Chris Lu

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks at a news conference on Monday, April 20, 2020 in Annapolis, Md., with his wife, Yumi Hogan, right, where the governor announced Maryland has received a shipment from a South Korean company to boost the state's ability to conduct tests for COVID-19 by 500,000. Hogan said he asked his wife, who is Korean, to help negotiate with Korean officials, on March 28, and that set in motion 22 days of vetting and negotiations to bring the large increase in testing capacity to Maryland. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

Stay home or reopen: Do you trust your agency leader to make the right call?

Your agency has a lot to think about as it considers reopening federal offices during the pandemic. Employees will trust the good leaders to make the right…

Federal Report

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2012 file photo, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) headquarters in Washington. The government is scrapping a decade-long plan to shutter the FBI's deteriorating downtown Washington headquarters and look for a new building in Maryland or Virginia. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FBI headquarters cancellation fits pattern, symptomatic of deeper issues

Facilities/Construction

Former Deputy Labor Secretary Chris Lu/Partnership for Public Service

Chris Lu: FBI headquarters halt a familiar story

Federal Drive

Phooey, the FBI stays down in the dumps

Tom Temin Commentary

Chris Lu: Reorganizing government not an easy task

Federal Drive

How the Trump administration can improve its relationship with federal employees

Workforce

Transparency, inclusion keys to transition

Management

#FedFeed – Happy Halloween!

What a presidential transition looks like from inside an agency

Management

The small stuff matters: lessons from a ‘most improved’ agency

Workforce

Why things are getting better at the Labor Department

Workforce

Emily Kopp: Labor Department no longer one of the worst places to work

The Labor Department used to be one of the worst places to work, according to its own employees. Secretary Tom Perez set out to change that when he arrived…