Commentary
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Should you be worried about a shutdown that lasts all of 2019, and perhaps even into 2020?
January 07, 2019 -
Shyam Salona and Scott Fletcher, of REI Systems, explain how agencies can make the leap from agile for software development to agile for managing an organization.
January 07, 2019 -
Most of the millions of federal contractors won’t get paid for time lost to the shutdown, but why should you sweat it? They're the ones who decided to work on federal projects.
January 07, 2019 -
It doesn't look promising today, but maybe divided government will somehow get the shutdown out of irons.
January 03, 2019 -
To kick off the new year, Abraham Grungold in the U.S. Postal Service's Office of the Inspector General, also a financial coach, developed this must-have calendar for feds and retirees.
January 02, 2019 -
Look back at the most popular columns from senior correspondent Mike Causey this year. Readers were most interested in updates on the Thrift Savings Plan and a potential pay raise for federal workers in 2019.
January 01, 2019 -
This year was a crazy one for members of the federal family, with many legislative threats to retirement plans as well as efforts to make it much easier to fire civil servants.
January 01, 2019 -
John Frizelle, the chief architect for mobile at Red Hat, details three steps to make mobile app development more secure.
December 31, 2018 -
Many people who spent their career with Uncle Sam are glad they did. But when it’s over, many people are glad, too. Take today’s holiday guest columnist, Tony Korlik, for example.
December 31, 2018 -
Finally OPM has a home-page link to vital shutdown information.
December 28, 2018 -
The truth is that shutdowns are bad, no one wins, and everyone loses. The sooner it is over the better off we will all be.
December 28, 2018 -
Brian Piedfort, vice president of business development at ATI, details why Other Transaction Authorities have garnered significant attention recently.
December 28, 2018 -
We all try to write and publish what you need and like to read about.
December 28, 2018 -
If you are like most federal workers and retirees the health insurance open season that ended earlier this month was just a big yawn. But there will another individual open season next year if you have a qualifying life event.
December 27, 2018 -
Today’s holiday guest column is from a long-time fed who takes Christmas very seriously. She’s had a year of ups and downs, and shared her thoughts on life as a fed.
December 26, 2018