It would be interesting to know how many people have read and understood the report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) that compared federal and private-sector pay. The message — federal total compensation exceeds private-sector levels — is simple, but the methodology is incomprehensible to all but the few who were forced to endure courses in multivariate statistics. (3)

The Dec. 5 commentary, "Three myths of the EEO process" by Maxanne R. Witkin, left readers with the impression that workplace discrimination claims made by federal workers are frivolous and do not warrant their agencies' attention. (1)

At a time when bipartisanship on Capitol Hill has essentially disappeared, an intriguing example of cross-party consensus has emerged in a relatively obscure area of foreign policy: closing overseas military bases. (4)

All federal program managers could run their programs better by analyzing their data, but it takes effort to begin, observes a new report co-sponsored by the Partnership for Public Service and the IBM Center for The Business of Government.

In the second half of 2008, the world saw the beginnings of the most significant economic disruption in more than 50 years. After initial problems in the global credit markets, the economies of most nations were negatively affected with recession becoming the norm. (1)