Management
New Plain Language Champs: Social Security, Homeland Security and SEC
Education, Interior and State departments earn F’s on annual report card.
Management
Obama to Agencies: We Need More Regulations on Commercial Drone Use
After drone crashes near the White House, the president directed federal agencies to release rules.
Pay & Benefits
Latest VA Bill Limits Number of Senior Execs Eligible for Bonuses
Legislation also directs secretary to reassign top career officials every five years.
Nextgov
GSA Spends Over $100 Million for New Cloud Services
Awarded through GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, the contract will be a GSA-wide procurement vehicle,
Management
CHCOs Can Vastly Improve Their Agencies’ Curb Appeal
How to get your 'house' in order and make it a talent destination.
Management
Why the White House Is Shaking Up Medicare
Medicare announces new plans to pay more doctors based on value.
Route Fifty
Did Andrew Cuomo Overreact When He Closed New York City’s Subway?
The governor ordered the system to close because of the blizzard. But as smartphone apps showed, the trains kept on running.
Tech
Nonprofits Offer Help with Agency Records Management
National Archives welcomes input on preservation of electronic communications.
Management
Washington Agencies to Open Two Hours Late
Employees also have option of unscheduled leave or telework.
Management
Looking Back at the GSA Scandal: Did the Administration Overreact?
Some say the response to lavish spending in Las Vegas was too heavy-handed, given the limited scope of the problem.
Management
VA Announces Major Department Realignment
Official says reorganization is not about job cuts, and that there is 'more than enough work' to go around.
Management
Where Are They Now? Where the Players in the GSA Scandal Have Landed
Two officials fired in the wake of the conference-spending revelations have since been reinstated with back pay.
Management
What’s It Going to Be This Year? Doing or Being?
It's not about what we’re going to do; it’s about how we want to be.
Management
SpaceX Settles With the Air Force, Smoothing the Way for Competition in Spy-satellite Missions
Elon Musk’s rocket company announced a settlement with the Air Force Monday.
Management
Drone Crashes Onto South Lawn of the White House
A small unmanned aircraft crashed on the southeast side of the executive mansion Monday morning.
Management
Homeland Security IG Protests Redactions in Report on Airport Security Lapses
TSA argued information omitted from the report on vulnerabilities at JFK Airport was sensitive.
Management
The Value of Remembering Ordinary Moments
Though writing down daily events may seem mundane, participants in a recent study were happy to have records of them in the future.
Management
Obama Proposes Protecting Oil-Rich Alaskan Wilderness From Oil, Gas Drilling
Oil giants Shell, ConocoPhillips and Statoil hold drilling leases in Arctic waters, but ANWR was next target.
Management