Insider''s Guide to Working for the Federal Government - Navigating All Levels of Government As a Civil Servant Or Contractor

What is it like to work for the federal government? What are day-to-day operations like? How do I get a job in the Beltway? For anyone asking these questions, author and longtime federal employee Dan Lindner draws on more than forty years of experience to provide the answers.

With simple, to-the-point, explanations of the different branches and agencies of government, Lindner guides prospective employees and contractors through the halls of bureaucracy, giving readers everything they need to know to excel in the federal environment. Along the way, Lindner provides "100 Lessons"-nuggets of advice for almost any situation. An Insider's Guide to Working for the Federal Government tells you how to get the job, how to thrive in the job, and how to retire. There's even an additional chapter covering Lindner's own career "war stories."

List of contents

An Insider's Guide To Working for the Federal Government

Contents

Preface

1. The Tricameral Form of Government

2. Departments and Agencies

3. The Civil Service

4. How To Get a Job

5. Retirement

6. Classified Work

7. Contractors

8. Staff Work

9. Excellence on the Job: Employee Dos and Don'ts

10. Managing--Supervision

11. Communication

12. Meetings and Presentations

13. Some Historical Case Studies

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the author

Dan Lindner possesses more than 40 years of experience in federal acquisition and program management for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. He was a long-time contracting officer for the Navy, and is well-versed in federal acquisition policy and procurement regulations. Lindner was an instructor for the Navy Office of Human Services and with Fairfax County (Virginia) Adult Education where he developed and taught newly hired employees procurement basics. He is the author of An Insider's Guide To Working for the Federal Government: Navigating All Levels of Government as a Civil Servant or Contractor (2020) and A Guide To Federal Contracting: Principles and Practices, Second Edition (2022).

Product details

• Authors: Dan Lindner
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781641434027
• ISBN: 978-1-64143-402-7
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Ratgeber: Karriere und Erfolg, SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Success, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Skills, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Office Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Careers / General, Business / Economics / Finance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Personal Success, Advice on careers & achieving success, Political Economy, Office & workplace, Office and workplace, Advice on careers and achieving success