When labor-management relationships are strong, employee engagement improves, federal union leaders said during a discussion at the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service conference in Chicago. Union leaders say their partnerships with agencies have improved over the past eight years, but the success of those partnerships too often depends on the administration.
If you like the mechanics of politics, the selection process for vice presidential candidates is a thesis-worthy subject all by itself.
A new Gallup poll that showed that the U.S. government is the least popular of any major industry in the U.S.
Learn how NHLBI is meeting its data challenges and increasing compute power with CIO Alastair Thomson.
Does your favorite TV weather person seem genuinely shocked that it’s hot in August? Maybe he or she should become a government behavioral expert.
As the Army migrates all its PCs to Windows 10 over the next year, and the Army’s helpdesk isn’t yet equipped to handle the surge of tech support calls.
April Chen, the senior product manager for Iron Mountain, explains how process, protection and people need to come together to better manage records and data.
According to the latest count from the Office of Personnel Management, less than 100 federal employees have applied to their agencies’ phased retirement program. It’s been roughly two years since OPM released final regulations on phased retirement and gave agencies the green light to begin accepting applications.
Leaving the military is hard enough without worrying about civilian employment. But there are initiatives to help Army vets get on their feet post-military.
Maybe Edsel is a good analogy for phased retiremnet. Long in the making, highly touted, yet when it rolled out nobody bit.
Government continues to struggle with how to attract a new generation of feds, but advanced technology offers creative solutions.
Join top executives as they discuss challenges, successes and lessons learned during the The Business of Government Hour.
Join industry leaders and learn how to transform data into timely intelligence that helps protect infrastructure, information, and identities.
Join government and industry experts as they discuss progress and best practices in cyber security.
Join NCCoE's Deputy Director Nate Lesser on The Business of Government Hour as he explores strategic priorities, use of secure standards-based technologies and more.
Navy Cap. Edward Simmer of DHA talks about changes in management of military health benefits within the Defense Department.
The emergence of cloud computing continues to change the way agencies view their networks and data centers.
Some agencies are capitalizing on interactions with trending people and topics to gain a widespread exposure on social media.
Leaving the military is hard enough without worrying about civilian employment. But there are initiatives to help Army vets get on their feet post-military.
Your summer job recess means you go to Rehoboth Beach or maybe to a villa in Gibraltar. But for members of Congress, being away from the grim domed Capitol building doesn’t mean they’re not working. In fact, they have workweeks averaging 59 hours. What are they doing? For some answers, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turns to David Hawkings, senior editor at Roll Call.
DIUX, the Defense Department innovation unit in Silicon Valley, is expanding to Austin, Texas and other places. Does that mean Secretary Ash Carter is dissing the companies right here in the D.C. region? Venture capitalist Jonathan Aberman, chairman of Amplifier Ventures, gives his take on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Even after transitioning four systems to shared services, the Department of Housing and Urban Development still doesn’t have what it needs. All this is documented in the latest study from the Government Accountability Office. Valerie Melvin, director of Information Management and Technology Resources issues at GAO, shares more on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Most of the U.S. Mint’s commemorative coins are done in honor of wars or famous battles. But this time around, the agency is looking for designs for a coin to raise breast cancer awareness. April Stafford, head of the Mint’s Office of Design Management, spoke with Federal News Radio’s Eric White on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about this latest coin design competition.
Does your favorite TV weather person seem genuinely shocked that it’s hot in August? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe he or she should become a government behavioral expert.
The Office of Personnel Management wants to make sure political appointees hired during the current administration don’t have an unfair advantage getting career jobs in the next administration.
In today’s Top Federal Headlines, the General Services Administration issues a notice which states employees and visitors at government buildings must be allowed to use whichever bathroom they need to.
The Office of Personnel Management says long-term care insurance members will see premiums rise by as much as 126 percent. Participants can start looking at their package options July 18.
According to the latest count from the Office of Personnel Management, less than 100 federal employees have applied to their agencies’ phased retirement program. It’s been roughly two years since OPM released final regulations on phased retirement and gave agencies the green light to begin accepting applications.
When computer scientist Jeffrey Voas set out to determine the security implications of the Internet of Things for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he discovered that first he would need to provide a scientific definition.
Like many things good ideas in government, over time “time to fill” has become a caricature of itself, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal.
Federal News Radio wants to hear from you about your retirement plans — and whether the upcoming presidential transition will impact your decision to stay or leave your agency.
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists are monitoring a herd of scimitar-horned oryx recently released to the grasslands of Chad.
In Today’s Top Federal Headlines, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton names some familiar executives to lead her transition team.
The Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget released guidance on raising the bonus award caps for senior executives, senior level and senior professional and scientific federal employees, and recommended tying bonuses more closely to performance, including the use of smaller bonuses for specific contributions throughout the year.
U.S. Army Reserve 2nd Lt. Sam Kendricks won the bronze medal for men’s pole vaulting during his first Olympic competition.
The National Security Agency’s approach to 21st century threats comes with six new directives and a new look for part of its two-pronged mission.






