In Every Issue
Briefing
On the job with fed TV, examining budget blips and letting everyone in the TSP.
Managing Technology
Reaching for the Clouds
Shared approach provides IT tools when they’re needed and cuts costs when they’re not.
Management Matters - Advice And Dissent
Handing Out Rewards
There are good and bad ways to recognize employees.
Tech
From Nextgov.com: E-Verify contractor rule delayed again
Lawmakers still press for a requirement to check workers’ citizenship for jobs created by a stimulus bill.
Oversight
Treasury increases bailout staffing, but still faces hurdles
GAO report singles out salaries and ethics processes as barriers to swift hiring.
Oversight
Justice orchestrates TSP hoax to test employees on security
Department did not coordinate with TSP’s oversight board when it sent a phony e-mail to employees asking for personal information.
Defense
Air Force scuttles plans for coal-to-liquids fuel plant in Montana
Service leaders aren’t ruling out coal as they seek a synthetic fuel blend for air fleet by 2016.
Oversight
Obama's promise to cut middle managers won't be easy to keep
President adds complexity to the objective by committing to move managers to the front lines.
Oversight
Senate Commerce leaders eye FAA boost
Program designed to transform the ground-based air traffic control system to a satellite-based system might get more funding as part of the economic stimulus bill.
Defense