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Memo to JD Vance: Fighting the War on waste
COMMENTARY | The White House's proposed war on fraud, waste and abuse is neither new nor an assured outcome for any presidential administration, but history offers some lessons that can help get started.
Rebuilding federal capacity will require public‑private partnerships
COMMENTARY | Amid the disruption of DOGE to agency operations and the oncoming workforce transformations of AI, the federal government and its private sector partners may have to collaborate to define the future of work.
How to attract tech workers to civil service? Give them credit!
COMMENTARY | OPM may already have the tools it needs to make the federal government an attractive destination for tech talent. And what it doesn't have should not be that hard to get.
The tail wagging the dog: Snapshots of the public service a year into the second Trump administration
COMMENTARY | One year in, DOGE and the Trump administration have had profound effects on the federal civil service, but looking at the numbers, it's not always where one expects.
OPM’s challenge of creating a high-performance culture
COMMENTARY | To help federal agencies operate like modern high-performance organizations requires an understanding of their current barriers and an importance placed on the workforce's value.
Broken policy breaks budgeting even more
COMMENTARY | The latest funding standoff underscores why budget experts are calling for a radical overhaul of a process that no longer reliably funds the government.
Government Executive joins NAPA for a year-long 250th anniversary project
The collaboration with the National Academy of Public Administration will run through 2026, and focus on the work of public servants.
GSA’s star mark logo gets a makeover for nation’s 250th
It’s the first time the General Services Administration’s logo has been modified in more than 25 years.
One year in — It has been a tough year for federal employees.
COMMENTARY | Senior executives have faced a year of challenges and tumult, but whatever 2026 may hold for the civil service, these leadership lessons can help guide employees through it.
How to institutionalize OPM reforms?
COMMENTARY | OPM Director Scott Kupor's civil service reform plans have thus far been a mix of some good, some bad and some ugly. There's a path forward for a future administration to still preserve the good, while possibly ditching the rest.
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