Management
President’s Data Boosters Push Management Agenda
OMB and GSA officials seek a legacy of evidence-based performance.
Management
7 Things Leaders Can Learn from Bill Clinton About Connecting With People
Relating on a personal level is a quick way to earn trust and respect.
Management
Should Political Sex Scandals Be News?
A new book about Gary Hart and an uncensored letter from the FBI to Martin Luther King Jr. reopen the debate on the line between the private and the political.
Pay & Benefits
Misbehaving VA Execs Could Lose Some of Their Pension Benefits
Bill would give the secretary power to strip a portion of an employee’s retirement benefits on account of wrongdoing or poor performance.
Management
The Complete Guide to Networking For Introverts
It's important to carefully manage interactions and play to their strengths
Management
Congress, White House Unite to Kill Useless Reports
Lawmakers of all stripes laud passage of bill striking 53 "unnecessary" agency products.
Management
Report: BP Tried to Lobby the EPA to Let It Continue As a Government 'Business Partner'
Vice News obtained a confidential 72-page report the company produced to convince the agency to keep giving it contracting dollars.
Management
IG: Energy Lab Lobbied Officials for $2.4 Billion No-Bid Contract
Sandia National Laboratories used government funds in efforts to extend Lockheed Martin’s management deal without competition.
Management
How Future Thinkers Can Revolutionize Strategic Planning
Some countries are institutionalizing anticipatory government; so can the U.S.
Management
Small Businesses Might Not be Getting a Say in Rules That Affect Them
Study by nonprofit suggests big-business interests are co-opting OSHA, EPA, CFPB review panels.
Management
Can Obama Split the Difference on Immigration?
Obama promised reform by the end of the year. Now he has to choose whom to offend. It's not a yes-or-no choice, but neither his critics nor his supporters will be happy with anything in between.
Oversight
SBA Takes Flak Over Revising Company Size Standards
Committee chairman calls proposed rule a “capricious” threat to IT industry.
Management
The Four Types of Sleep Schedules
A new study suggests that some people are neither "owls" nor "larks"
Management
Hacked Employees File Charges Against Postal Service
Union, lawmakers, unhappy with USPS secrecy.
Management
3 Tips to Help Federal Leaders Prepare for a New Congress
How to field data and hearing requests so you can focus on strategy.
Nextgov
Federal Customer Experience 'Downright Bleak'
Six federal agencies earned an average of “very poor." HealthCare.gov scored the lowest.
Management
Video: The Apache Firefighters Who Stop America's Biggest Wildfires
Why dangerous work became a calling for this Bureau of Indian Affairs-sponsored Native American Crew.
Management
Infographic: What Defense Personnel Really Think About the Acquisition Process
Many believe the Pentagon is failing to deliver the weapons and equipment troops really need.
Defense