http://www.govexec.comen-usTue, 14 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400http://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/2013/04/dying-space-american-dream/62854/Mars One is not the first project hoping to permanently go where no man has gone before.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 29 Apr 2013 11:49:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/04/dying-space-american-dream/62854/Management - Promising PracticesMeet your new neighbor. NASA/JPL-Caltechhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/meteorite-strikes-are-actually-quite-common/61327/Earth gets hit up to 10 times a year, experts say.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 15 Feb 2013 08:37:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/02/meteorite-strikes-are-actually-quite-common/61327/Management - Promising PracticesYouTubehttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/what-does-sun-sound/60994/A NASA fellow searches for sounds lost in the vacuum.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 30 Jan 2013 14:41:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/what-does-sun-sound/60994/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Molodec/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/hillary-clinton-traveled-956733-miles-during-her-time-secretary-state/60982/During her tenure, Clinton also visited 112 countries.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 30 Jan 2013 11:35:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/management/2013/01/hillary-clinton-traveled-956733-miles-during-her-time-secretary-state/60982/ManagementAmel Emric/APhttp://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/women-combat-idea-whose-time-has-come-aided-technology/60884/Many of the arguments against "bands of sisters" are moot. In part because of improved tools.Megan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 25 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/defense/2013/01/women-combat-idea-whose-time-has-come-aided-technology/60884/DefenseJacquelyn Martin/APhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/01/cannonballs-samurai-swords-chastity-belts-items-found-tsa-checkpoints-2012/60662/A year's worth of (weird, revealing, scary) data from the nation's airportsMegan GarberMon, 14 Jan 2013 16:23:35 -0500http://www.govexec.com/technology/2013/01/cannonballs-samurai-swords-chastity-belts-items-found-tsa-checkpoints-2012/60662/TechnologyIn Miami, TSA officers found a bag of eels.TSAhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/you-probably-write-novels-worth-email-every-year/60557/The average worker writes a book about the length of The Great Gatsby in email each year.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 09 Jan 2013 09:32:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2013/01/you-probably-write-novels-worth-email-every-year/60557/Management - Promising PracticesImage via KHZ/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/why-taking-breaks-will-help-you-get-more-work-done/60189/The latest thinking in the science of productivity, animatedMegan Garber, The AtlanticFri, 14 Dec 2012 16:02:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/12/why-taking-breaks-will-help-you-get-more-work-done/60189/Management - Promising PracticesImage via FuzzBones / Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/12/state-intellectual-property-around-world/60108/The United Nations's globe-spanning, definitive guide.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 12 Dec 2012 10:06:22 -0500http://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/12/state-intellectual-property-around-world/60108/TechnologyFlickr user rosefirerisinghttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/meme-election-and-tumblr-campaign/59817/How the Obama camp used images to build a brand.Megan GarberThu, 29 Nov 2012 10:51:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/meme-election-and-tumblr-campaign/59817/Management - Promising PracticesWhite House Flickr, Pete Souza, via barackobama.tumblr.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/are-your-facebook-friends-stressing-you-out-yes/59791/Facebook's expectations about users' social lives can be very different from users' own.Megan Garber, The AtlanticWed, 28 Nov 2012 12:20:00 -0500http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/11/are-your-facebook-friends-stressing-you-out-yes/59791/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Catalin Petolea/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/science-watching-animal-videos-could-make-you-better-employee/58477/And the more adorable the critter, the better.Megan Garber, The AtlanticMon, 01 Oct 2012 11:15:00 -0400http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/science-watching-animal-videos-could-make-you-better-employee/58477/Management - Promising PracticesImage via Linn Currie/Shutterstock.comhttp://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/08/apollo-11s-astronauts-received-8-diem-mission-moon/57698/With deductions for the 'accommodation' provided by the spaceship.Megan Garber, The AtlanticTue, 28 Aug 2012 11:19:38 -0400http://www.govexec.com/technology/2012/08/apollo-11s-astronauts-received-8-diem-mission-moon/57698/TechnologyNASAhttp://www.govexec.com/management/2012/06/obama-saw-initial-incorrect-health-care-ruling-reports/56524/The president watched the news with Jack Lew, his chief of staff, outside the Oval Office.Megan Garber, The AtlanticThu, 28 Jun 2012 17:02:01 -0400http://www.govexec.com/management/2012/06/obama-saw-initial-incorrect-health-care-ruling-reports/56524/Management