Management
The Broken Federal Personnel System in 7 Charts
Government employees are deeply frustrated with a personnel system that makes it too hard to hire skilled workers and fire poor performers.
Management
The Financial Consequences of a Bad Flu Shot
While CDC doesn't have an official estimate for the economic costs of ineffective seasonal vaccines, various studies have suggested that resistant viral strains can weigh on the economy.
Management
Leaders, Don't Let Knowledge Walk Out the Door
Here are a few strategies to keep critical skills going.
Oversight
Obama: Let's Set Sights Higher Than ‘Just Making Sure Government Doesn’t Screw Things Up’
In State of the Union, president advocates an active government to help support a middle-class economy.
Management
Storify: GovExec Live-tweets the 2015 State of the Union
The White House positioned the speech rollout via social media.
Management
Full Text: Obama's 2015 State of the Union Address
The White House released the text minutes before the speech began.
Management
Video: Watch the 2015 State of the Union Address Live
Obama will address taxes, foreign policy and cybersecurity.
Management
Most Agency Heads Didn’t Really Have MLK Day Off
How your agency’s secretary spent the holiday.
Management
The Stories of Four VA Whistleblowers Who Exposed Lapsed Patient Care
Office of Special Counsel has won 25 corrective actions since last April’s scandal.
Management
How Healthy Is Your Agency? It Could Be Time for a Checkup
Find out what’s going right and wrong.
Management
Polls Give Obama, Dems Lift on Keystone Pipeline
Two new surveys suggest that the public is ambivalent about the project.
Defense
The Savings from Seven Key Afghanistan Audits: $1.1 Billion
SIGAR’s summary shows Defense Department declined to implement 35 of 209 recommendations.
Management
When Lincoln's State of the Union Leaked
Someone close to Lincoln gave excerpts to the press, and the new president scrambled to avoid a very public humiliation.
Management
Why You Should Take Time to Not Think
Consider where you get your best ideas. It's probably not at your desk in front of your computer.
Oversight
How Will Obama Speak to a Hostile Congress?
The State of the Union will set the tone for the next two years.
Management
What Happened From Last Year's State of the Union Address
An annotated tour of the president’s 2014 speech.
Management
Eric Holder Keeps Chipping Away at ‘The War on Drugs’
In his last days in office, the attorney general is still making sweeping changes to national justice policy.
Route Fifty
When Public Officials Announce They Won’t ‘Set Arbitrary Deadlines’ for Big Projects
After previous false promises, D.C. officials have decided not to provide any updated predictions for a long-delayed project's opening.
Management
Prospects for IRS Furloughs Will Depend on Filing Season Expenses
Commissioner Koskinen denies he is exaggerating agency budget woes.
Management