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Rebecca Carroll

Rebecca Carroll

Senior Correspondent

Before joining Government Executive’s editing team, Rebecca Carroll wrote and edited for The Associated Press in Washington, New York and Bangkok, and for National Geographic News. She also was a Peace Corps volunteer in China, where she returned to study at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in English and Philosophy.
Before joining Government Executive’s editing team, Rebecca Carroll wrote and edited for The Associated Press in Washington, New York and Bangkok, and for National Geographic News. She also was a Peace Corps volunteer in China, where she returned to study at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania, with a double major in English and Philosophy.
Briefing

Around Government

Disease detectives, designing dog noses, aligning employees’ mood with the mission.

  • Susan Fourney, Rebecca Carroll and Charles S. Clark
Thinking Ahead

This One’s for You

Imagine if agencies designed websites with users in mind. Ashwin Vasan is doing just that.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Briefing

Around Government

The next big quake, debating the open office, navigating space junk.

  • Rebecca Carroll and Charles S. Clark
News

It Takes a Government

Veterans Affairs depends on all the other departments, Shinseki says.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Briefing

Around Government

GI films, STEMM jobs, David Walker on waste.

  • Rebecca Carroll, Susan Fourney and Eric Katz
Management

Contractors Question New Rules on Hiring Veterans, People With Disabilities

Charge that two rules will cost companies $6 billion rejected by Labor Department.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Pay & Benefits

Feds See Jobs Decline While Overall US Job Creation Holds Steady, Gallup Says

Sequestration is the likely reason, polling service says.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Featured eBooks
Budget Outlook for Fiscal 2025
AI in the Workplace
Asia-Pacific Outlook
Briefing

Around Government

High-tech arm for injured vets, green jobs and USPS cash for clunkers.

  • Rebecca Carroll, Eric Katz and Kedar Pavgi
Oversight

Feds scheduled to work Wednesday should show up, OPM says

Sequestration would not result in immediate federal furloughs.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Pay & Benefits

OPM issues furlough guidance

'Planned furloughs' could be necessary if sequestration takes effect.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Briefing

Around Government

  • Rebecca Carroll, Eric Katz and Kedar Pavgi
Briefing

Around Government

Convention delegates beware, Peace Corps Vets, uniform taboos and record drug busts.

  • Charles S. Clark, Amelia Gruber, Rebecca Carroll and Eric Katz
Oversight

Bill to limit conference and travel costs wouldn’t actually save money

GSA Act would shift expenses to telecom and IT, CBO says.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Management

Calling all federal employees with great waste-cutting ideas

SAVE competition submissions due by July 24.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Featured eBooks
Budget Outlook for Fiscal 2025
AI in the Workplace
Asia-Pacific Outlook
Management

A third of Americans say massive federal layoffs would help economy, poll finds

Nearly half think cutting 100,000 feds would be bad.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Defense

Order aims to protect troops from predatory school recruiters

Effort limits access to vets and requires schools to disclose their qualifications.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Management

Government settles century-old tribal claims for $1 billion

Tribes alleged federal mismanagement of land trusts.

  • Rebecca Carroll
Briefing

Around Government

Lessons from Lioness, valentine vets and why we need government.

  • Caitlin Fairchild and Rebecca Carroll
Pay & Benefits

Federal salaries see worst growth in a decade, analysis finds

Government employees still fared slightly better than private sector, USA Today reports.

  • Rebecca Carroll
News

Teleworking Through Irene

  • Rebecca Carroll