Tom Temin Commentary
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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 -
At 8,000-plus words, this executive order is as much a term paper as it is a call to action.
May 13, 2021 -
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey answers a lot of questions, but also leaves many unanswered.
May 07, 2021 -
They're here to stay regardless. It works well when everyone keeps the mission as the North Star.
April 30, 2021 -
Customer service, public acceptance and public relations for a continuum for agencies in law enforcement.
April 23, 2021