Bob Tobias

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

The Office of Management and Budget last week released what it called a learning agenda for federal agencies. It’s the research they need to do to answer…

Management

The government is not a business, so why should it act like one

Modern Government

Amelia Brust, Federal News Network

telework, work from home, home office, federal employees

When people come together, the best ideas come, or do they?

Hiring/Retention

Amelia Brust/Federal News Network

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

Bob Tobias, Professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University

President’s management agenda benefits from being specific

Workforce

The perks of being a wallflower and the rush to get everyone back in the office

Workforce

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

Workforce Rights/Governance

Agency managers have new data about the workforce. Will they make use of it?

Workforce

Federal boards and councils, do they set the right examples?

Management

Should the Office of Special Counsel have more Hatch Act enforcement power?

Agency Oversight

Does Homeland Security have too much discretion in hiring cybersecurity people?

DHS’ recent rulemaking for a 2014 law gives the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency a lot of discretion in hiring cybersecurity people.

Hiring/Retention

A couple of ideas for how the IRS can plug the so-called tax gap

With the IRS possibly getting big budget boosts in the next few years, the question becomes whether it can hire the people it says it needs … with any…

Hiring/Retention

Big stimulus bills fall to federal workforce to carry out programs despite capacity constraints

Workforce

Will the government have controls in place for the spending programs? Will it even have the basic capacity?