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Why do presidential nominees languish in the Senate?
02/22/2019On Feb. 17, President Trump started his day with a tweet decrying the slow pace of Senate confirmations, a familiar refrain for…
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Administration unveils its artificial intelligence initiative
02/15/2019While we are a ways off from working alongside intelligent machines like C-3PO, the Star Wars translator robot, advancements in artificial intelligence are moving…
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Four tips to make employee engagement a year-round priority
02/14/2019We know how it goes. Every year, you receive your Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results in the fall and your…
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Leading like Lincoln
02/07/2019Photo: Participants of the spring 2018 Excellence in Government Fellows program at President Lincoln’s Cottage in June. Within the walls of…
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How the Peace Corps is welcoming back employees after the lapse in appropriations
01/28/2019The Peace Corps is a government agency that thrives on personal interactions and strong esprit de corps. Peace Corps employees, like many…
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Feds serving the public and each other
01/24/2019Shortly after the current partial government shutdown began, Parimal Kopardekar, a furloughed federal employee at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California, was feeling detached…
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This senseless government shutdown is harming Coast Guard families
01/24/2019A longer version of this article was originally published in the U.S. Naval Institute’s Proceedings Magazine.
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How leaders can prepare for federal employees to return to work after the shutdown
01/15/2019It’s hard not to dwell on the hardships the partial government shutdown is creating for federal employees, but this shutdown won’t last forever. At…
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Seven ways federal employees can manage stress during the partial government shutdown
01/15/2019A federal government shutdown can lead to a sense of powerlessness. You don’t know when the shutdown will end or how you will deal…
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The 2013 Service to America Medals revealed the devastating effects of a government shutdown
01/08/2019As the current partial government shutdown continues for a third week, 800,000 federal employees are living in financial uncertainty and Americans are being denied critical services because dedicated public servants are being told not…