Defense

Whistleblower Persuades Navy to Correct Risky Jet Fuel Waste

Office of Special Counsel brought to light discarding of 12,000 gallons a year.

Management

Use Data, Not Assumptions, to Improve the Customer Experience

Agencies misunderstand their customers when datasets are not integrated or widely shared.

Management

What’s So Bad About Mandatory Workplace Socializing?

More than you'd think.

Management

OPM Unveils Overhaul of Federal Hiring Site USAJOBS

Agency says changes over the next year will make assailed job application website more user friendly.

Route Fifty

GSA Tech Swat Team Expands to Offer Help on Agency State and Local Grants

18F staff has grown from 15 to 165 technology consultants.

Management

When You Ask The Public, It Supports Apple Over the FBI — or Does It?

Two polls released this week show seemingly different results.

Management

What Makes People So Frustrated About Their Paychecks?

For many white-collar workers, getting a raise isn’t about the extra money but about feeling confident that they aren’t getting cheated.

Management

Clinton Email Issues Shake Up State Dept. FOIA Operations

IG prepares new report as conservative legal nonprofit scores court victory.

Management

As the Justice Department Decides Where to Try El Chapo, Signs Point to Brooklyn

All of this would be predicated on the Mexican authorities handing over Guzmán to the United States government.

Management

Another Federal Office in Oregon Reopens After Closing for 7 Weeks During Malheur Standoff

Two of the three facilities closed due to safety concerns during the standoff are now operational.

Management

Union Leader Says He Has Good Relationship with IRS Chief

NTEU hopes to restore some of 18,000 lost tax agency jobs.

Management

Trump Comes Out of the Nevada Republican Caucus Victorious

The Republican frontrunner rolled to another dominating victory in Nevada, gathering steam as he heads into Super Tuesday.

Management

Do You Really Know Who You're Dealing With?

Don't make assumptions -- they could get you in trouble.

Management

Poor Leadership Derailed Obamacare Rollout, Not Technology

A new report details the real culprits behind one of the Obama administration’s most embarrassing failures.

Pay & Benefits

Proposal Would Give Some VA Senior Executives More Pay

MSPB appeal rights also would be stripped, according to the department’s draft document under consideration on Capitol Hill.

Management

It’s Time to Rethink Business Training for the SES

Nearly half of senior Army civilians say they lack the business skills to be fully successful executives.

Management

Hillary Clinton Re-Embraces the Public Option for Health Care

Clinton must answer how she will cover everyone under the patchwork Affordable Care Act, which has dramatically increased health insurance coverage without fully extending universal coverage.

Management

Agencies Advised to Be More 'Customer-Centric'

Government trails industry in delivering services that please.

Route Fifty

How The White House and Governors Are Tackling the Opioid Epidemic

The president has announced multiple initiatives in the last year to combat the scourge. Now, governors from both parties want to work together to help their communities.

Management

Military Contractors Return in Numbers to Iraq

Behind the president’s directive to ‘accelerate’ the counter-ISIS campaign came a surge in the number of contractors assisting in the campaign against ISIS.