Management
Pentagon’s Buying Managers Resist IG’s Call for Central Oversight Office
Watchdog recommends the new office as a way to reduce delays and cost overruns.
Management
Managing the Skills Crisis
Technology is dividing people into two groups: winners who are proficient in technology and losers who are replaced by it.
Nextgov
Why Did This Federal Lab Pay 42 Different Prices for the Same Computer?
Energy Department has attempted to standardize equipment buys, but IT purchasing remains problematic.
Management
The 2016 Presidential Conversations Taking Place Right Now
What's on the minds of potential White House candidates tonight.
Management
This is Google’s Incredibly Simple Hiring Formula
The tech giant never compromises on its high hiring bar.
Defense
Government Seeks Vets Interested in STEM Jobs
A new program designed to attract vets in science, technology, engineering and math will launch in 2015.
Management
Those Soul-Crushing Late Night Shifts Are Also Ruining Your Brain
Study shows graveyard shift workers perform worse.
Management
The 28 Counties the Justice Department Is Monitoring for Voting Rights Violations
States may have the power to regulate elections, but the feds are staying close.
Management
Procurement Chief Vows to Simplify Federal Contracting
Rung says key to curbing complexity is collaboration between agencies, industry.
Management
Fixing the Useless Federal Program Inventory
To cut duplicative programs, agencies have to know how to count them first.
Management
Why Do Workers Feel So Unhappy?
Just one-fifth of employees report believing that their workplaces strongly value them.
Nextgov
Annual Defense Bill Likely To Slip in Cyber Clampdown on Contractors
More China bashing, ill-constructed wording or what?
Management
Hundreds of Federal Employees Win Union Representation
Financial regulators will soon be able to collectively bargain.
Management
What You Can Learn About Focus From the World Series MVP
Focus on what you're there to do, pitch by pitch, out by out.
Management
The Man Who Was Fired for Taking a Photograph of the President
Kenneth Tate, the CDC guard who lost his job after snapping a picture of Obama's motorcade, was labeled a criminal after officials discovered he had ridden an elevator with the commander in chief while armed. Now, Tate is telling his story.
Management
Effort to Root Out Duplicative Federal Programs Hits a Roadblock
Because agencies use different terminology, their inventories have limited value, GAO finds.
Management
The Art of Not Working at Work
At first, the ability to check email, read ESPN, or browse Zappos while on the job may feel like a luxury. But in time, many crave more meaningful—and more demanding—responsibilities.
Nextgov
Does Anybody Really Know How Many Cyber Professionals the Government Needs?
Quantifying the precise cyber talent gap remains an inexact science. Can a single federal cyber jobs database help?
Defense