Stories by Rebecca Gale:
May 23, 2013
Is your office affected by furloughs? This week, C. Simon Davidon’s bimonthly column in Roll Call is dedicated to explaining the rules for staffers on furlough who are trying to make extra cash.
May 21, 2013
What’s worse than working in a dysfunctional Capitol Hill office? Not having the opportunity to work in one at all. And for a number of wannabe staffers, the road to Capitol Hill is paved with obstacles. Today’s question comes from a spirited campaign worker who wonders why his or her skills on the trail haven’t earned a congressional ID badge.
May 14, 2013
HOH is feeling the bipartisan love, at least when it comes to Senate leaders’ affections for Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper.
May 14, 2013
We’ve all done it at some point — lamented the long hours at work as a matter of pride. “I stayed until 10 p.m. ... I came in at 7 a.m. ... I eat lunch at my desk every day.” Such schedules can be a badge of honor or a symbol of importance. Or validation. Or simply misplaced energy.
May 9, 2013
Denard Span, the Washington Nationals’ star center fielder and leadoff hitter, has a busy schedule in the coming months, especially if the Nats make a deep playoff push.
May 9, 2013
Denard Span did not expect to return to Washington, D.C.
May 7, 2013
Working on Capitol Hill brings many things: valuable experience, key contacts, career growth and, not least of all, a way to pay the bills. Yes, public service is its own reward. But even starry-eyed staffers need to pay the rent or mortgage — or pay down law school debt. No one goes into politics or public policy to get rich. But neither does one need to be a pauper. So how do you get more money? This week’s Hill Navigator seeks to provide answers regarding how to better position yourself for a raise and how to graciously handle it if the answer is “nay.”
April 24, 2013
Eric Draper has had one of the best seats in history. As the longest-serving chief White House photographer, he documented both terms of George W. Bush’s administration and has given the world a view into the public and private lives of the former president, his family and his top aides.
April 23, 2013
Graduation day is approaching. Plenty of people will arrive in Washington, D.C., diploma in hand and with a starry gaze toward the Capitol Dome. But wanting a job in public service isn’t enough. How do you find one? And then, how do you find a place to live? This week, Hill Navigator has some advice for new graduates on how to spin your credentials into a job on Capitol Hill and move here permanently. It starts — like many things in life — with lots of coffee.
April 16, 2013
So you think you want to leave the Hill?
April 11, 2013
Shelf Life returns to hear from another Washington insider about his favorite reads and go-to inspirational books.
April 9, 2013
Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. Each week, we take the most interesting submissions from our inbox and answer your concerns. This week: an age-old problem with a recent promotion.
April 1, 2013
CQ Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. Each week, we take the most interesting submissions from our inbox and answer your concerns. This week: how to fend off office-induced weight gain.
March 25, 2013
Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. Each week, we take the most interesting submissions from our inbox and answer your concerns. This week: when the firing hits close to home.
March 21, 2013
After boasting of a well-run marathon with better organization than in previous years, the Competitor Group Inc.’s Rock ’n’ Roll USA Marathon in Washington, D.C., was a letdown for many runners hoping for a smooth experience.
March 19, 2013
Feeling the sequester blues? Cheer up — your government job may be more secure than you think. CQ Roll Call spoke with Lily Madeleine Whiteman, the author of “How to Land a Top-Paying Federal Job,” about what the sequester means for federal employment and why a federal job — despite looming furloughs or pay freezes — is still in high demand.
March 19, 2013
Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. Each week, we take the most interesting submissions from our inbox and answer your concerns. This week: the ex-boss who wants to hang around.
March 14, 2013
Shelf Life returns to hear from another Washington insider about his favorite reads and inspirational books.
March 13, 2013
The forecast includes a chance of rain, but that won’t deter the 30,000 runners who will line up on Constitution Avenue and run across the National Mall and through D.C. neighborhoods along the way to finishing 13.1 miles or 26.2 miles.
March 13, 2013
Kicking off race weekend is the Health & Fitness Expo, which takes place at the D.C. Armory on Thursday and Friday. All runners must attend to pick up their race bibs. It is free and open to the public.
March 12, 2013
CQ Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. This week, love is in the air.
March 7, 2013
March Madness is getting ready to blow in. Come March 19, basketball will pervade every television, laptop, tablet, cubicle, bar and college rivalry and all weekend plans. And just as soon as it arrives, it fades as, one by one, the teams fall in the single-elimination tournament that consistently produces major upsets and Cinderella stories worthy of a “Hunger Games” novel.
March 5, 2013
Interested in working on Capitol Hill? Take it from Cathy Travis, a longtime staffer turned author, that it’s going to be a harder job than you expected. Travis spent 25 years on Capitol Hill before retiring in 2008, working for members including Bill Alexander, D-Ark., and Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas.
March 5, 2013
CQ Roll Call’s Hill Navigator advice column helps staffers with sticky or complicated situations they find themselves in on Capitol Hill. Each week, we take the most interesting submissions from our inbox and answer your concerns.
Feb. 28, 2013
This week, Shelf Life turns to a Washington insider for her favorite reads and inspirational books.
