Getting Maximum Impact from “Bare Minimum Mondays”
The idea is to do as little as possible on Monday to preserve your strength and energy for the rest of the week. The post Getting Maximum Impact…
Involving Employees in Cost-Cutting Decisions
From company image to lost business opportunities and damaged corporate culture, not getting employee input on where to reduce expenses can be catastrophic. The post Involving Employees in…
Career Learning from My Participation in Bama Rush
Training your organization’s managers to learn about employees’ unique stories and experiences can help in their career development and work performance. The post Career Learning from My Participation…
Does “Toxic Boss” Jimmy Fallon Deserve a Second Chance?
An apology is not enough. Toxic managers need to own up to their bad behavior and learn from their mistakes. The post Does “Toxic Boss” Jimmy Fallon Deserve…
The nation’s funder of legal aid services gets a new inspector general
A seasoned overseer of federal grant-making has returned to government. After a stint at a large services contractor, he recently became the inspector general at the Legal Services…
GSA’s OASIS+ sucked into the protest void
The OASIS+ professional services governmentwide contract couldn’t avoid the protest bug after all. Boston Consulting Group Federal filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Office on Aug. 28…
Air Force needs to clarify its goals for space technology acquisition
The Defense Department can improve the acquisition process for space technology with more “market intelligence.” Its acquisition leaders need to make clearer distinctions between investing in programs that…
Federal contract workers’ calls for higher wages reveal deeper need for pay reform
A group of call center employees at large federal contractor Maximus is urging the company to offer better pay and benefits ahead of what will be a major…
FAR & Beyond: What is fair and reasonable transparency?
This column was originally published on Roger Waldron’s blog at The Coalition for Government Procurement and was republished here with permission from the author. Keeping with the title and theme…
Pentagon’s top three priorities for a better acquisition program
The Defense Department will prioritize three areas of concentration to strengthen and speed up its lumbering acquisition process. Instead of trying to reinvent the wheel, it will use…