Management

Lawsuits to Block FAA Contract Tower Closures Multiply

Industry sees closures as a White House-driven strategy to make sequestration seem painful.

Defense

Sequestration Could Lead to Job Losses, Defense Comptroller Says

Across-the-board cuts also are expected to curtail long-term military readiness

Management

House Republicans Challenge TSA’s $50 Million Clothing Order

Contract for uniforms is poorly timed since it coincides with sequestration, lawmakers say.

Management

Analysis: What Will Furloughs Mean For Young Feds?

Furloughs resulting from sequestration might drive young people right out of public service.

Oversight

USPS Should Charge More Where It Can, Report Says

Discounts for presorting cost more than they save.

Tech

Pentagon Seeks High-Tech Nuke Radiation Defenses

DARPA office is looking for pre- and post-exposure treatments to counter radiation's short-term health effects.

Management

What Does the Ideal Work Environment Look Like?

Young leaders provide insight on how managers get best find, and implement, successful work environments.

Pay & Benefits

Justice Postpones Furlough Decision to Mid-April

Attorney general is still weighing unpaid leave for employees because of sequestration.

Management

In Focus: Clocking Clearances

Timeliness of background investigations has vastly improved since guidelines were put in place.

Management

GOP Seeks to Unwind Health Care Overhaul By Starving Agencies of Funding

Law will be hard to kill entirely since many of its requirements involve mandatory spending.

Management

6 Ways You Can Develop Your Team Even on a Shoestring Budget

Just because your budget has been cut doesn't mean your team should cease to grow.

Management

Analysis: For How Long Can Feds ‘Do More With Less’?

As employee engagement rates decline, the cost-cutting mantra may not be helping anything.

Defense

Pentagon Scales Back Furloughs, Calls for Additional Flexibility

Spending deal fixed some but not all the department's sequestration problems, Hagel says.

Oversight

Senate Backs Amendment to Boost IGs' Power

Provision would increase personnel, training and authority for inspectors general across government.

Management

There’s Nothing to Fear But the Debt Itself

Federal interest payments are projected to grow faster over the next decade than any other broad category of expenditures.