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
Analysis: The Biggest Myth About the Gender Wage Gap
The real gap isn't between men and women doing the same job. It's between the different jobs that men and women take.
Management
Furlough Watch: Agency-by-Agency Impacts of Sequestration
Some agencies are avoiding unpaid leave altogether, while others require days of it.
Pay & Benefits
EPA Trims Furloughs by Three Days
Employees will now take a total of seven days of unpaid leave.
Management
Analysis: Your Tax Dollars at Work: The DEA Renovates Its Propaganda Museum
A federal agency can be many things. A credible purveyor of its own history is not one.
Management
Agencies Again Must Come Up With 5 Percent in Spending Cuts
Instructions for fiscal 2015 budget submissions include finding ways to curb duplication.
Management
In Search of the Entrepreneurial Personalities of Specific Places
Some are been working to identify the factors that drive the success of certain entrepreneurial regions, such as Silicon Valley.
Management
The Bedside Manner of James Comey, Obama's FBI Pick
The Republican was a central figure in Bush-era drama over warrantless wiretapping.
Management
Analysis: After Boston, Renewing the Call for Security and Vigilance
Five former military leaders stress the importance of citizens alerting officials about security concerns.
Management
Yes, It’s True: There’s Fungus Among Us
NIH-funded research reveals our bodies are covered in fungus.
Management
Acting IRS Chief Hires GAO Official to New Risk Management Position
Werfel names David Fisher during 30-day agency review.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies Post Job Openings Despite Sequester
Departments defend the practice; OPM distinguishes postings from hires.
Management