Management
10 Creative Careers That Rely on Science and Math
Knowledge of STEM subjects isn't just essential for physicists or computer engineers. Fashion designers, zookeepers, and deep-sea divers also use it every day.
Management
Climate Change Is Making It Harder to Get to Space
NASA says rising sea levels threaten launch facilities.
Management
What to Expect From Procurement in 2015
Streamlining agency purchasing systems can unearth surprising savings.
Management
Watchdog: Congress Should Help HUD Improve List of Buildings for Homeless
Inventory of agency properties that could become shelters called too broad.
Management
Prescription Drug Payments Still Going to Dead People, Watchdog Finds
CMS struggles to enforce pharmacy reporting deadlines on HIV treatments.
Management
How Does Clinton Overcome Obama?
Her biggest problem won’t be age, her campaign strategy, or GOP attacks. It will be that many voters lack faith in government.
Nextgov
Exclusive: AFRICOM Plans High-Speed Circuits to Liberia
U.S. military plans to lease a 622 megabit terrestrial circuit from Europe to Liberia.
Management
7 Workplace Vampires That Can Suck the Life Out of You
How to keep your distance and conserve your emotional energy.
Defense
One Agency's Short-Lived Idea to Have Its Employees Test a New Ebola Vaccine
News editors at VOA found volunteers, but BBG general counsel balked.
Management
Just Looking at Cash Makes People Selfish and Less Social
Money might not be the root of all evil, but it is the root of some.
Management
Team Obama Isn't Blinking on Cutting Carbon
Even under the threat of a Republican Congress, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz insists the White House will keep pushing for lower emissions.
Tech
Puzzling Fact: Trade Envoys May Not Text Foreign Counterparts
Federal Records Act requires archiving except for transitory messages.
Nextgov
Race is On for Defense Health Record – but VA Backs Out of Competition
Four teams of contractors are vying for the electronic health record system contract – and the $11 billion prize attached.
Management
Director Who Modernized the Federal Register Departs Friday
Charley Barth took pride in "digital democracy."
Management
How Low Would You Go to Get Ahead?
Why leaders need to discourage cutthroat behavior among colleagues.
Oversight
A Perk for Federal VIPs: Park Service’s Mountain Getaway
Vice President Biden offers to reimburse NPS for his stay at a cabin in Grand Teton National Park.
Management
Unmanned NASA Rocket Explodes in Virginia
The rocket, built and launched by Orbital Sciences Corporation, was headed to the International Space Station.
Management
Kirsten Gillibrand: It's 'Vital' That a Woman Becomes President in 2016
The junior senator from New York hopes it's Hillary Clinton, but she's positioning herself well if that doesn't happen.
Management
Snail Mail Gets Slower: Why USPS Is Missing Its Own Mail Delivery Goals
Disagreement abounds as the Postal Service blames bad weather, not job cuts and plant closures, for slower mail.
Management