Management
For the Record
Clear standards sought for archiving official messages on social media sites.
Management
Push and Pull
White House mulls the option of posting contract documents online to improve transparency.
Management
Close Call
Even as the Networx deadline approaches, many agencies are slow to make the switch.
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