Management
3 Ways to Better Organize Team Meetings
A look at how the VA Innovation Initiative conducts team meetings to foster collaboration and communication.
Management
What Your Email Inbox Count Says About You
What's your email management type? Two writers set out to explore the multifaceted art of inbox maintenance.
Management
Employee satisfaction dips by record margin, with pay taking biggest plunge
Two-thirds of agencies see decrease in ratings on Best Places to Work survey.
Management
Senator fears agencies are missing out on food contractor rebates
McCaskill probe sparks calls for switch to governmentwide strategic sourcing.
Management
Behind the scenes of the 57th inauguration
The Joint Task Force-National Capital Region is planning extensive crowd management for Obama's second inauguration.
Management
Helping Researchers Devastated by Superstorm Sandy
The NIH is helping scientists cope with the storm's devastation of research facilities at New York University.
Management
In a Crisis, Be Like Eliot Spitzer, Not Anthony Weiner
Lessons from recent history about the wrong way, and the right way, to handle a crisis.
Defense
Defense companies also worried about nondefense budget cuts
Overall discretionary spending in both defense and nondefense accounts would hurt firms, they say.
Management
Tips for Surviving Email Crises From Clinton's 'Masters of Disaster'
A how-to brought to you by the guys who defended Bill Clinton on impeachment.
Management
A Year in Search: Google’s 2012 Year in Review
Google highlights the year that was, including the people and accomplishments of the federal government.
Defense
Analysis: Why Obama can—and must—cut defense spending
The Cold War is over, the national budget is overstretched, and voters are on board. Will the president follow through on his chance to shrink the Pentagon?
Tech
Helping intelligence agencies better predict the future
Could human and machine forecasters work together to increase their foresight?
Management
Boehner, Obama no closer to cliff deal after latest offers
The president and speaker remain hundreds of billions of dollars apart in talks.
Management
How We Set Ourselves Up to Fail
By designing our environments with an awareness of psychology and self, we could alter how we reach our goals.
Management
Analysis: Don’t be fooled -- this transition matters more than ever
Second-term leadership changes are pivotal as agencies face fiscal pressure.
Management
Are Government Workers Learning Anything?
Government’s New Breed of Executives—Chief Learning Officers—are working to ensure organizations are creating cultures of learning and development.
Management
GAO Readies Its ‘Naughty List’ of Duplicative Programs
This holiday season, the Government Accountability Office is compiling a list and checking it twice – of all the government programs it deems as potentially duplicative or overlapping.
Management
Senators press Army to step up contractor suspensions
Letter cites delays in barring bad actors from work in Afghanistan.
Management
A Secretary John Kerry would elevate climate issues
The Massachusetts Democrat is a possible choice for the top State and Defense jobs.
Defense