limitations as well.

Nextgov

Contractors Annoyed After DHS Scraps $675M Cyber Contract

The group said each team of contenders had spent hundreds of thousands of dollars preparing proposals