Ready to Try Something New at Work this Holiday Season?
Community service projects, employee appreciation days, and personalized customer e-blasts can help make the holidays memorable for workers. The post Ready to Try Something New at Work this…
Big contract compliance burdens…aren’t just a problem for contractors
Interview transcript: Aron Beezley First of all, federal funding for R&D, or research and development, at colleges and universities has been steadily increasing over the past decade or…
SBA sends another shot across 8(a) program bow
The Small Business Administration acted in record time to suspend ATI Government Solutions from federal contracting. SBA made the decision the day after a video emerged from the…
Yet another way the government shutdown is making things tough for contractors
Interview transcript: Jared Serbu Stephanie, let’s start with this CMS issue, because as you and I were talking about a little bit off the air, this is certainly…
A new framework aims to build a bridge across the defense acquisition valley of death
Interview transcript: Keoki Jackson This is all about satisfying, in our case, warfighter demands and the mission needs and the operational needs that they face every day…
Shutdown puts a drag on security clearance processes
Background investigations for many government positions, including those that require a security clearance, are continuing to be processed through the government shutdown. But the Defense Counterintelligence and Security…
A Supreme Court case could redefine contractor liability in combat zones
Interview transcript: Lisa Himes It’s been a long time since the Supreme Court has looked at some of these issues. Parties have tried in the last 40 or…
OPM bringing protections for data breach victims to an end
Current and former federal employees affected by the massive 2015 Office of Personnel Management data breach may be losing their identity protection services in the coming year. IDX,…
What a government shutdown really does to the industrial base…
Interview transcript: Terry Gerton You are now leading a center focused on the industrial base. So I want to start by asking you to define that in terms…
Avoiding Workplace Horror Stories
There is value to a Human Resources or Learning professional who becomes a familiar presence to a work group, occasionally attending meetings to observe team dynamics and conduct…