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When Performance Goals Backfire
Ambitious goals can be motivational, but they also can incentivize unethical behavior.
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After Falling 'Badly Behind Schedule,' Senate to Begin Moving Spending Bills Next Week
House and Senate must still strike an agreement to avoid a November shutdown.
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Government Should Embrace Artificial Intelligence to Improve Performance
Agencies would not only become more efficient, they also would develop more reliable data.
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NTEU Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Proposed OPM Rule Easing Firing of Feds
The federal employee union accused the Trump administration of forcing managers to focus on firing employees, rather than helping them succeed in their positions.
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House Panel Advances Bipartisan Bill to Protect Federal Scientists From Undue Political Influence
Career employees working in science would enjoy an array of new rights under the bill.
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Viewpoint: Trump’s Most Shameless Act of Profiteering
The president is bringing the G7 to the struggling Trump Doral resort.
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Bosses Face More Discrimination if They Are Women – from Employees of Any Gender
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
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The Experts Strike Back
Donald Trump has spent his presidency belittling and attacking career foreign-policy professionals. Now that he’s asking for their loyalty, they don’t seem to feel any.
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Analysis: What Elizabeth Warren Learned From Her Heroine
Frances Perkins’s genius lay in spotting a problem—and framing it as something government action could fix.
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U.S. Postal Service Chief to Step Down
Outgoing postmaster general led the agency during "very challenging circumstances."
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The Federal Agencies 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Would Create
The contenders have big plans for growing government.
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Would You Rather Be Effective or Right?
There’s someone in every group who thinks they have the best answer, and they want everyone else to know it.
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How to Make the Most of Your FEVS Data
It’s critical that managers selectively focus on key questions in the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey.
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The Battle for Obama’s Legacy
A scrap over who deserves credit for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was the prickliest exchange yet between two top Democratic rivals, Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren.
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Service to America Awards Honor VA Medical Center Director, Other Exemplary Federal Employees
Six winners among 26 finalists will be recognized at the “Oscars of government service.”
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Trump: Workforce Orders Do Not Apply to Union Contracts Signed During Injunction
The Trump administration will honor collective bargaining agreements implemented during the 10-month period when key provisions of three controversial executive orders were blocked by a federal court decision.
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A 'Staggering' 281 Lobbyists Have Worked in the Trump Administration
That’s one lobbyist for every 14 political appointees, and four times more than Obama appointed in half the time.
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‘Take Action Now to Defend This Great Institution,’ Yovanovitch Implores Congress
The former ambassador to Ukraine warns of irreparable harm to U.S. interests as “loyal” civil servants come under attack.
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Former White House Officials Call Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Process ‘Unconventional,’ But Legal
House Democrats have subpoenaed OMB and the Defense Department for documents related to the decision to withhold funding from Ukraine.
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