Management
Whistleblowers will have a new friend at Justice
Ombudsman will educate employees and shield them from retaliation.
Management
What do people want from government?
Elections will test whether citizens actually want a smaller federal footprint.
Tech
OMB to agencies: Ask users if your forms make sense
Administration recommends focus groups or Web-based feedback.
Management
Former ICE employee sentenced for submitting phony travel vouchers
Fraud scheme cost the government more than $500,000.
Oversight
Lawmakers aren’t sorry for assuming GSA wasted money
Members back off speculation that employees would book a presidential suite in Nashville, but don’t apologize.
Oversight
On NBC, Romney drops one small hint about veep choice
Comment could point to Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, author of the GOP budget plan.
Management
How to Connect Your Team With the Mission
Scott Eblin gets some leadership lessons from Defense.
Management
GSA announces new discount airfares for 2013
Prenegotiated rates will save taxpayers nearly $6 billion, agency says.
Management
Video: Fed leaders stress the need for food drive
The annual program hopes to collect millions of pounds of food
Management
IRS under fire for making taxpayer identity fraud a low priority
Ways and Means oversight chairman calls IG’s report ‘shocking.’
Management
Postal Service loses $5 billion in third quarter
The agency’s money problems worsen, but customer satisfaction remains high.
Management
HR pros offer bleak assessment of federal managers
New report shows growing unease over lack of leadership skills among agency managers.
Management
Annual budget guidance stresses performance and priority goals
OMB spells out details on implementing a 2010 reform law.
Management
Social Security offers thousands of employees early retirement
Fourteen percent of SSA’s workforce is eligible.
Management
Defense contractors downsized in good times, report finds
Researchers question link between sequestration and threatened job cuts.
Oversight
It’s official: White House must share sequestration specifics
President Obama will have to report spending cut details by Sept. 6.
Management
USPS isn’t rich, but it’s pretty fast
Researchers compare the postal services of 159 countries, and USPS finishes first.
Defense
Defense gives up on another BRAC round, for now
Secretary says base closures will be critical to future of a slimmer Defense Department.
Management