Management
Creating the Foundation for Building an Agency Culture That Values Evidence
Here are six ideas to help you focus on what’s doable.
Management
Behind Medicare for All: The Sleeper Issue No One Is Debating
If Medicare is expanded to cover all Americans, someone will have to do the back-office work the insurance companies now perform.
Management
When Government Does Not Work: A Primer
A new book chronicles the Trump administration’s efforts to upend the U.S. immigration system.
Management
Addressing the Crisis in American Governance
The National Academy of Public Administration launched its Grand Challenges initiative to tackle the most critical problems facing the nation.
Management
Why You Need to Know What the Government Does With Your Data
Agencies share personally identifiable information with contractors—sometimes for good reasons—but there are serious risks associated with that, and we need guardrails.
Management
Government’s Pay System is Badly Fragmented
Next year, the GS system—its management philosophy and administrative framework—will be 100 years old.
Management
How Agency Leaders Can Turn Vision Into Action
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is demonstrating how a functional strategic plan can serve as a powerful management tool.
Management
When Performance Goals Backfire
Ambitious goals can be motivational, but they also can incentivize unethical behavior.
Management
Bosses Face More Discrimination if They Are Women – from Employees of Any Gender
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
Management
Tackling Both Sides of the Government Innovation Challenge
Bringing commercial technology into the federal market requires a comprehensive solution.
Management
The Performance Management Alarms Keep Getting Louder
Government is overlooking a straightforward and inexpensive way to tackle its talent management problems—investing in middle managers.
Management
A Quiet Legacy: The Bush Management Agenda Continues to Impact Government
Reform is inherently nonpartisan, and it’s important to keep moving the goal post.
Management
People Are Increasingly Interrupted at Work, but It’s not All Bad
Interruptions are inevitable – but how they happen matters.
Management
Federal Agency Staffing Problems in California Should Trigger Alarms
Talent gaps cannot be solved within the rigid civil service system.
Management
Viewpoint: How a Broken Pay System Forced Postal Supervisors to Take USPS to Court
The U.S. Postal Service has a serious middle management problem.
Management
Metrics, Trust and Job Performance
High trust organizations are more productive and among the best places to work.
Management
The Challenge of Managing Up
What’s interesting about Gen. Jim Mattis’ new book is not his views on leading others, but his discussion of his frustration with bosses above him.
Management
Agencies Need More Flexibility to Fill Vacancies
The crisis at the Bureau of Prisons, highlighted by the suicide of Jeffery Epstein, is only the latest example confirming the civil service system needs to be reformed.
Management
Before Trump Eyed Greenland: Here’s What Happened Last Time The U.S. Bought a Large Chunk Of The Arctic
In 1867, the U.S. bought Alaska from Tsar Alexander II for a tidy sum of $7.2 million. Trump probably wouldn't be able to get that kind of bargain for Greenland.
Management
Complying with the Hatch Act Isn’t That Difficult
Here’s what federal employees need to know.
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