Also known as the Genocchi numbers, apart from a(0) and a(1) same as A036968.
Consider the difference table of a(n), which is a variant of Seidel's Genocchi table A014781:
0 -1 -1 0 1 0 -3 0 17
-1 0 1 1 -1 -3 3 17 -17
1 1 0 -2 -2 6 14 -34 -138
0 -1 -2 0 8 8 -48 -104 448
-1 -1 2 8 0 -56 -56 552 1160
0 3 6 -8 -56 0 608 608 -8832
3 3 -14 -48 56 608 0 -9440 -9440
0 -17 -34 104 552 -608 -9440 0 198272
-17 -17 138 448 -1160 -8832 9440 198272 0
a(n) is an autosequence: its inverse binomial transform is the sequence signed (see A181722). The first column (inverse binomial transform) is 0, followed by -A036968. - Paul Curtz, Jul 22 2013
a(n+1) = p(0) where p(x) is the unique degree-n polynomial such that p(k) = a(k) for k = 1, ..., n+1. - Michael Somos, Apr 23 2014