Tom Temin Commentary
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For incoming appointees, or long-time career feds dealing with appointees, the most important ingredient is trust.
July 09, 2021 -
DoD decides the one-cloud approach for its tactical requirements needs revision.
July 07, 2021 -
National Taxpayer Advocate has some simple, straightforward steps for the IRS to get past its persistent service troubles.
July 06, 2021 -
In the first post-pandemic best places to workings, feds give agencies high marks for handling the crisis.
July 02, 2021 -
Newly confirmed OPM director inherits an agency that you might call a fixer-upper.
June 25, 2021 -
Administration sets up a complicated and long set of reports and planning deadlines before feds can actually return to their regular offices.
June 18, 2021 -
Members come along from time to time who do care about efficient operation of the federal bureaucracy.
June 15, 2021 -
If tax files of the rich were released by an IRS insider, the agency has a problem on its hands.
June 11, 2021 -
Census Bureau computer scientist works to keep crucial functions away from outsourcing.
June 04, 2021 -
The holiday's precise origins are disputed, but its unifying idea can get buried by car sales and cookouts.
May 28, 2021 -
New acquisition portal seems to meet the objectives GSA set for it.
May 26, 2021 -
At least two unions have been bargaining for four years. And, it turns out, in bad faith.
May 21, 2021 -
The Defense Department would have plenty of company in canceling something that is looking more and more irretrievable.
May 19, 2021 -
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office passed the 11 million patents granted milestone just three years after 10 million.
May 18, 2021 -
Feds do lots of jobs for mediocre pay that most people wouldn't do for any amount of money.
May 14, 2021