Management
The Best Compliment You Can Give, According To Meryl Streep
She credits her high-achieving mindset to the praise she first received from her mother.
Pay & Benefits
A Potential Pay Cut for Some Feds, Expanded Telework and More
A weekly roundup of pay and benefits news.
Defense
Allies Are Key, Says Trump’s National Security Strategy
The document, to be unveiled next week, will be the latest administration policy position that looks beyond “America first.”
Management
Top DoJ Official: Our Employees, Even Those Probing Trump Campaign, May Express Political Views
Deputy attorney general pushes back on Republicans who claim conflicts of interest at Justice.
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White House Releases Final Tech Modernization Plan
The far-reaching plan pushes agencies to adopt cloud and shared services.
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.
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Massachusetts Offers In-State Tuition Break for Students From Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
It’s the latest way the Bay State has assisted the U.S. territories in the wake of the destruction brought by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
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Why Veterans Affairs Isn’t Waiting for a ‘Perfect’ Health Records Solution
The department’s aiming for as seamless a solution for medical records as technologically possible, VA Secretary David Shulkin said.
Management
A Short Equation Explains Why Simplicity Is The Best Policy
Why simple processes so often produce better results.
Management
Data Shouldn't Drive All of Your Decisions
Correlation does not reveal the one thing that matters most in innovation.
Management
How Agencies Can Address the Aging Workforce Gap
Nearly one-third of federal employees are eligible for retirement, yet only 28 percent of the current workforce is under 40 years old.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Donald Trump's Feud With Kirsten Gillibrand
The president took to Twitter to insult his home state's junior senator.
Management
How To Make Feedback a Developmental Opportunity
There are some simple steps you can take to make sure the message has been received and will be put to good use.
Route Fifty
GOP Leaders Near Deal on Tax Bill
But Republican negotiators in the House and Senate were mum Tuesday on specifics that could affect states and localities.
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Pentagon's Next Cloud Contract Could Be Worth Billions
The Defense Department intends to award a cloud computing contract next year that could disrupt the entire federal market.
Route Fifty
How Much State Interest Is There in Proper Election Audits?
As Colorado pioneers best practices, races in Georgia and Alabama show how futile efforts are to verify votes without the right protocols in place.
Oversight
GOP Lawmakers Seek to Repeal OPM Obamacare Program
Johnson, Meadows say savings from under-utilized program could go toward retirement, security clearance backlogs.
Nextgov
Only One-Third of Agencies Are Using Anti-Spoofing Email Tool
And the Homeland Security Department's January deadline for implementation is approaching.
Route Fifty
Why Downtown Parking Garages May Be Headed for Extinction
“The whole view of the function of streets has had a metamorphosis,” according to DePaul University transportation professor Joe Schwieterman. “It’s made us rethink the opportunity cost of plopping a parking garage in prime downtown property.”
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