Management
Improving Engagement Scores Is the Wrong Goal
A better measure would be employees' impact on agency performance.
Management
Hillary Clinton Wants to Counterbalance the NRA's Influence
Twenty percent of Americans say they won’t support a candidate who doesn’t back stricter gun laws—but twice as many gun-rights backers say the reverse.
Management
Is Obama's Agriculture Department Silencing Scientists?
Whistleblower: “There's a message: If you want to prosper, don't make waves.”
Management
Heavy Turnover at SBA Delays Management Improvements
GAO points to overuse of acting staff in top positions.
Management
White House Announces Inaugural Participants in Program to Develop New Federal Leaders
Fellows went through "rigorous" selection process and come from "all walks of life," OPM says.
Management
Labor Department Chief Lays Out the Promise (and Problem) With Apprenticeships
They are a ladder to prosperity, but they’re suffering from problems of perception.
Management
VA Moves to Punish Senior Executives
Two department officials plead the Fifth during Monday night congressional hearing.
Defense
VA Settles with Psychologist Who Claimed Retaliation for Whistleblowing
Texas-based PTSD specialist exposed misuse of funds, false record-keeping.
Management
3 Ways for Non-Beginners to Keep a Beginner's Mind
Experienced leaders should be willing to think differently.
Tech
Bill Would Ban Warrantless Cell-Phone Tracking
Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants local police to follow the same rules as federal agents for using fake cell towers for surveillance.
Management
A New Desk Lets You Work While Lying Down
Reclining desks are the latest weapon in the war against unhealthy workspaces.
Management
White House Takes Another Step to Ease Federal Hiring of Former Felons
Obama orders OPM to change rules so that agencies ask about criminal history later in the job application process.
Management
Improving Government Performance in Louisville: ‘It’s All About the People’
A six-point system for cultivating talented staff.
Management
Denmark: We Are Not The Socialist Utopia Bernie Sanders Thinks We Are
It's not socialist, for starters.
Management
What Would Happen If American Senators Worked Like the French?
If Senators took a few tips from the French work week, the political process would still run as smoothly (ahem) as ever.
Management
Federal Agencies Spent $334M on Advisory Committees in 2014
Outside experts generally earn special pay for their trouble.
Management
A Ghost Tour of the National Death Index
Beware of what lurks deep in the bowels of vital statistics.
Pay & Benefits
Senators Want to Make Sure Federal 'Tax Cheats' Don't Get Bonuses
Bipartisan group reintroduces a bill to prohibit tax delinquent and misbehaving IRS employees from receiving performance awards.
Management