Bob Tobias

Too little and too late. That’s what Bob Tobias, a long time expert on the federal workplace, sees in the administration’s approach so far to telework in the virus scare.

Bob Tobias, a professor at American University, says next-year’s budget proposal from the White House is enough to make some feds say, “Stop the world, I want to get off.”

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Bob Tobias, a professor in the Key Executive Leadership program at American University, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in studio.

Bob Tobias, of the Key Executive Leadership program at American University, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin in the studio to share his thoughts.

The idea of extending paid family leave for federal employees comes up year after year in Congress. Bob Tobias thinks it’s long overdue, and in fact the policy is making its way into some union contracts already.

Executive orders on federal employment, and vigorous union opposition to them, appear to have poisoned relations between federal unions and the Trump administration beyond antidote.

Artificial intelligence in the service of human resources management may sound ironic. But HR experts all over are predicting AI will improve their function.

By now there have been plenty of stories about the hardships the longest government shutdown in history created for the federal workforce. But new research from Weber State University is among the first to try to quantify the impacts.

Professor Bob Tobias joined Federal Drive to explain how agencies can improve their customer service but it better services starts in-house.