The Joys (and Pains?) of Supervising Your Once-Upon-a-Time Peers
It’s challenging to transition from being a peer to supervising your former peers. Here are practical insights to make the change easier.
Spotlight on Support: Introducing the Family Readiness Act
The Family Readiness Act promises military families a more supportive, stable environment, and ultimately strengthens our military’s operational readiness. Here’s what you should know about the law and its impacts.
Ensuring the Future: Succession Plans in Federal Agencies
Good succession planning can enhance an agency’s continuity, stability, and adaptability. It also improves morale and helps retain staff. Here are some tips for making your own succession plan.
Making Connections, Modernizing Recruitment
To attract and retain a dedicated, talented, modernized workforce, government agencies must say the right things to the right people at the right time. Here are some effective ways to reach out.
Make a statement — or stay silent?
Is it better go on record regarding significant events or has issuing statements become fraught with risk for your agency?
Generational Diversity: Everybody Is Somebody
Learn how to manage the dynamics of an effective multigenerational workgroup and keep them motivated.
Getting Comfortable With AI
In 2024, we’ll see more use of generative AI in government, says Beth Noveck. Here are some of the ways.
Maps Guide Life-Saving Opioid Interventions in Kansas
In Kansas, the Overdose Response Strategy team leveraged GIS to combat the substance misuse health crisis.
Delivering What the Public Expects
We interact every day with brands and services that shape our expectations of how government should engage with us. Applying for public services should be as easy as online shopping. Here’s how to get there.
One Way to Mitigate Resistance to Change? Ask, Don’t Tell!
One of the most powerful and inexpensive ways to mitigate resistance to change is by getting stakeholder input early on, and often. Listen to people who will be most affected.