In today's Federal Newscast: Firings at the Defense Business Board make room for Trump loyalists. The Air Force tries out life coaches. Feds might get to carry over more unused vacation time.
The appointment of Dan Sitterly, a former career executive and political appointee, as a new leader at the Department of Veterans Affairs' accountability office, shows just how complex personnel moves during a presidential transition can be.
After nearly 30 years at the IRS, including three years as head of its criminal investigations division, you learn a thing or two. Don Fort decided to see how life looks from the private sector point of view.
Four years ago, commentator Jeff Neal suggested whoever won the election should focus not just on the top-level jobs, but also to look to the jobs in the middle of organizations as a way to jump-start the administration’s work.
Today is the Combined Federal Campaign's Giving Tuesday. But the signs are already indicating a strong season this year.
With unemployment still high and a new economic slump possible this winter, President-elect Joe Biden has announced a liberal team of economic advisers
Republican Sen_ Lindsey Graham says he thinks President Donald Trump should attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration because it would be “good for the country.”
Transition funding for the incoming Biden administration, like all other federal appropriations, is coming from a continuing resolution, which expires in less than two weeks.
Argue the facts and the reasoning, not the character of the person who made a decision.
President-elect Joe Biden is tapping Obama-era officials for top national security positions
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.
Moving ships and submarines from point A to point B requires a careful ballet of many interconnected systems. Behind those systems are engineers.
The CBO's director of Budget Analysis may not be a household name. But her work has made her a member of this year's class of inductees to the National Academy of Public Administration.
This week on Leaders and Legends, Doug Wagoner, president and CEO of LMI, joins host Aileen Black to talk about leadership and his company's commitment to diversity and to the nation's veterans.
A long serving chief information officer at both the EPA and NASA, Renee Wynn recently retired. But she's hardly out of the picture. Among her post-federal pursuits, she has become a fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration.