Management
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So-called black swan events seem to be happening in flocks. The pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, earthquakes and floods. For government, it all adds up to the need for resilience and preparation.
January 05, 2023 -
Host Dave Wennergren talks with two former government leaders on the challenges and opportunities facing the federal market as we look forward to 2023.
January 05, 2023 -
DOJ's legal opinion protects USPS employees from facing legal consequences in states that have restricted abortion since the Supreme Court's ruling last summer.
January 04, 2023 -
In doing economic analyses leading to changes in federal benefits, agencies are obligated to do them a certain way. During the pandemic, the Agriculture Department redid an index resulting in a big boost in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Government Accountability Office finds, USDA didn't quite proceed properly.
January 04, 2023 -
The Republican-led House is looking at opportunities to eliminate duplicative federal agencies and programs, as well as defund the IRS.
January 03, 2023 -
Medicare Advantage was established to make health care delivery more efficient. Nowadays, nearly half of all Medicare recipients are part of a Medicare Advantage plan. Unfortunately, the Medicare Advantage payment model is subject to fraud.
January 03, 2023 -
D.C. would like all that excess federal office space given up.
January 03, 2023 -
In what IRS officials call a groundbreaking event, the agency recently hosted a national virtual settlement event. In 59 meetings over four days, it settled 44 cases of less-than-rich taxpayers.
January 03, 2023 -
The spending bill also cuts the Biden administration's request for the Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology system.
January 02, 2023 -
In the relatively brief 21 years since its inception, the Transportation Security Administration has gone through a lot of change. Everything from its uniforms to its screening technology has been thought and re-thought.
December 30, 2022 -
Mary Davie, deputy associate administrator for the Mission Support Directorate at NASA, joins host Aileen Black on this week's Leaders and Legends to discuss the importance of value based leadership.
December 30, 2022 -
President Joe Biden has signed a $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations through September 2023, the end of the federal budget year.
December 29, 2022 -
The White House’s Open Government National Action Plan contains five key themes, largely underscored by the administration’s emphasis on advancing equity in federal services.
December 28, 2022 -
Maybe it's lack of leadership. Or lack of attention. But the Justice Department has failed on a critical congressional mandate, that's according to the Government Accountability Office. Justice has been required to update a national strategy to deal with exploitation of children every two years.
December 28, 2022 -
A longtime goal to transition to a paperless government is once again a moving target.
December 23, 2022