Soon members of Congress will return to the Hill to tackle the great issues of 2018 — besides getting re-elected, that is.
The Senior Executives Association honored more than 70 people with Distinguished Rank Awards and more than 215 with Meritorious Rank Awards. The awards go to a small percentage of career SES every year, and the president typically approves and finalizes them. Meet the winners for both 2016 and 2017 of one of the highest honors in government.
While I’m on Christmas vacation I asked some faithful readers to do a guest column. Today’s by Anthony Corridore has some management/change advice for federal agencies.
Melissa Jezior, founder and CEO of Eagle Hill Consulting, offers four ways agency leaders can foster an “ideas culture.”
NASA reaches third round of funding for "tipping-point" technologies and is looking for investors to upgrade its commercial application capability.
Towanda Brooks, chief human capital officer for the Housing and Urban Development Department, says her agency got an early taste of workforce reshaping. The transition and retraining process hasn't always been easy, but Brooks said it's helping HUD employees become more engaged in their work. Her efforts helped her win a prestigious Presidential Rank Award.
People rely more and more on technology, especially when traveling. TSA has developed a more active program to assist the demands.
Civility may be lacking in federal agencies and the EEOC has made a goal to establish more civil workforce training
President Donald Trump's March executive order, a "Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch," launched a year of speculation about workforce reductions, budget cuts and possible changes to retirement benefits. The 2018 budget, released in May, only exacerbated the situation, as it seemed to confirm everyone's worst fears.
GSA released five RFQs for phase 1 of the IT modernization Centers of Excellence initiative.
How does the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs take care of veterans? What has VA done to better serve veterans? What more needs to be done? Join host Michael Keegan as he explores these questions & more on a special edition of Leaders Speak on serving U.S. veterans on the next The Business of Government Hour.
The Navy will no longer discharge sailors who fail its physical fitness assessment, and is cancelling early-out programs that let sailors leave the military voluntarily, steps officials say are required by a "growing Navy."
When looking for a few Christmas season columns, we turned to one old, as in long-time reader because she's funny, candid and not the least bit orthodox.
Federal News Radio and Senior Correspondent Mike Causey spread some holiday cheer with a recitation of the poem, Twas the Night Before the End of the Fiscal Year.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and his wife Mary sent a video message to employees where they make a specific reference to Christianity and some feds found it inappropriate.