Management

Opinion: USDA’s New Proposed Labor Regs for Contractors Go Way Too Far  

The draft rules are meant to prevent companies with labor law violations from doing business with the government, but they are excessive, poorly conceived and probably illegal.   

Management

Making the Customer Service Executive Order Really Work

Among the keys: making permanent the flexibility to pursue innovation through technology and multi-sector partnerships.

Management

Raising the Contractor Minimum Wage: It’s Not as Simple as it Looks

The current circumstances create a bizarre combination of a wage safety net and wage suppression.

Management

Diversity RFI Opens the Door to Rethinking How Government Reaches Its Goals

The administration is using a recent request for information as a crowd-sourcing tool for policy solutions around equity goals.

Management

A Call to Service Is Essential to Building Back Better

The new administration has an opportunity to catalyze new thinking that speaks directly to the needs of our times.

Workforce

Viewpoint: When an Executive Order Is Racist

President Trump’s directive on diversity training undermines the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Management

When Politics and Procurement Mix, The Effects Can Be Deadly

Important components of the pandemic response have bypassed essential rules and protocols, but the problems go beyond the current crisis.

Workforce

Trump’s TVA Firings May Be a Harbinger of Things to Come

At a time of intense economic uncertainty for millions, workforce management decisions can create new challenges.

Management

Hungry Children Can’t Wait for Government ‘Innovation’

In the midst of a crisis, USDA policies make it nearly impossible for states to deal with the surging need for food assistance.

Management

The Pandemic Is a Clarion Call to Remove Barriers to Innovation

The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to put in place solutions that will benefit us all, now and in the future.

Management

There’s a Playbook for Implementing the CARES Act; Agencies Need to Follow It

We are going to see billions of dollars in new contract spending for both surge and ongoing requirements.

Management

Mixing Politics and Procurement Creates a Toxic Brew

If elected officials are allowed to influence government contracting decisions it won’t end well for the public.

Management

Thoughts on the President’s Management Agenda: Kudos… With a Caution

The PMA doesn’t provide adequate guidance on one of the most important levers available to the government to improve performance: acquisition.

Management

What the Country Needs: A Servant Leader

Civic engagement, through voluntarism and service of all kinds, can serve as a great unifying force.

Management

How a New Contracting Tool is Shaking Up Federal Procurement

Other transaction authority presents an formidable challenge to the Federal Acquisition Regulation. That’s a good thing.

Management

The Clock Is Ticking on Trump’s Management Agenda

Without the roadmap of a viable management agenda, it’s hard to see how proposed reorganization plans could be effective.

Management

Breaking the Stranglehold of Calcified Federal Acquisition Policies

It’s past time for government to get in on the benefits of the online marketplace.

Management

The Trump Administration’s Innovation Problem

Even Mark Zuckerberg probably wouldn’t qualify to be on many government technology contracts.