Management

For the Record

Clear standards sought for archiving official messages on social media sites.

Management

Financial Test

Defense Department audits are about more than just numbers.

Management

Push and Pull

White House mulls the option of posting contract documents online to improve transparency.

Management

Turning Point

The choices we make now could spell prosperity or decline.

Management

Close Call

Even as the Networx deadline approaches, many agencies are slow to make the switch.

Management

Fixing Reform

Want good government? Get good agencies.

Management

War of Words

Openness transforms an important regulatory agency.

Management

Five Meeting Mistakes

It’s time to kick the habit of pulling staff away from their work to sit in on meaningless status reports.

Management

Health IT Checkup

Defense and Veterans Affairs lead the way in making a nationwide health information network a reality.

Management

Learning It Your Way

Formal classroom training isn’t the best route for many federal workers.

Management

Drilling Down

Agencies use analytics software to comb filings for errors and fraud before payments go out.

Management

A Hiring Offense

Requiring incoming contractors to retain incumbent workers could compromise service.

Management

Where’s the Rigor?

The Gulf oil spill highlights the management issues federal scientists face.

Management

The Path to Partnership 2.0

Agency and union officials should draw on lessons from the Clinton years.

Management

Political Hot Potato

Career civil servants can’t be expected to make all the hard decisions.

Management

Listening In

Surveillance laws should focus on how agencies use information, not how they collect it.

Management

Mission Fissures

Many federal agencies have long struggled with conflicting aims. Breaking them up isn’t hard to do.

Management

Defining Dashboards

Agencies are boosting transparency online, but making data meaningful is the real trick.

Management

Transparency Trap

Opening the book on government operations could cause major headaches for federal managers.

Management

The Global Maze

Many domestic agencies are unprepared for new worldwide missions.