http://www.govexec.com/management/News and analysis about running federal operationsen-usFri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/5-best-ways-attract-stemm-talent-your-agency/63258/The demand for technically proficient talent is growing--here's how to recruit, and retain, them.Lara Shane, Partnership for Public Service Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/5-best-ways-attract-stemm-talent-your-agency/63258/Management - Promising PracticesPartnership for Public Servicehttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/obama-accelerates-permits-infrastructure-projects/63251/Presidential memo and performance dashboard hailed by Transportation Secretary.Charles S. ClarkFri, 17 May 2013 14:44:53 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/obama-accelerates-permits-infrastructure-projects/63251/ManagementBarack Obama spoke at the Key Bridge in Washington to promote infrastructure programs in 2011.Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-prevent-irs-abusing-its-power-again/63242/Evaluate tax-exempt groups based on behavior rather than speculation, and compensate them for compliance costs.Conor Friedersdorf, The AtlanticFri, 17 May 2013 12:42:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-prevent-irs-abusing-its-power-again/63242/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/executive-coach/2013/05/7-tips-taming-your-calendar/63209/How to leverage your time to get important stuff done.Scott EblinFri, 17 May 2013 07:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/executive-coach/2013/05/7-tips-taming-your-calendar/63209/Management - Executive CoachImage via Kudryashka/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2013/05/why-people-hate-government/63225/One guy in an office sat on Tea Party tax-exempt applications for 13 months after they were improperly selected for review.Garance Franke-Ruta, The AtlanticThu, 16 May 2013 16:55:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/cutting-costs/2013/05/why-people-hate-government/63225/Management - Cutting CostsTreasury Departmenthttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/agencies-need-congress-help-weed-out-duplicate-programs/63227/Some people won’t be pleased at losing their projects, panel told.Charles S. ClarkThu, 16 May 2013 16:29:24 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/agencies-need-congress-help-weed-out-duplicate-programs/63227/ManagementHomeStudio/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/obama-taps-omb-veteran-acting-irs-commissioner/63226/Controller Danny Werfel has spent much of the past year dealing with sequestration.Eric KatzThu, 16 May 2013 16:27:04 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/obama-taps-omb-veteran-acting-irs-commissioner/63226/ManagementCharles Dharapak/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/government-should-run-business-not-way-you-think/63221/Regimes around the world are under pressure to deliver more and cost less. Here's a plan for how to actually make that work.Eric Schnurer, The AtlanticThu, 16 May 2013 15:45:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/government-should-run-business-not-way-you-think/63221/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Brandon Bourdages/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/myth-presidential-leadership/63218/Many Washington pundits are critical of the president’s ability to wrangle concessions out of Congress, but they forget that his power has limits.Norm Ornstein, National JournalThu, 16 May 2013 14:35:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/myth-presidential-leadership/63218/Management - Promising PracticesWikimedia Commonshttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/what-chris-christies-got-crossover-appeal/63215/The N.J. governor is the GOP's best 2016 presidential candidate, numbers suggest.Brett Logiurato , The AtlanticThu, 16 May 2013 14:17:26 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/what-chris-christies-got-crossover-appeal/63215/ManagementNew Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Mel Evans/AP http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/furlough-watch-potential-agency-agency-impacts-sequestration/61535/Some agencies are avoiding unpaid leave altogether, while others require days of it.Thu, 16 May 2013 10:35:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/furlough-watch-potential-agency-agency-impacts-sequestration/61535/ManagementAir traffic controllers will be among those furloughed.Mike Stewart/AP file photohttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-how-obama-could-start-fixing-irs/63204/Step one, name a Republican—preferably a prominent one—to head the agency.Jill Lawrence, National JournalThu, 16 May 2013 09:49:49 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/analysis-how-obama-could-start-fixing-irs/63204/ManagementJacquelyn Martin/AP http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/political-pressures-harden-irs-management-issues-grow-clearer/63188/With congressional hearings, agency may find opportunity to