Management
A Guide for Working Families
To attract and retain a talented workforce, the government must provide workplace flexibilities.
Management
Tracking Individual Feds Over Time Could Improve Employee Viewpoint Survey
Academics look at the methodology of the annual survey gauging the attitudes of federal workers.
Management
Help Shape the Next President’s Agenda
Transitions in Governance 2016 wants your input on pressing federal management issues.
Management
2,500 Years Later, the Hottest New Management Guru is Confucius
It's possible to learn good business and good manners.
Management
Obama’s Mentor Turns Against Him In Court on Climate
Laurence Tribe argues that his former student’s effort to curb carbon pollution is unconstitutional.
Management
Mapping Genomes to Understand Contaminated Foods
The FDA can now pinpoint exactly which ingredient makes people sick in outbreaks.
Management
Are You Ready to Change the Way You Think About Leadership?
Global change agents think and act in an integrated way.
Management
Lawmakers in Both Parties Promise to Be Nicer to Feds
But kinder rhetoric is only one step on a long road to boosting employee morale.
Management
The Lowdown on Agency Strategic Reviews
Results show progress, but morale and customer service challenges remain.
Management
Video: Capuchin Monkeys Show How Keeping Up With Your Peers is an Early Need
Feeling bad when our peers do better is a deep-seated instinct.
Pay & Benefits
The Pentagon Says This Man Can Fix Its Broken Personnel System
Army Under Secretary and former Congressman Brad Carson takes the reins in an office that has seen nine leaders since 2009.
Management
Defense: We Can’t Afford to Replace Aging ICBMs, Bombers, Subs
With or without sequestration, the Pentagon will need at least $10 billion more per year to modernize its nuclear arsenal, procurement chief says.
Management
Americans Love Paying Taxes
Residents of the United States are unusually likely to see chipping in their share as a civic duty, a moral obligation, and a patriotic act.
Defense
It Just Got Easier to Contest Inclusion on the No Fly List
For starters, DHS will now tell people if they’re on the list; ACLU says new procedures aren’t enough.
Management
Declining Satisfaction With Government in 5 Charts
Whether seeking information, applying for benefits or making payments, interacting with feds is increasingly difficult.
Management
Google’s Lessons for Federal Workforce Management
Granting employees the freedom to implement is a central theme.
Management
Hillary Clinton Is Learning All the Wrong Lessons From Obama
She’s relying on the president’s advisers and old campaign strategy to win her the presidency. But what Clinton really needs is a fresh message and the fight of an underdog.
Management
White House Backs Removing Cuba From State Sponsors of Terrorism List
The White House announced that the president submitted a report to Congress that would remove Cuba from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List.
Oversight
Program Duplication Report: Should Scientists Analyze Toy Guns?
GAO's fifth installment urges Congress to intervene, cites 12 new areas of overlap.
Oversight