Tom Temin Commentary
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The players have taken their seats. They're tuning their instruments. Now where's the Trump administration's IT conductor?
May 25, 2017 -
If you're a federal employee, the budget proposal comes with some interesting policy ideas. You probably won't like them.
May 23, 2017 -
So clearly there is risk in eliminating the polygraph for new hire. A risk management approach asks, is it a risk worth taking?
May 19, 2017 -
Simply by hosting their tracking application — whether a giant spreadsheet or a real database — in a cloud, BLM officials could establish a framework for uniformity and thoroughness.
May 15, 2017 -
Now that it's Public Service Recognition Week, how about thanking the people in your agency or company that toil to keep your networks running and your data safe?
May 11, 2017 -
VA's facilities planning processes leave it with millions of square feet of empty and decaying space.
May 09, 2017 -
Rex Tillerson goes out on a limb when describing what will happen after State redesigns all of its work processes.
May 05, 2017 -
They toil in relative obscurity to help enable invention and the economic progress it brings.
May 05, 2017 -
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will have to create a two-way communication channel in which people don't just feel they're heard but also comprehended.
May 02, 2017 -
Averages: If you encase one bare foot in dry ice and the other in boiling oil, on average you're doing fine.
April 27, 2017 -
A federal employment attorney says it's outrageous the government is treating its federal workforce like this.
April 26, 2017 -
Nobody seems to be paying attention to the bigger picture of where federal finances are headed.
April 24, 2017 -
OGE has a longstanding policy about the "gift" of free attendance, which often comes with a nice breakfast or lunch and tchotchkes off vendor tables.
April 20, 2017 -
Does anyone need reminding of the thoroughly international content of PCs, smartphones, network switching equipment? And pencils?
April 18, 2017 -
In one case, medical staff had to borrow bone cement from a vendor to finish two knee replacements.
April 13, 2017