Oversight
IRS Conference Waste Includes Speaker Who Paints, Audit Finds
TIGTA details $4.1 million gathering that took place in 2010.
Management
Secret Man Caves Found in EPA Warehouse
Agency has issued stop work order to the contractor responsible for the hidden rooms.
Pay & Benefits
Remember Not to Work for Contractors While on Furlough, Army Says
Furlough guidance cautions against conflicts of interest.
Oversight
Acting IRS Chief Begins Reforms, Says 'Solution is Not More Money'
House appropriators use scandal to question agency’s budget request, executive bonuses.
Nextgov
Santa Fe Forest Fire Highlights Extreme Danger This Season
Drought and tinder-dry trees fuel 7,990 acre blaze in New Mexico.
Management
The Lady Gaga Fix: How the U.S. Is Rethinking GDP for the 21st Century
The government will soon start counting creative endeavors like songwriting as well as research and development when it measures the economy. It's about time.
Management
The Future of Getting Paid to Be Healthy
Pairing financial incentives and workplace wellness programs, employers can save money, and employees can make it.
Pay & Benefits
Treasury Suspends Investments Into G Fund
The retirement plan will be made whole, Secretary Lew says.
Management
Despite Turf Fight, Chemical Board Continues Probe of Texas Explosion
Independent body complains ATF and state agencies denied its staff access.
Management
How Did Work-Life Balance in the U.S. Get So Awful?
Among all advanced nations, we rank 28th -- barely better than Mexico.
Management
3 Questions to Manage Your Own Performance
Enhance performance by minimizing things that interfere with your potential.
Management
How an Oil Rig Shed its Macho Culture and Became Safer and More Productive
Can a macho workplace shed its machismo?
Management
Where Are the Low-Priority Programs?
What ever became of the new statutory provision requiring agencies to “identify low-priority program activities?"
Management
White House Unveils First-Ever Inventory of Federal Programs
Mandatory listing of about 1,600 activities is posted by department on performance.gov.
Management
IRS Could Reduce Abuse of Travel Cards, Watchdog Says
Controls are largely effective, but punishments 'often lenient.'
Management
Proposals Would Broaden Sensitive Positions and Change Appeal Rights
New definition could hang employees out to dry, whistleblower advocates say.
Management
4 Trends Shaping the Tech-Driven Workforce of the Future
Technology is coalescing to transform the agency of tomorrow--here's what it will look like.
Management
Obama to Seek Much Lower Cap on Contractor Exec Pay
Plan would tie the ceiling for reimbursements to the president’s salary, currently $400,000.
Management