Management

Wondering 'Am I a Good Leader?'

Over the past six months Ive read a number of profiles on the COO of Facebook and, based on what Ive learned about her, have come up with three questions that can help determine if youre a good leader:

Management

Video: Low expectations for President Obama's budget request

Election-year proposal likely to be a 'tame document.'

Defense

White House budget to expand clean energy programs through Pentagon

Putting the increases in the Defense budget makes them a less likely target for Republican lawmakers.

Management

Federal budget proposal will spare entitlements, WSJ reports

Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security funding largely unchanged, paper says.

Pay & Benefits

Processing Problems

What you can do to make the retirement system move more quickly.

Defense

Defense opens 14,000 new roles to military women

Certain female specialists now may serve within battalions.

Management

Postal Service ends first quarter of fiscal 2012 in the red

Losses of $3.3 billion come during what is typically the strongest time of year due to holiday mail volume.

Oversight

IRS settles whistleblower suit, special counsel reports

Groups applaud protection of employees who report abuse by contractors.

News

It's Budget Time!

The Obama administration's fiscal 2013 budget is already rolling off the presses at the Government Printing Office, in preparation for it's official release on Tuesday.

Defense

State Department pushes back on reports of plans to slash Iraq staff

Reduction in diplomatic personnel will be modest, spokeswoman says.

News

Timing the Trump News

Oversight

Privacy concerns complicate efforts to end 'death fraud'

Lawmakers and agency officials tackle the issue of reducing mistaken payments to the recently deceased.

Oversight

POGO site monitoring inspector general vacancies

The group also is tracking who is in charge of nominating an IG.

Management

Analysis: Government's Moneyball Moment

With data and analytics, agencies can put together winning programs on a shoestring.

Management

Washington area agencies on unscheduled leave status

As snow approached Wednesday, OPM said agencies would remain open.

Management

Romney runs into speed bump named Santorum

Conservative challenger upends front-runner in contests in Missouri, Colorado and Minnesota.

Management

An 'A' for Austerity

Driven leaders can make government work better, even when budgets are tight.

Management

House passes bill to create BRAC-like federal property board

White House prefers its own version; homelessness groups object.