Management
Lessons From Emergency Managers: Why It’s Important to Like People
Some leadership qualities don't involve expertise.
Employee Policy
What to do when managers and employees aren't on the same page
Employees and managers frequently hold different views on the workplace, and that is to be expected. But it can be spell trouble if the gap between employees and their managers is wide on issues that are central to job satisfaction and performance, including merit-based promotions, training and development, and work life balance.
Pay
Survey finds many SES think pay-for-performance system broken
A survey conducted earlier this year shows that slightly more than half of federal senior executives and senior professionals report low overall morale among their agency peers—much of it due to a pay-for performance system many believe is not working.
Benefits
Bill would amend FECA to address fed firefighters' ailments
Two senators have proposed legislation to amend current law to make it simpler for federal firefighters to receive worker's compensation for certain diseases acquired in the line of duty.
Defense One
We’re Saved! Experts Show How to Fix U.S. Cybersecurity
The four-hour experiment that showed how to fix our nation’s infrastructure from cyberattack. By Patrick Tucker
Defense One
Congress’s Chance to Fix Aircraft Carrier Drones
The Navy could have the drone the U.S. needs to protect carriers, if Congress steps up this week. By Shawn Brimley
Nextgov
Intel Firm Links Ukraine Energy Debt With Potential Cyber Assault
Recorded Future drilled into a wide range of Web data to create a speculative timeline of potential network attacks.
Defense
Boehner Pushes for Special Committee to Investigate Benghazi
Speaker cites 'continued obstruction' by the Obama administration.
Nextgov
Consultant Lists DHS’ Most (and Least) Annoying Contracting Officers
GovTribe has produced scorecards for government acquisition staff.
Management
5 Things Leaders Can Do Right Now to Make Government More Efficient
The inherent flaws go beyond labor, resources or technology.
Nextgov
What Feds Can Learn From the Chicago Blackhawks’ Data Analytics
If an NHL franchise can use technology to win, surely government can, too.
Management
Uncle Sam Sheds More Jobs in April, But Rate of Loss Slows
The federal government overall lost 3,000 jobs last month, continuing a long-term downward trend in federal employment.
Tech
Federal Employee Just Wants to Be Heard
Frustrated worker asks White House to help the little guy navigate the bureaucracy of federal government.
Defense
Customs and Border Protection to Hire 2,000
Border agency recruits officers at air, land and sea ports amid general trend of federal downsizing.
Management
The Blowout U.S. Jobs Report for April in Two Simple Charts
The big picture shows workforce growth, but federal government losses.
Nextgov
State-Based Obamacare Exchanges Cost Far More Than the Federal Marketplace
Hawaii spent $920 for each new consumer, while Florida spent only $16.
Oversight
Congress Is Quietly Moving Through Spending Bills
Two appropriations bills down, 10 to go—in the House, anyway.
Defense
Benghazi Will Never Go Away for Hillary Clinton
As much as she would like to escape the attack's long shadow, it will continue to dog her.
Oversight