Management

Will an Obscure Pentagon Small Business Program Live On?

Fate of 25-year-old research project depends on fiscal 2015 Defense authorization.

Management

Shaping the Workforce You Need: Lessons From a Manufacturing Innovator

How Shinola turned janitors, manicurists, and autoworkers into fine watchmakers.

News

What Does Running the VA Have to Do With Selling Soap?

From Procter & Gamble to one of government’s biggest bureaucracies.

Management

Federal Grants Bring New Cash to Local Emergency-Response Efforts

HHS announces $840 million in fiscal 2014 grants to state and community public-health programs.

Management

Is Your Strategic Plan Stuck?

Maybe it’s time for a more creative approach.

Management

Prisoners, Noncitizens and High Earners At Risk of Getting Obamacare Subsidies

Watchdog faults exchanges for weak controls on enrollee eligibility.

Management

USPS to Shutter 82 More Processing Plants in 2015

Employees could be reassigned to new locations.

Management

Foxx: Highway Cuts Coming Aug. 1 Unless Congress Acts

States will soon face a 28 percent cut in federal funding for repairs to roads and bridges, Transportation chief warns.

Management

Workers Are Taking World Cup Breaks, and We Have the Data to Prove It

Using conference calls as a proxy for productivity, the impact of a World Cup match on US business is clear.

Management

Obama to Cabinet: I Expect Better Performance

President tells agency heads they’ve got room for improvement.

Management

The Four Biggest Challenges the Next VA Secretary Faces

McDonald will inherit a scandal-plagued department with few easy fixes.

Nextgov

The Downside of Not Exhausting a $6 Billion Cyber Contract

Agencies are partially taking advantage of a bulk-price deal to automate network threat-tracking.

Management

President Obama Announces Plan to 'Fix As Much of Our Immigration System As I Can'

In a Monday statement from the White House, the president laid out a path for executive action.

Management

Lawmaker Wants to Force Testimony From Security Clearance Firm CEO

A USIS executive received more than $1 million in bonuses despite flawed work.

Nextgov

Oracle Protests $427 Million DISA Cloud Storage Contract

The pre-award protest is for the Enterprise Storage Services II, currently held by VION Corp.