Management
Lawmakers Scramble to Fast-Track Deal to Prevent VA Hospital Closures
Without a budget fix, officials have said the department might have to shutter facilities, furlough workers, and freeze hiring starting in August.
Management
Benghazi Committee GOP: Top Kerry Aide Must Appear Next Week
Trey Gowdy says the staffer has to show up Wednesday — unless the State Department turns over more documents.
Management
How to Build a Next Gen Program That Works
Boldly go where your stakeholders are: in the cloud, online, mobile.
Management
NASA is Training Astronauts In an Underwater Station — And Anyone Can Watch Them Online
For 14 days, a team of four "aquanauts" will live in the underwater habitat.
Management
The Argument Over Disposable Plastic Water Bottles in National Parks
The bottled water industry is lobbying hard to overturn waste-reducing bans in parks, claiming concerns about dehydration and health.
Management
Bill Making It Easier to Fire VA Employees Heads to Senate Floor
Senate panel approves accountability legislation and another measure that would rescind certain workers’ bonuses.
Management
After Years of Cutting Funding, Republicans Seek to Privatize Part of the IRS
Advocates denounce the highway bill pay-for.
Management
OPM Takes Steps Toward Finding a Contractor to Notify Hack Victims
An information request put out to interested companies indicated a mid-August contract award is the "best case."
Management
6 Really Simple Ways to Boost Learning and Development
Training doesn't have to require so much time away from the work.
Management
State Has a Benghazi Dilemma
John Kerry's top aide faces a choice: miss a key hearing on the Iran deal, or defy the GOP chairman of the House Benghazi panel.
Management
Astronauts Are Broadcasting Bedtime Stories From Space
They're harnessing kids' imagination to bridge the gap between STEM and reading.
Nextgov
Lockheed Martin Could Spin Off Its $6 Billion Government IT Business
"It has become increasingly difficult for us to compete effectively," a spokesperson said.
Management
Lawmakers: Congress Will Not Let VA Furlough Employees Or Close Hospitals
Secretary Bob McDonald will testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill about the department’s $2.5 billion funding shortfall.
Management
Five Tips from Federal Innovation Entrepreneurs
Nearly 200 enthusiastic innovators from more than two dozen agencies gathered to share ideas and inspire each other.
Management
Ohio Governor John Kasich Joins 2016 Race
Kasich announces in Columbus that he's giving it another shot.
News
Here’s Your Chance to Vote Someone On To Government’s All-Star Team
The Service to America Medals have added a new People’s Choice category.
Tech
OPM to Charge Agencies for Services Offered to Hack Victims
Agencies will have to scramble to find fiscal 2015 funding.
Management
You’re Probably Doing Email Introductions Wrong
You may not know it—but you're still being a jerk.
Management
John Kerry on Restoring Relations With Cuba: 'Nothing is More Futile Than Trying to Live in the Past'
After more than a half century, the U.S. and Cuba took a major symbolic step toward re-establishing diplomatic relations.
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