Management
EPA Chief: Teach Global Warming in Schools
Gina McCarthy wants children to have an understanding of climate science, but current policy leaves plenty of students without it.
Management
Homeland Security Staff in Border Facilities Getting Sick on the Job
Some employees have contracted scabies, lice and chicken pox at Texas detention centers for children fleeing Central America.
Management
To Work Better, Work Less
Toiling away for more hours diminishes productivity. Why do so many do it anyway?
Route Fifty
How Silicon Valley Talent Brokering Is Helping Local Cities
Silicon Valley Talent Partnership Executive Director Lea King discusses how new Knight Foundation funding will strengthen local cross-sector collaboration.
Tech
The Most and Least Sustainable Agencies in Government
One chart shows which agencies are going green.
Management
Misbehaving Contractors Might Be in Luck At These Agencies
GSA and State are doing the worst job of tracking past performance, though all major agencies have improved recently, auditors find.
News
What Government Never Could Have Expected from President Nixon
The president who tried to leverage the bureaucracy to “screw” his opponents resigned 40 years ago.
Management
Agencies Team Up to Improve Communities Without Wrecking the Environment
Five-year effort now reflects Obama's climate change push.
Management
Toddler Gets Timeout for Slipping Through White House Gates
The breach resulted in a brief security lockdown.
Management
Imagine If Thousands of Medical Researchers Could Have a Quick Conversation
NIH's PubMed Commons is catalyzing scientist-to-scientist interactions.
Management
3 Myths That Cripple Acquisition: Myth No. 3 Envisioning the Future Is a Waste of Time
Moving the puck forward will require Gretzky-style foresight.
Management
Hillary Clinton's Rules for Women
The former of secretary of State laid out a few best practices for women in a new interview with Glamour.
Management
GSA Updates Agency Air Fare Deals to Save $2 Billion Yearly
City Pair program allows flight cancellations or changes without fees.
Management
Lego’s Female Scientist Set Could Inspire a Generation of Girls
Encouraging women to work in STEM fields would be a big help to dwindling American STEM workers.
Management
Federal Appeals Board Has Major Concerns With Firing Provisions in New VA Law
Small agency tasked with enforcing those provisions raises questions about their constitutionality and wisdom.
Management
About to Ask For a Raise? Listen to These Three Songs First
New research shows that music with heavy bass makes people feel far more confident.
Management
Edward Snowden Can Stay In Russia for Three More Years
The NSA leaker has been in legal limbo for the last week, ever since his initial political asylum grant expired on August 1.
Management
Obama Doesn't Want to Send the Secret Ebola Serum to Africa Anytime Soon
President says the deadly virus is "controllable if you've got a strong public health infrastructure in place."
Management