Tom Temin Commentary
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Although expensive, this notebook PC is designed for rugged — really rugged — use
October 11, 2023 -
Continuous vetting for all — that's the goal of OPM under Trusted Workforce 2.0. But the timeline seems ambitious.
October 05, 2023 -
Cynics see a federal government shutdown as a paid vacation for federal employees, at least those forced into furlough. For the most part, you can actually take paid, approved leave during a shutdown.
September 28, 2023 -
Shutdown countdown on your mind? Tired of congressional vilification? You might be thinking of how great a private sector job would be. Think twice. Many civilian public servants and military people do have great post-government careers. But the private sector offers no guarantees either, and a government or military career may not necessarily have prepared you for work outside of government.
September 21, 2023 -
Career fair at large state university shows keen interest graduates or soon-to-best have in working for the federal government
September 14, 2023 -
Business whisperers define management as getting things done through others. If you're the manager, that makes two basics incumbent on you. One, can you motivate people. Two, can you identify and hire the right people in the first place.
September 07, 2023 -
As the government moves towards skills-based hiring, apprenticeships make more and more sense
August 24, 2023 -
The National Finance Center is technically deficient, suffers from poor internal and external communications, and provides sub-par customer experience, according to the findings of a new and widely reported study.
August 15, 2023 -
After something like 8,000 Federal Drive with Tom Temin interviews over the years, I really can't name a single favorite. This past week, though, the most fun interview was with two federal employees whose function I almost never interview — public affairs.
August 10, 2023 -
Maybe Ron DeSantis knew what he meant to say, but gosh, his throat-slit comment was way off the mark.
August 07, 2023 -
Agencies are hatching return-to-the-workplace policies one by one, and none of them quite match
August 03, 2023 -
Two agencies had widely differing culture problems, and senior civil servants fixed them with the basics
July 27, 2023 -
The push and pull over how much feds should return to the office seems headed to a grudging settlement.
July 20, 2023 -
Congress's latest run at dictating Veterans Affairs firing practices may not work much better than the last law that tried
July 13, 2023 -
Supreme Court ruling comes with a dissent that could lead to a constitutional challenge to qui tam cases
July 06, 2023