Management
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Argue the facts and the reasoning, not the character of the person who made a decision.
November 24, 2020 -
President-elect Joe Biden is tapping Obama-era officials for top national security positions
November 23, 2020 -
The General Services Administration has ascertained that President-elect Joe Biden is the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election
November 23, 2020 -
The Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board has proposed several changes to how agencies account for leasing.
November 23, 2020 -
By the reckoning of the Government Accountability Office, over the last two decades it has saved the government more than $1 trillion and recommended 25,000 improvements.
November 23, 2020 -
Over on Capitol Hill with the lame duck session has both the current and the future to deal with. The pandemic is returning to a boil, and so are the calls for some sort of relief bill.
November 23, 2020 -
In today's Federal Newscast, more Pentagon employees are being told to telework because of an uptick in coronavirus infections in the National Capital Region.
November 23, 2020 -
The newly-reported improper payments come a year after a similar testing overhaul flagged billions of dollars in potentially unsupportable payments in DoD's military pay accounts.
November 23, 2020 -
Individual agencies have extolled the benefits of telework and are rethinking their workforce policies to evolve with the times. But will the entire federal government, as a whole, adopt a similar mentality?
November 23, 2020 -
IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that next year’s filing season will open on time either in late January or early February.
November 20, 2020 -
Speakers at a virtual summit this week detailed how the pandemic gave their agencies a chance to make long-talked about improvements to customer experience.
November 20, 2020 -
Moving ships and submarines from point A to point B requires a careful ballet of many interconnected systems. Behind those systems are engineers.
November 20, 2020 -
Career staff and their knowledge are the most important and valuable asset of the federal government. Ensuring that they represent their organizations in a professional and helpful way during a transition will provide benefits government-wide and to individual organizations.
November 20, 2020 -
The Smithsonian said in a statement that its “top priority is to protect the health and safety of its visitors and staff.” No reopening date is scheduled.
November 19, 2020 -
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency is a little more than a year old, and it's still adding more mission areas. It recently acquired the legacy security clearance IT system from the Office of Personnel Management and the program office responsible for building a new one.
November 19, 2020