Management

Get Visual: Why Your Team Should Start Drawing

How cutting edge teams are using map making to spur innovation.

Defense

Pentagon Planners Detail 'Distasteful' Sequestration Furloughs

Reductions in force would be too expensive, official says. Virginia, Texas and California will feel the most pain.

Management

Postal Service Defends Pricey Conference as Chance to Boost Revenue

Agency sees $2 million tab as an investment into major business opportunities.

Management

What the Mouse Can Teach Us (And What It Can't)

NIH is looking at a high tech alternative to testing on mice.

Management

Amidst Drawdowns in Iraq and Afghanistan, Army Responds With EAGLE

New contract program aims to consolidate different vehicles.

Management

Analysis: The Good Side of Sequestration

The cuts are painful but will at least teach a lesson in what government does and why we shouldn't demonize it.

Management

Rwanda's Historic Health Recovery: What the U.S. Might Learn

Over the last decade in Rwanda, deaths from HIV, TB, and malaria dropped by 80 percent, maternal mortality dropped by 60 percent, life expectancy doubled -- all at an average health care cost of $55 per person per year.

Management

Analysis: Losing the War on Drugs

Law enforcement agencies will never stop narcotics trafficking unless they follow the money.

Defense

Post-Love Pentagon, John Allen Is Out

President Obama has accepted Gen. John Allen's request to retire from the military.

Management

3 Ways to (Finally) Get Recognized

Ever feel like you’ve been bringing it night after night after night and nobody’s noticed?

Pay & Benefits

Government Spends Record-High on Union Activity

Official time used more than in 2011 than any year since 2004.

Management

Majority of States Aren't Interested in Setting Up Health Exchanges

As of Friday deadline, 24 states and D.C. were onboard with that piece of the Affordable Care Act, HHS reports.

Management

GSA Chief: Streamlining Offices Key to Improving Agency

Dan Tangherlini says ongoing review of operations has revealed overlap in administrative functions.

Nextgov

NASA Lost Communications With the International Space Station

A scary break in communications between NASA on the ground and NASA in space comes during a routine software update. All on board are doing well.

Management

The Anatomy of a Winning Resume

HR managers share what gets a resume noticed and what gets it tossed.

Management

Obama Decries ‘Meat-Cleaver’ Approach of Sequestration

Federal furloughs would hurt middle-class taxpayers, the president says.

Defense

Analysis: Chuck Hagel, Strategic Thinker

Why aren’t more pundits defending the Defense nominee for foreseeing today’s budget problems? Probably because they were wrong themselves.

Management

Who Are You? Four Trends in Identity Management

Identity Management can either be the keystone or the single point of failure for interactions between the online and offline worlds.

Tech

Arms Sales Are Down for the First Time in Decades

Top 100 arms manufacturers worldwide saw a 5 percent decline in sales in 2011.

Management

A Three Point Plan for Injecting Leadership into Government

There is no quick fix to developing better leaders, but here's where we can start.