People
D.C. locale can aid agencies' search for young talent
Federal agencies and departments need to do a better job of using the city of Washington as a recruiting tool to attract young professionals looking for employment, writes Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Final impressions of China: Land of contradictions
Blogger Steve Kelman is fascinated by the contradictory images that people have of China.
Digital Government
Visiting Expo 2010 Shanghai
Pavilions at the international expo reflect the cultures and values of their nations—or do they? Globetrotting blogger Steve Kelman files this report.
Digital Government
Meeting the prime minister of the Palestinian authority
Dr. Salaam Fayyad tells Steve Kelman's group about the Palestinian Authority's desire to build up governing capabilities in anticiaption of independence from Israel.
Digital Government
Blogging from Israel: Random impressions
Steve Kelman travels to Israel to meet with Israelis and Palestinians.
Acquisition
Good news: Progress on strategic sourcing
The General Services Administration’s new strategic sourcing agreements for office supplies makes good business sense, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Federal employees shouldn't be slaves to rules
Federal managers should combat employees' perceptions that their job is simply to follow the rules, writes FCW columnist Steve Kelman.
Acquisition
Governmentwide contracting: In praise of duplication and overlap
Blogger Steve Kelman writes that the problem of having different prices for the same item across various contracts is better than having just one bad price everywhere.
People
New federal hires want meaningful work
Any instance these young people experience where they are not given work sends a terrible signal to them about expectations of federal employees, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
People
Want program staff more involved in contracting? Make their jobs more interesting
Blogger Steve Kelman proposes a way to strengthen the role of the contracting officer's technical representative in the procurement process.
Digital Government
The way to better contracts
Writing performance-based contracts might take longer in the short run, but the long-term benefits are more than worth it, writes Steve Kelman.
Digital Government
Is Internet freedom coming to China?
Blogger Steve Kelman takes gets a surprising response to his informal survey and American and Chinese students at the Kennedy School.
Digital Government
Tax day: The price we pay for civilization
Blogger Steve Kelman reflects on the importance of taxes -- and the value of good government management.
Digital Government
Keep your contracting staff in the loop
Program managers do themselves a favor when they include contracting experts early in the process, writes Steve Kelman.
People
OPM’s latest workplace experiments
OPM’s Results-Only Work Environment is a good example of how to bring management innovation into government, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
Acquisition
Is GSA gunning for other GWACs?
Blogger Steve Kelman argues that the federal government is better off having GSA compete with other agencies for acquisition business.
People
GSA tries wiki approach to develop RFPs
The General Services Administration wants public commment on requests for proposals, but blogger Steve Kelman wonders whether the public take the agency up on it.
People
A practical way to spice things up for new contracting employees
Give high-school grads some of the routine work, so the specialists can engage their minds with bigger challenges.
Digital Government
KSAs and hiring reform in government
OPM's new leader wants to reform the hiring system so that greater numbers of qualified candidates can compete for jobs.
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