Management
Burden of Proof: The New Reality for Senior Execs at VA
Fired executives have few options under final reform rules.
Defense
This Is What the 'Largest Ever U.S. Response to a Global Health Crisis' Looks Like
A guide to the who, what and how many of the federal government's fight against Ebola.
Defense
Let Slip the Secret Service Dogs
A pair of canines play hero in the latest fence-jumping incident at the White House.
Insights
DoD’s JIE Obstructed by Service Incompatibilities
The Department of Defense’s effort to transform its service-centric IT systems into an integrated enterprise network may struggle to take form until underlying challenges are addressed.
Defense
IG: Secret Service Showed ‘Serious Lapse in Judgment’ in Operation Moonshine
Watchdog criticizes agency for diverting agents in 2011 from protecting White House to monitoring an employee’s neighborhood fight.
Defense
Army Mistreated Transgender Employee, Probe Shows
Office of Special Counsel restores employee’s job and launches re-training of supervisors.
Management
USAID Watchdog Softened Audits, Whistleblowers Tell Post
Acting IG withdraws nomination in advance of report.
Insights
The True Cost of Legacy Network Ownership
Federal IT spending has stagnated in recent years, but agencies are spending more and more on maintaining legacy systems. Maybe it's time to look beyond the traditional ownership model.
Management
Everything You Need to Know About Introverted Leaders
Great introverted leaders build a structure that works for them.
News
Do Stoners Come Up With Government-Funded Research Programs?
Late-night hosts asks his audience to separate real from fake projects.
Route Fifty
Judge Blocks L.A.’s Billboard Rules; Uber’s Next Big Target
Also in our State & Local roundup: Annapolis will be used as a climate adaptation case study and innovation takes root in Springfield, Mass.
Management
Let the Body Rest, for the Sake of the Brain
Sleep deprivation can take a heavy mental toll.
Management
Blackwater Security Guards Found Guilty in 2007 Killings
A federal jury convicted one security guard of murder and three others of manslaughter in the 2007 killings in Iraq.
Management
History of Management Missteps Contributes to CDC’s Credibility Gap
Critics point to potentially dangerous breaches in protocol spanning at least two presidential administrations.
Management
The Capitol Christmas Tree Is Campaigning Harder Than You Are
Thirty stops in 30 days? No problem for this spruce.
Route Fifty
Climate Change Worries Drive South Florida 51st State Plan
Money and politics have divided Florida for decades, but the rising sea level has finally prodded the south into action.
Defense
Someone Else Jumped the White House Fence. This Is What Happened.
Unlike last time, the system worked. But the video isn’t pretty.
Management
Are You Fit to Lead?
The connection between transformational leadership and high-intensity interval training.
Employee Policy
Army acts on OSC finding concerning transgender fed
The Office of Special Counsel said it has obtained corrective action from the Army in a case of gender identity discrimination involving a transgender federal employee.
Employee Policy