GSA Saves More Than $11 Million

the U.S. General Services Administration announced that the agency is projected to save more than $11 million in taxpayer dollars through an initial set of policies implemented in April 2012 by the new head of the agency, Dan Tangherlini, to cut travel and conference co... More »

CHCOs Brace for Change

Ryann K. Ellis

The Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton interviewed 55 chief human capital officers and other human resources leaders about the state of managing the federal workforce in light of the tough economy and shrinking budgets. Their findings were released this m... More »

Best of TPM: Forum Examines Resiliency of Those Affected by Hurricane Katrina

Beverly A. Cigler, in her Forum article “Resiliency: Five Years after Katrina,” analyzes the impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans, as well as the disasters that have affected the city in the 5 years after the hurricane struck.  Cigler discusses ma... More »

Government Newsletter: August 2012

Between the daily borage of controversial headlines around misappropriated spending, workforce reorganization, and federal pay cuts, we often miss hearing the good news about innovation and progress occurring within the government workforce. Well, the 2012 Next Generati... More »

Homelessness: A National Security Threat

In a forum published in the winter 2011 issue of The Public Manager—“Federal Leaders Open Doors to Tackle Homelessness”—Jeanne Van Vlandren and Myra Howze Shiplett offer a unique perspective on a hidden threat to national security and how the U.S... More »