Management
What It Will Take to Move the Needle on Reform
For each step forward on acquisition, rules or inaction stall progress.
Management
A New Flag Rises on Washington's Embassy Row
After decades of estrangement, the United States and Cuba formally reestablished diplomatic relations on Monday.
Management
The Surprising Benefit of Comparing Yourself to Others
Your peers probably don't have it all figured out, even if it seems that way sometimes.
Management
Government Shutdown Could Have Helped Former HUD Employee Commit Fraud
A new audit of the department’s purchase card program reveals one of the ripple effects of furloughs.
Management
Setting Your Own Schedule Actually Makes You Work More
Telework can be both a blessing and a curse.
Management
Can Design Help the USPS Make Stamps Popular Again?
The Postal Service's new Forever stamp series, 'Summer Harvest,' targets two kinds of audiences: foodies and nostalgics.
Management
Why Plugging the Cyber Breach Is the 2nd Biggest Problem at OPM
The agency’s most important job is not getting done.
Management
Shrinking the 'Beast' of the Federal Workforce, and Other Ideas From the Campaign Trail
Jeb Bush muses on incompetent employees; Clinton delves into procurement reform.
Nextgov
Pentagon’s $11 Billion Health Records Deal to be Awarded by Month's End
The 10-year contract is one of the largest in recent memory for DOD.
Management
How Government Can Get Better at Managing Big Programs
Report plots course for implementing improved techniques for undertaking complex endeavors.
Management
7 Things Employees Wish They Could Tell Their Bosses
Their silence may speak volumes about your leadership.
Defense
Head Air Marshal to Congress: We've Still Got This
The "last line of defense" in the sky is persevering despite several challenges.
Management
Agencies Are Poaching Executives From Other Agencies to Avoid Messy Hiring System
Half of federal executives say other agencies try to recruit them, survey finds.
Management
Exposing Organizations That Pay Women Less Than Men
How the British government is addressing a global problem.
Management
There Were 8.8M Calls the IRS Didn’t Even Try to Answer in 2015
Taxpayer advocate documents deteriorating customer service, suggests the IRS rethink its priorities.
Management
USPS Can’t Afford to Reopen Facilities and Add Employees Like Congress Wants
Budget office says the Postal Service would have to spend $300 million to comply with one-year amendment.
Management
Al Gore Is Now Criticizing the Obama Administration's Arctic Drilling Decision
The former vice president calls drilling in the icy waters “insane.”
Management
Inside Obama's Visit to a Federal Prison
The president Thursday saw a little bit of himself in some of the inmates at Oklahoma's El Reno federal prison.
Management
Here Are The Most Interesting Things We Learned About Pluto This Week From NASA
It took 53 years, but human beings have now seen all nine planets in our solar system up close and personal.
Management