Management
The Best Measure of an Employee Is How Well She Mentors Others
What have you done for others lately?
Defense One
Planning for Withdrawal in Afghanistan May Be Smart, But It’s Not Wise
Getting the new Afghan president to sign a troop deal will require a steady hand through the next several months of political uncertainty. By Daniel Markey
Pay & Benefits
HUD Will Post Officials' Salaries Online
Department will make available by May 16 comprehensive salary data of the country’s public housing authority directors.
Management
Our Cubicles, Ourselves: How the Modern Office Shapes American Life
How did we come to work in spaces that make us so miserable?
Management
Commentary: Why HUD Is Far From Turning Around
Employees are powered by more than just mission. What about dignity and respect?
Insights
Enhancing Federal Mission Effectiveness Through Wireless M2M
Information collection is becoming increasingly important to program management, compliance, and performance monitoring across federal agencies, but federal leaders indicate serious challenges to improving collection.
Insights
Improving Information Collection to Enhance Mission Effectiveness
From military vehicles and weapons systems to federal facilities and utilities, information collection is increasingly essential for federal agencies' missions. To achieve their ambitious goals, ranging from Pentagon audit-readiness to sustainable infrastructure, agencies will need to boost information collection capabilities.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Putin Is Making New Friends Since Leaving the G8
The Russian leader has been missing a lot since leaving the G8.
Defense
The FBI Thinks It Can Pass Off Downtown D.C. as Shanghai
Film warns American students about becoming spies while studying abroad.
Oversight
Are We Heading Back Toward $1 Trillion Budget Deficits?
Congressional auditors urge lawmakers to alter tax and spending policies to prevent a fiscal fiasco.
Insights
Enhancing DoD Mission Effectiveness Through Wireless M2M
As the military withdraws from Afghanistan, meets budget reduction requirements, and redeploys around the world in a new era of defense, collecting information on its assets is increasingly important.
Management
Solving the Time Management Dilemma
You’re way behind the curve in terms of raw numbers, so make mindful choices.
Retirement
Get your House in order
Feds, now may be your chance to make yourself heard by your member of Congress.
Employee Policy
Lawmaker looks to lessen reform impact on employees
A House lawmaker is pursuing ways to implement improvements at two agencies through alternative approaches that exert a less severe impact on federal employees.
Employee Policy
NTEU fights proposals to use private tax collectors
The National Treasury Employees Union is pressing congressional lawmakers to reject House and Senate proposals that would require the Treasury Department to contract with private collection agencies to collect unpaid taxes.
Management
Effort to Help Afghanistan Collect Customs Revenue Found Lacking
Watchdog says USAID and CBP contracts need performance metrics.
Defense One
Here’s a Map of the World’s Fastest Growing Militaries
Twenty-three nations have doubled their defense spending in the past decade. By Ben Watson and Kedar Pavgi
Nextgov
Qualifying Cyber Command Staff Is Harder Than You Think
Coast Guard instructs computer whizzes from various educational backgrounds to reach the same proficiency level.
Nextgov
Google Knew About Heartbleed and Didn’t Tell the Government
Companies may hesitate to cooperate with the feds after NSA surveillance revelations, ACLU technologist says.
Oversight