Pay & Benefits
Possible Furlough Days Coming to IRS Employees
Full-day agency shutdowns could complement hiring freeze and overtime suspension.
Management
The Overseas Diplomatic Life is Not All Sips of Tea
"The students, I don’t know how many there were, several thousand, surrounded the cars and began to pelt them with eggs and rocks and to jump up on top of the cars and stamp on the roofs." When Warren Christopher had to deliver bad news in Taiwan.
Management
7 Very Telling Signs Your Job Is a Poor Fit
How to avoid a long-term ‘soul sucking’ experience.
Management
The Limits of Obama's Clemency
The president granted pardons and commutations to 20 on Wednesday, but many more wait.
Management
White House Floats New Climate Guidelines for Energy, Infrastructure Development
The administration is releasing new plans instructing federal agencies to assess greenhouse-gas emissions as part of a broader effort to address climate change.
Management
Library of Congress Will Preserve The Big Lebowski as a Historical Piece of American Culture
The National Film Preservation Board selected the Coen brothers’ film for preservation.
Management
Budget-Crunched IRS Revamps Exempt Organizations Division
Unit that birthed targeting controversy speeds up applications processing.
Management
How to Avoid the Disaster of Leadership Vertigo
It's when your brain tells you one thing and the facts tell you another.
Management
FEMA Spent Billions on Disaster Assistance Overhead During the Last Decade
The agency allocated nearly $13 billion for expenses related to compensation, travel and supplies for disaster relief personnel from fiscal years 2004 to 2013.
Management
The Most Intelligent Groups Aren’t Just a Bunch of Smart People
It turns out that you can measure and predict group intelligence, and that the same factors affect both face-to-face and online groups.
Management
Slashing IRS Budget Carries a Heavy Price
Cutting the agency's funding will result in a serious drop in revenue due to fewer audits and less oversight—which will worsen our federal budget deficits.
Management
Immigration Hawk Won't Lead the Senate Budget Committee
The panel's current top Republican will step aside in January to make way for a more mild-mannered leader.
Management
5 Tips to Boost Your Employee Survey Ranking
Government isn’t just doomed to have low morale, so fix it.
Management
It's Hard to Tell Whether U.S. Spending to Elevate Women in Afghanistan Is Working
Defense, State and USAID are unable to link their efforts to gains by women, watchdog finds.
Management
How the Fight Against Ebola Shaped 2014
Anthony Fauci and other experts weigh in on what to take away from the devastation of the disease.
Management
Jeb Bush's Presidential Hopes Are Bad News for Hillary
The former Florida governor may or may not be a strong candidate, but his presence brings out the Democratic frontrunner's biggest weaknesses.
Nextgov
With New Policy, DOD Components Won’t Need DISA to Buy Cloud Services
The new guidance overrides two previous memorandums that charged DISA with assessing the security of commercial cloud service offerings.
Management
The Complete Guide to Sitting at Your Desk
Desk work can take a toll on your body, and it’s the sitting still that causes the problem.
Management