Management

Attention Dieters: FDA Ruling Will Require Calorie Counts at Restaurants

New requirements will make sure eateries "conspicuously" inform customers of nutrition information.

Management

Is Chocolate a Superior Memory Food?

Important ties between food and mental functioning keep emerging.

Management

White House Protestors Underwhelmed by Obama's Ferguson Comments

On a night of high national tensions and violence, protestors at the White House were disappointed by President Obama's speech about the Ferguson grand jury.

Management

A Public-Private Innovation Classroom

The Center for Leadership Development invites business leaders to brainstorm alongside feds.

Management

Why Is the Smithsonian Standing Behind Bill Cosby?

The comedian thinks people should have "the integrity not to ask" about the allegations against him. The institution apparently agrees.

Management

The History of Cabinet Shakeups, Charted

As the size of the United States Cabinet has ballooned from 11 departments in 1947 to 15 today, there has been significant turnover.

Management

New Lois Lerner Emails May Be Retrieved

IRS says it is cooperating with watchdog, laments budget cuts.

Management

Half of Americans Think Climate Change Is a Sign of the Apocalypse

What a new report on theology and global warming means for public policy

Defense

Chuck Hagel Is Out at the Pentagon

The defense secretary is leaving the top post at the Pentagon after less than two years in office. By Stephanie Gaskell

Pay & Benefits

What It Will Take to Fix Federal Pay

Everyone agrees change is needed, but outdated and inconclusive salary data make it difficult.

Management

What the Obama Immigration Action Means for Federal Agencies

Some Homeland Security agencies will be getting new employees, while others may pay workers differently.

News

Writing the Book on Moneyball Government

A bipartisan group makes the case for evidence-based decision-making.

Management

Americans Rate Two Agencies Worse Than the IRS

A new Gallup poll shows what citizens think about the work of 13 federal agencies.

Management

Justice Department Wants Better 'Police-Community Relations' Ahead of Ferguson Decision

Attorney General Eric Holder announced some guidelines for law-enforcement officers ahead of a big decision in the Michael Brown case.

Management

Your Automatic Self Versus Your Aware Self

Sometimes following your instincts can hold you back as a leader.

Nextgov

VA’s Aggressive Plan for Shedding Its 'Back-to-the-Future' Era Scheduling System

VA is now taking bids for commercial software to replace a clunky 1980s-era system for scheduling medical appointments.

Management

The Economic Case Against Majoring in Fun Things

The burden of student debt is fairly uniform, but the burden of repaying it varies across disciplines.