clarify practices.Charles S. ClarkWed, 15 May 2013 17:00:33 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/political-pressures-harden-irs-management-issues-grow-clearer/63188/ManagementHouse Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Wednesday, said, "My question isn't about who is going to resign. My question is who's going to jail over this scandal?”Cliff Owen/APhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/irs-scandal-ablaze-how-does-special-prosecutor-thing-work/63185/An explainer of how Eric Holder could appoint someone to pursue the case.Matt Vasilogambros, National JournalWed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/irs-scandal-ablaze-how-does-special-prosecutor-thing-work/63185/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-zebrafish-may-hold-key-human-disease/63186/Dr. Francis Collins, National Institutes of Health Wed, 15 May 2013 16:52:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-zebrafish-may-hold-key-human-disease/63186/Management - Promising PracticesResearcher Zhaoxia Sun, at Yale, uses the zebrafish to study Polycystic Kidney Disease, which affects more than 600,000 Americans. Mutations in the zebrafish vhnf1 gene, and its human counterpart, cause cysts in both zebrafish and human kidneys.Wikimedia Commonshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/4-takeaways-irs-inspector-generals-report/63184/Report says there's a culture of incompetence within the tax-collecting agency.Michael Catalini, National JournalWed, 15 May 2013 16:24:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/4-takeaways-irs-inspector-generals-report/63184/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/eig-2013-told-your-tweets/63165/A review of this year's Excellence in Government Conference, told via Twitter.EIG StaffTue, 14 May 2013 18:24:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/eig-2013-told-your-tweets/63165/Management - Promising Practiceshttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/space-now-reality-tv-show/63160/Chris Hadfield's return from the International Space Station marks a new era for the final frontier.Megan Garber, The AtlanticTue, 14 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/space-now-reality-tv-show/63160/Management - Promising PracticesChris Hadfield experiments with water drops in microgravityNASA/CSAhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-walk-away/63159/The psychology of lost causes.Heidi Grant Halvorson, The AtlanticTue, 14 May 2013 15:32:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/how-walk-away/63159/Management - Promising PracticesImage via igor.stevanovic/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/tip-eat-lunch-away-computer/63156/Save your waistline and take a break.Casey O'Hanlon, Greatist.comTue, 14 May 2013 13:51:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/tip-eat-lunch-away-computer/63156/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Kuznetsov Dmitriy/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/its-okay-not-know-how-leverage-uncertainty-your-organization/62855/Doing more with less would be fine...if we knew what we were supposed be doing in the first place.Glenda EoyangTue, 14 May 2013 13:41:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/its-okay-not-know-how-leverage-uncertainty-your-organization/62855/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Gwoeii/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/why-i-quit-emailand-you-should-too/63148/Easing up on email usage could save you hours every day.Lucien EngelenTue, 14 May 2013 10:22:42 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/05/why-i-quit-emailand-you-should-too/63148/Management - Promising PracticesLichtmeister/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/al-gore-feds-have-americas-back/63142/Civil servants, good government management remain as important as ever to democracy, says former veep.Kellie LunneyMon, 13 May 2013 18:04:52 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/al-gore-feds-have-americas-back/63142/ManagementSarah Scully/GovExec.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/executive-coach/2013/05/cant-focus-try-breathing/63129/A quick trick to help you relax and ease the tension of the day.Scott EblinMon, 13 May 2013 11:18:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/executive-coach/2013/05/cant-focus-try-breathing/63129/Management - Executive CoachImage via Shuravaya/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/how-can-we-understand-benghazi-without-probing-cias-role/63122/The attack that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens targeted a CIA operation, not a 'diplomatic post.'Conor Friedersdorf, The AtlanticMon, 13 May 2013 09:13:10 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/05/how-can-we-understand-benghazi-without-probing-cias-role/63122/ManagementLibyan President Mohammed el-Megarif spoke at the memorial service in Tripoli, Libya, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, for U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.Abdel Magid al-Fergany/AP