Management
GSA clarifies conference rules in advance of Expo
All travel through fiscal 2012 has been suspended, with exceptions pending management approval.
Oversight
IG vacancies hearing devolves into political maneuvering
Inspectors General caught up in GSA scandal, White House competence and Senate delays.
Management
Video: NIH head takes to late night television
Francis Collins discusses obesity on the Colbert Report.
Management
Postal Service ends another quarter in the red
After $3.2 billion in net losses, USPS continues to push its own financial improvement plan.
Management
How to Talk With People
There’s a big difference between talking to people and talking with people.
Management
White House reinforces bid to kill unnecessary regulations
New rules may save $6 billion; economics council pursues retrospective analysis.
Management
Vice president again dumb like a fox
Biden cleared path for Obama to declare he now supports gay marriage.
Management
Uncle Sam wants you, at every age
Final rules issued on government’s new strategy to attract students and recent grads of every generation.
Management
Keep rural post offices open, but cut employee hours and benefits, USPS says
Postal Service changes course on closures and offers new early-out incentive.
Management
Senators invoke GSA scandal during procurement nominee’s hearing
Leaders of oversight panel call on Joseph Jordan to ‘double down’ on avoiding waste.
Oversight
Americans trust local government more than Washington
Only 33 percent view the federal government favorably, poll finds.
Management
Romney: Obama is a 'big government' Democrat
GOP candidate hits Obama for focusing economic recovery plan on government-run programs and increasing taxes.
Management
Obama releases familiar 'to-do list' for Congress
Tax incentives that promote insourcing and clean energy among the proposals.
Management
Cabinet secretaries jab the media and Congress
Agency chiefs defend the federal workforce against negativity, during public service week.
Management
Incentives, not mobility, called key to improving Senior Executive Service
OPM and industry officials discuss keys to improving SES.
Management
Young feds say bureaucracy, inefficiency keeping their peers away
Panelists attribute government’s lack of younger workers to a slow hiring process and poor communication.
Management
Budget crisis: A chance to improve, not dismantle, government?
Maryland lawmaker says Democrats would shield workforce from further cuts.
Management
OMB releases second ‘mythbusting’ memo to improve communication with contractors
Procurement office rebuts seven misconceptions.
Management