It is up to every department, agency and congressional office to make contingency plans for a shutdown, including who stays ...

The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...

Lawmakers have until Oct. 1 to pass a new budget. If they don't, the federal government will shut down. Here's what that ...

FedScoop takes a detailed look at contingency plans at civilian CFO Act agencies for general tech and Office of the Chief ...

Workplaces need people who are willing to speak up. The key is to do it in a way that positions you as a problem-solver, not just a critic. A senior analyst at a financial firm once shared that she ...

Priya, an engineer in California, was on a deadline. Under pressure, she emailed a younger friend working on the same project to ask for some data that the project needed to get done on time. She and ...

I grew up in a family of talkers who drove our teachers crazy. I remember sitting in my English 102 class during college with just two weeks left in the semester. My professor looked at me and said, ...

We’ve all faced high-pressure situations that force us to learn quickly, not because we wanted to — but because we had to. Whether it’s cramming for a crucial exam, racing to meet a demanding deadline ...