Management
How Sending Security Clearance Checks to Defense Will Affect the Workforce
Personnel transfers will begin by June 24, but the details aren't all hammered out yet.
Management
To Tackle Complex Problems, Escape Your Coworkers
Slack and in-person teamwork are great, but you should probably close your office door once in awhile, too.
Management
Here's the U.S. Navy’s Drone Tanker, on the Road
A test prototype of Boeing’s MQ-25 carrier-based refueling aircraft gets a ride to its test airfield.
Defense
Pentagon Delivers Installment on Plan to Streamline Business Operations
Main goals are accelerating hiring and curbing duplication, as Congress mandated.
Management
Federal Agent Caught Having Sex in Public, Which Supervisor Then Covers Up
DEA supervisor charged with making false statements under oath to protect employee.
Management
Viewpoint: Justice Dept. has Changed View on Emoluments
"The Justice Department has veered away from its long track record of vigilance on behalf of the republic," argues law professor Kathleen Clark.
Management
Governor Trashes Federal 'Career Employees,' Asks Trump to Intervene
Group says Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is launching "threats to career civil servants."
Management
How to Stop Being ‘Them’ and Start Being ‘Us’
When you achieve certain titles in an organization, you become one of “them” to the vast majority of the people who work there.
Management
In The U.S., We Still Sit Way Too Much
"In almost none of the groups we analyzed are the numbers going in the right direction."
Management
What Biden's 'Campaign to Cut Waste' Says About How He Would Manage Government
The former vice president has called for a "new culture of efficiency" at federal agencies.
Management
Trump’s Chief of Staff Is Having a Great Time
Mick Mulvaney wants you to know that he’s no narc like John Kelly.
Management
How to Give Employees Effective Feedback
Managers often create more problems than they solve when discussing performance with staff.
Management
FEMA Showed Weak Mastery of Contracts During Hurricane Response and Recovery
GAO report on $5 billion spent after Harvey, Irma and Maria shows "inconsistencies" in contracting.
Management
White House's Push for More Oversight of Agency Data Has Some Scientists Concerned
OMB wants to make more agency data public, peer reviewed and reproducible.
Management
White House: Proposed Hiring Rule Was Meant to Help, Not Hurt Ex-Offenders Seeking Federal Jobs
Administration seeks to clarify intent of proposed requirement that applicants disclose participation in pretrial diversion programs, amid outcry.
Management
GAO is Wrong: Job Classification Cannot Be Fixed
It is the most antiquated and bureaucratic of all federal HR practices.
Management
Lockheed, Frustrated with US Air Force, Eyes Foreign F-35 Sales
The service’s proposed purchase of Boeing F-15s has the company increasing its sales efforts on Capitol Hill, and elsewhere.
Management
What the Supreme Court Said About the 2020 Census Citizenship Question
In oral arguments, conservative justices asked about data science, while liberals asked what the citizenship question was really for.
Management
Lone Senator Continues to Block Vote on Counterintelligence Leader
Sen. Chuck Grassley’s reasons for putting a hold on the nomination of William Evanina are unrelated to the nominee.
Management