Tom Temin Commentary
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The Food and Drug Administration uses a big data analytics approach to better understanding prescription patterns and the opioid crisis.
April 05, 2018 -
The chairman of House Energy and Commerce Committee is seeking data on whether daylight saving time saves energy.
April 04, 2018 -
The acting director wants Congress to take over from the Federal Reserve the full oversight and budget authority for CFPB.
April 03, 2018 -
Ronny Jackson, or whomever becomes the next Veterans Affairs secretary, might only succeed by clearing out the infighting senior staff.
March 29, 2018 -
It took the riots following an assassination to show the country that Washington, D.C. was a real city with real people.
March 29, 2018 -
Good design is part of good customer service. So is ensuring consistency from location to location.
March 26, 2018 -
The biggest objective is overhaul of the federal personnel system.
March 21, 2018 -
VA looks headed for its sixth secretary in five years.
March 20, 2018 -
Following a new set of policies concerning public affairs officers, the Air Force is cutting back on interviews and base visits for journalists.
March 15, 2018 -
FirstNet, a Commerce Department unit, recently gave the green light to AT&T to start building new emergency communications network.
March 13, 2018 -
Many federal departments are feeling and performing poorly. Backlogs are agencies' fever. The symptom has many causes.
March 08, 2018 -
The Office of Management and Budget mangled important guidance on the Modernizing Government IT Act in new guidance.
March 02, 2018 -
TSA puts a human face on itself with social media, including a human face with a pancake on it.
February 28, 2018 -
How many agencies see how an Office of Personnel Management report can help them improve the way they reward their senior executives.
February 23, 2018 -
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin's errors regarding a recent European trip look more like lapses in judgment than corruption.
February 15, 2018