Nextgov
Agencies rush to award millions in IT contracts
End-of-fiscal-year crush includes cloud, records management, health IT awards.
Management
What is All This Talk About Innovation?
It's an overused buzzword--and it's more important than ever.
Management
Science: Watching Animal Videos Could Make You a Better Employee
And the more adorable the critter, the better.
Management
Postal Service defaults on payment to Treasury
Congress has punted on the question of a solution until after the election.
Pay & Benefits
One in eight feds have witnessed workplace violence in past two years
Most perpetrators had connection to workplace.
Management
OMB to contractors: Follow Labor guidance on pre-sequester layoff notices
If companies do, officials say, agencies will cover their liability under federal law requiring advance warning of layoffs.
Oversight
House clears Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
Advocacy groups, Office of Special Counsel hail 'strongest' such bill in history.
Management
Science Community Sounds Alarm Over Sequestration
Cuts could slow progress in medical research, food safety and energy independence.
Management
Agencies should file better reports on their service contracts, GAO says
As part of an insourcing effort, OMB seeks more uniform contract inventories.
Management
Capturing the 'Merchant of Death'
How DEA Agent Louis Milione helped bring down the world's most wanted arms dealer.
Management
The Most Overlooked Element of Leadership
Effective employee feedback and development require one all-important ingredient: Time.
Management
HHS chief back on campaign trail after violation
Sebelius will speak in personal, not official, capacity.
Management
Americans Are Fed Up With Politics, Not Government, Says Study
The sickness in Congress, as the public sees it, is a personnel problem, not a structural one.
Management
Seventy agencies delinquent on federal taxes, auditors say
Watchdog finds $14 million in unpaid employment tax withholdings.
Management
Arne Duncan would stay at Education for 2nd Obama term
'I am staying, unless the president gets sick of me,' he tells National Journal.
Management
OPM courts interns, recent grads
Agency is ramping up its efforts this fall to attract new hires to government.
Management
Lawmakers graded on their resistance to ‘unfair’ government competition
Free-market group blasts government for not checking Yellow Pages.
Management
Federal judge upholds Obama ban on lobbyists sitting on advisory panels
Ruling finds service is not a ‘government benefit’ to which lobbyists are entitled.
Management
When Morale Wanes, Remember Why You Became a Public Servant
Dr. Reginald Wells, Chief Human Capital Officer at SSA, on how to motivate employees during hard times.
Management