Management
Business Travelers: The Complete Guide to Fighting Jet Lag
There’s no definitive cure, but you can mitigate the effects with these tips.
Management
GSA Awards Professional Services Contracts to 74 Companies
OASIS vehicle designed to reduce duplication across government.
Nextgov
Survey: Abuse of Network Access Privileges Is Rampant
Agencies are more concerned about insiders leaking citizens’ and partner organizations’ information than their own business data.
Management
Picture This: Tax Dollars May Again Fund Official Portraits
The congressional ban on the practice was temporary, but two lawmakers are proposing a solution.
Management
The VA Is a Disgrace. Is Obama to Blame?
Obama, Bush, Congress, and presidents going back to JFK all bear some of the responsibility.
Management
4 Ways to Embed Quality Into Your Agency's Culture
Survey shows traditional monetary incentives and training have little effect.
Management
If You Do This, Your Emails Might Be Rude
It’s all to easy to invade someone's personal space online.
Management
GSA Acquisition Officer Bound for White House Role
Anne Rung to serve as senior adviser, possibly as procurement chief.
Defense
The VA Health Care Scandal Grows
Albuquerque VA hospital is the latest to be accused of maintaining a secret waiting list.
Management
Your City Might Start Paying You to Be Late for Work
Urban Engines is a new start-up making the case for skipping rush hour all together.
Oversight
Voters Hate Obamacare More Than They Want Immigration Reform
The Affordable Care Act remains the deciding issue in voters' minds
Management
6 Communication Tips From Emergency Managers
How to get your message across, even if it isn’t a matter of life and death.
Management
Report: HUD's Donovan to OMB in Cabinet Shift
San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro would be appointed to lead HUD.
Management
Nuke Agency Rejects Mandate to Provide Cost-Savings Details
Agency's spending decisions are under the microscope in light of a broader congressional atmosphere of budget-tightening and because of past cost overruns.
Pay & Benefits
House to Vote on Firing VA Senior Execs
A bill that would enhance the department secretary’s authority to sack poor performers at scandal-plagued VA hits the floor Wednesday.
Management
4 Ways Industry Can Help Make the DATA Act Work
In partnership with agencies, companies can benefit from improving spending data.
Management
Your Idea for Improving Program Management Could Be Worth Something
The Performance Improvement Council will award prizes for the most compelling submissions.
Pay & Benefits
Don’t Count on Higher Mass Transit Benefits Anytime Soon
Senate Republicans block bill that would have restored the benefits to their 2013 levels and privatized tax debt collection.
Management
Executive at Center of VA Patient Scheduling Debacle Resigns
Dr. Robert Petzel was the department’s undersecretary for health.
Defense