American University

Another column on retirement. This time, I’m joining you

Your faithful radio anchor and columnist has a year before his own retirement and will chronicle the practical parts of the planning.

Federal Report

Federal agency performance depends on individual accountability

Management

Leading university offers way to keep up with cybersecurity policy

Cybersecurity

Would you take a pay cut for more telework?

Federal Report

GAO

A federal auditor wins a prestigious award from academia

Workforce

Are budget cuts the best way to fix troubled agencies?

Budget

NerdWallet-Millennial Money-Financial Insecurity Help

What do people really mean when they say government should operate like a business?

Budget

FILE - Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)

Why presidential transition planning makes or breaks an administration

Management

New learning agenda may not be enough to actually improve agency performance

Management

Long-term implications of AFGE’s ‘difficult decision’ to disclaim ICE officers’ union chapter

Unions

Bob Tobias, professor at the Key Executive Leadership program of American University

Agencies aren’t always capable of investigating their own whistleblower complaints

Agency Oversight

Political appointees may be getting to deep into agency technical operations

American University professor Bob Tobias talks about the problems with putting political appointees in charge of cybersecurity at federal agencies

Cybersecurity

Professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University

President’s management agenda benefits from being specific

The Biden administration’s management agenda, which the White House built out with a lot of detail last week, focuses on just three things.

Workforce

The federal workforce skews older than average. Is that bad?

Workforce Rights/Governance

Discussion about the federal workforce rarely go three minutes, before someone laments the need to get young people into government. Yet three quarters of the federal workforce is over 40, a much higher percentage than in the private sector. So it may be no surprise that age discrimination complaints in government are more common than in the private sector.