Bob Tobias
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American University professor Bob Tobias told Federal Drive with Tom Temin some potential ways DHS can fill their current senior position vacancies.
May 13, 2019 -
Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, explained the importance of career civil servants on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
April 26, 2019 -
Who would apply for a job at a place where you might be forced to work without pay for a month, or that is threatened with bankruptcy every year? American University's Bob Tobias says that is how the federal government looks right now.
March 20, 2019 -
The government can't shut down again until September but that may not be reassuring. For many federal employees, the last event produced a permanent sense of uncertainty.
February 22, 2019 -
Nearly everyone concerned with good government is thinking like the fictional Howard Beale, wanting to scream "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore."
January 23, 2019 -
Federal employees stuck at home during the great shutdown of 2018 brought to mind the idea of teleworking.
December 28, 2018 -
The newly installed chief of the U.S. Forest Service has promised to change the agency's culture of widespread harassment, misconduct and retaliation. But what would that take?
November 30, 2018 -
Bob Tobias, a professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss the management-union relationship.
October 29, 2018 -
Bob Tobias, a professor in American University’s Key Executive Leadership Programs, described what he called the “three legged stool” essential to any successful civil service reform.
October 12, 2018 -
Bob Tobias, public administration professor at American University's Key Executive Leadership Program, spoke with Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
September 13, 2018 -
Relations between the Trump administration and federal employee unions have frayed. Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, offered some perspective on how things perhaps should go.
September 05, 2018 -
In setting forth its goals for reorganizing the government, the Trump administration may be missing an important distinction, namely the difference between goals and output measures.
July 19, 2018 -
To Bob Tobias, professor in the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, this plan is an opportunity for better management of the military enterprise.
June 27, 2018 -
The executive order directs agencies to renegotiate union contracts and suggests that agencies set more concrete time limits for these discussions.
June 01, 2018 -
Federal News Radio's Eric White spoke with Bob Tobias, professor with the Key Executive Leadership Programs at American University.
May 30, 2018