Commentary
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If the government wants to be a competitive employer in the 21st century, leaders must stop ignoring the importance of human connection and relationships at work.
April 20, 2022 -
If you have a simple exit strategy that provides the best deal for you in retirement, there is a good chance it may be wrong. Or at least not very simple.
April 20, 2022 -
The former RAT Board chair, inspector general, and federal law enforcement officer exemplified the best in public service.
April 19, 2022 -
Thanks to artificial but very real executive pay limits, imposed for political reasons, a substantial number of top-level career feds won’t get a pay raise in 2023.
April 19, 2022 -
Emily Murphy, the former administrator of the General Services Administration and now a Senior Fellow with the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s Business School, details what steps Congress can take to improve the Small Business Innovation Research program.
April 18, 2022 -
Not since the Civil Rights Movement have we seen such a large concentration of executive branch directives around diversity, equity and inclusion issued at once, from the broad to the incredibly specific.
April 18, 2022 -
Three recommendations for federal government agency CFOs driving technology modernization.
April 15, 2022 -
There are now approaches to migration that can both ease and speed the path to public sector IT modernization considerably, and to powerful effect.
April 14, 2022 -
Thanks to the it-had-to-happen-sometime downturn in the stock market, the number of Thrift Savings Plan millionaires dropped to 100,364 in March.
April 14, 2022 -
The 2022 NDAA creates a five-year pilot program that enables 100% employee-owned, DoD contractors to receive sole-source follow-on contracts. It’s the first federal program to single-out ESOP-owned companies for contract advantages.
April 13, 2022 -
Many investors know the conventional thing to do, when times are good. But when things go south, which they do regularly, the fight-or-flight instinct kicks in. Times like now.
April 12, 2022 -
The DoD should act now to integrate two tools into its development and procurement frameworks and create open software architecture kits to support the wider implementation of the tools.
April 12, 2022 -
Technology departments must plan for future needs further in advance, something that may be difficult with the federal government’s current IT planning and procurement structure.
April 11, 2022 -
The federal government should utilize the funding available and positive momentum for IT initiatives to not only meet the demands of today but of the future, as government continues to incorporate technology to drive mission success.
April 08, 2022 -
A successful transformation of software development and delivery requires a thoughtful leadership approach that prioritizes security and cultivates a cultural shift, so people and processes are aligned.
April 07, 2022