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- IRS to pay $70M in bonuses, Grassley says
- Senators push Tangherlini for assurances GSA is improving
- As VA works to eliminate one backlog, one more might emerge
- BRAC-like commission proposed to hunt down government cost savings
- Senators seek cost cuts for F-35 fighter jet
- Fed pens new furlough song
- Web guru Dorris brings new life to government websites
- Navy strikes enterprise licensing deal with Oracle
- Contractors with security clearances lack path to report problems
- NSA leak case gives vendors reason to reevaluate personnel
- 8 contract executives guilty of 8(a) contracting fraud
- Whistleblower suit leads to $12M false claims settlement by SAIC
- USPS reaches energy reduction goal ahead of schedule
Transparency In Government: Not So Much
If there is a government shutdown will you be working or furloughed without pay? What happens to Social Security, and will your tax refund be processed in a timely manner. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says most feds, and most taxpayers, remain in the dark.
OPM says managers are too timid
OPM Director John Berry is calling for agency executives to use their existing tools to get rid of poor performers. Berry tells House lawmakers that over the next year OPM will work with managers improve performance management. OPM also giving up on its retirement systems modernization program and putting its financial management system upgrade on hold.
CHCOs to develop HR certification program
The launch of phase two of the HR University moves the standardization and professionalization of federal human resources workers closer. The CHCO Council wants to expand the number of training courses and the specific types of classes for agencies. The HR University also provides a career path for federal HR workers.
SES reforms on pace for this summer
OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM's Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.
OPM offers database of job candidates with disabilities
OPM's list comes as the president has called for the hiring of 100,000 more people with disabilities by 2015.
When mobile workers telework
If a mobile worker is teleworking, does that mean they're in the office?
Federal hiring and conflicts of interest at OPM
Linda Brooks Rix, Co-CEO of AVUE Technologies, joins host Derrick Dortch for a discussion of how the budget battle is affecting federal hiring and concerns she has about the Office of Personnel Management.
March 25, 2011 (Encore presentation April 1, 2011)
OPM urges FEHB wellness, prevention programs
The Office of Personnel Management is calling for federal employee health insurance carriers to propose more wellness and prevention programs.
OPM advocates for innovations to FEHB
The agency will issue its first Call Letter of 2011 Friday detailing suggestions for insurance carriers to focus on wellness and healthy lifestyles. Director Berry also wants insurance providers to offer affinity benefits for domestic partners of federal employees. Later this year, OPM will launch a new medical claims database to improve the plans.
Updated GPRA to define government-wide priorities
The Partnership for Public Service's Tim McManus describes how an overhaul of the current performance review system might look like.
CHCOs have 30 days to improve appraisals
A council working group will deliver recommendations and options to the Office of Personnel Management for how to improve the way managers rate employee performance. OPM Director John Berry said appraisals need to be simplified and happen more frequently.
CHCOs have 30 days to improve appraisals
A council working group will deliver recommendations and options to the Office of Personnel Management for how to improve the way managers rate employee performance. OPM Director John Berry said appraisals need to be simplified and happen more frequently.
More vets working in public sector
More Iraq and Afghanistan era veterans are finding work in the public sector than ever before.
OSC head nominee promises whistleblower support
Carolyn Lerner plans to improve the Office of Special Counsel if confirmed following the agencies two-year span without a Senate confirmed leader.
OPM, Republicans continue battle over federal pay
Director John Berry pushes back against claims from members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that federal employees are overpaid. Rep. Issa called the pay freeze a "farce" and wants step-increases frozen for this year. Berry and Democrat lawmakers continue to make the case that feds deserve their salaries.
Former OPM Director King: CRs undermine morale
Former OPM Director Jim King doesn't hold punches about why morale may be down in the federal workforce right now. He says "being viewed as a pawn on the chessboard of life is not exactly an upper."
OPM shifts closure announcement process
After that commute from hell a few weeks ago, many people blamed much of the bottleneck on the way the Office of Personnel Management announced the closing of federal offices. Now, those messages are changing.
OPM: Agencies cut hiring time to 105 days
The 2010 annual performance report found that agencies have cut their average hiring time to 105 days, down from 122 days a year a ago.
OPM gives feds options for early dismissal
In response to recent weather-related dismissals and delays, OPM is offering employees choices when it comes to taking leave.
OPM hiring reforms aim to improve applicant experience
The Office of Personnel Management lays out initiatives it has taken to assist agencies in their hiring process.
