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The past few months have been catastrophic for many, many people.  You don’t need to look further than the ever-increasing death rates, however, to see that the elderly have been impacted the...

When federal employees quickly transitioned to working from home en masse in March, there were significant challenges.  Many agencies had no agency-wide videoconferencing software.  The...

Misuse of taxpayer funds happens for a variety of reasons.  Sometimes the government doesn’t achieve a goal in the most efficient way.  Sometimes, efforts are duplicated, or work is lost...

While states have started to relax private business restrictions initially put in place due to Coronavirus, most state and federal employees continue to work remotely.  This isn’t going to...

While US citizens have always had disagreements about what policies are best, most people have historically trusted and respected the process we use to determine which policies prevail. ...

John F. Kennedy famously said that the Chinese word for crisis was composed of two characters, one meaning danger and the other meaning opportunity.  The second character, however, has two...

This week provided yet another demonstration of just how unprepared the federal government was to deal with the level of remote work that has been required by the COVID-19 outbreak. Congressman Jim...

Fraud multiplies when people are at their most desperate.  COVID-19 has people understandably worried about their ability to provide for their families.  Unfortunately, people are able to...

Many agency employees are working remotely for the first time this week.  It wasn’t by choice, of course; they have been left with little choice as mayors, governors and the President have...