Management
Time Management: Taming Your Inner Rebel
How to recognize the roadblocks to powerful work routines.
Nextgov
Why Does the Air Force Spend Twice as Much to Hack than to Deflect Threats?
The service's cyber operations budget sheds little light on actual spending.
Management
Senate Panel Advances More Legislation Targeting VA Executives
Spending bill includes provisions banning bonuses and making it easier to fire managers.
Management
The Myth That Americans Are Busier Than Ever
"How did we get so busy?" the New Yorker asks. Let's define busy. And, while we're at it, let's define we, too.
Management
Boehner Says He Has No Confidence in Veterans Affairs Investigation
The House speaker says he's 'getting a little closer' to calling for VA chief's resignation.
Management
What Managers Do When Technology Does Their Work
Roles change when coordination and communication functions are automated.
Management
House OKs 1.8 Percent Pay Raise for Troops, Officer Pay Freeze
Defense authorization bill also includes provisions making it easier to re-employ retirees, and limiting furloughs of working capital fund employees.
Management
The House Just Passed a Bill to End Mass NSA Spying. But Will It Really Change Anything?
Tech companies and privacy groups say the measure leaves loopholes for intelligence agencies to exploit.
Nextgov
NASA Has a New Plan to Save Its Zombie Spaceship
A long-lost spaceship may still have some life left in it—if a California company can figure out how to talk to it.
Management
U.S. Air Force Failed Another Nuclear Security Test
Insufficient training contributed to the poor performance.
Nextgov
Is Your Manager Becoming Less Committed to Telework?
Some 45 percent surveyed perceive a waning commitment to flexibility from their employers.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Death Knell of the Tea Party
Is Mitch McConnell's win in Kentucky the sound of the movement's death rattle?
Management
Is Government Ready for Millennials?
Agencies should be building a culture that attracts young workers.
Employee Policy
AFGE says staffing shortage at core of VA woes
While allegations of secret waiting lists implicate senior management at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, one union claims understaffing is at the heart of the problem of long wait times.
Employee Policy
House passes bill to ease firing of VA execs
The House on May 21 passed a bill that would give Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki new authority to fire senior executives for poor performance.
Employee Policy
Postal bill would drop 15M addresses from to-the-door delivery
A House panel advanced a bill that would compel 15 million postal customers who currently have mail delivered to their doors to retrieve their mail instead from curbside mailboxes or from clusters of neighborhood lock boxes that provide "secure centralized delivery."
Pay & Benefits
Delinquent on Your Tax Bills? You Could Soon Get Fired
Senate panel picks up legislation that failed in the House.
Nextgov
USPS Employees Get Fake USPS Phishing Emails, Too
Here's an inside peak at what happens next.
Management
Obama Leaves Door Open for Shinseki Departure
The president wasn't exactly glowing in his praise for the embattled VA secretary on Wednesday.
Management