Bob Tobias

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

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

Workforce

(AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

FILE - In this June 12, 2019, file photo, clouds roll over the U.S. Capitol dome as dusk approaches in Washington. The committee charged with helping Republicans wrest control of the House next year raised $45.4 million over the last three months, a record quarterly haul during a year without a national election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Congress should invest in programs — and management

Management

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Expecting new employees in your agency? Time to remember the onboarding basics

Workforce

Returning to the office, it’s about a lot more than the office or the building

Workforce

Do federal employees get pay increases regardless of their job performance?

Workforce

Suggestions for reforms at the Office of Personnel Management

Agency Oversight

Now that a return to the office is within sight, what the government really needs is a strategy

Workforce

Flags fly on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, ahead of the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool)

It’s not all doom and gloom after the Capitol storming

Facilities/Construction

Would restoring Presidential Rank Awards help federal workforce?

Workforce

Good-government groups suggest ways to improve federal workforce under Biden

Workforce

Federal unions look to turn the page on Trump’s executive orders: ‘The damage is not permanent’

Unions

What Biden can learn from Obama — and Trump — about managing the federal workforce

The incoming Biden administration has plenty to learn from its predecessors about setting the tone, supporting productive labor-management relationships…

Workforce

Schedule F could hurt public’s trust in government even further

The debate over the Trump administration’s order to create a new civil service Schedule F – most of it has focused on the effects on career employees….

Workforce

Professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University

Younger feds maybe starting to question telework’s merits

Workforce

As the pandemic and teleworking drag on, people stuck at home are starting to discover the secondary effect of isolation from coworkers.

Bob Tobias

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

Congress should invest in programs — and management

Expecting new employees in your agency? Time to remember the onboarding basics

Returning to the office, it’s about a lot more than the office or the building

Do federal employees get pay increases regardless of their job performance?

Suggestions for reforms at the Office of Personnel Management

Now that a return to the office is within sight, what the government really needs is a strategy

It’s not all doom and gloom after the Capitol storming

Would restoring Presidential Rank Awards help federal workforce?

Good-government groups suggest ways to improve federal workforce under Biden

Federal unions look to turn the page on Trump’s executive orders: ‘The damage is not permanent’

What Biden can learn from Obama — and Trump — about managing the federal workforce

Schedule F could hurt public’s trust in government even further

Younger feds maybe starting to question telework’s merits

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