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OPM, OMB outline plans for major rewrite of HR policies
A new memo from Acting OPM Director Elaine Kaplan details two main objectives and four focus areas for change. OPM and OMB want to eliminate 12 HR reports and consolidate four others.
Tags: OPM , OMB , human capital , workforce , Elaine Kaplan , GPRA , HRStat , Jason Miller
Agencies turn to HRStat to make better sense of workforce data
The Office of Personnel Management is doubling the number of departments to 16, taking part in data-driven reviews. The goal is to take the mounds of information available about an agency's workforce and spot trends to help plan for the future.
Tags: management , Angela Bailey , OPM , HRStat , big data , workforce , performance improvement officer , Jason Miller
Agency collaboration founded in personal relationships
Several departments are seeing the benefits from governmentwide collaboration. The interagency National Intellectual Property Coordination Center used its relationships to get the word out more quickly about counterfeit air bags that potentially could explode on impact. HR University absorbed millions of dollars in performance management training courses from an agency who on the CHCO Council.
Tags: management , collaboration , DHS , VA , HUD , Kathryn Medina , Lisa Danzig , Lev Kubiak , Dennis Blasius , Consumer Product Safety Commission , National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center , Jason Miller , HR University , veteran homelessness
NSF facing gov't branding challenge in hiring reform
In a hiring pool where NSF has to compete with academia and high-profile companies for staff from the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields, branding is everything, particularly the brand name of NSF and the federal government.
Tags: Gene Hubbard , Federal Drive , workforce , hiring , Katie Howard
OPM updates language announcing office closings
The Office of Personnel Management is changing how it refers to the operating status of the government. Now when federal offices are closed due to weather or other emergencies, OPM will use the terminology, "Federal offices are closed. Federal employees required to work should follow their agency's policies."
Tags: OPM , operating status , workforce , Jason Miller , Jolie Lee
OPM: Agencies can use flexible work schedule for science, engineering activities
The Office of Personnel Management wants agencies to use workplace flexibility to encourage federal workers to pursue activities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — or STEM.
Tags: OPM , John Berry , workforce , hiring , STEM , workplace flexibility , human capital ,
Employee performance management
Members of the CHCO council, the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations and the Federal Managers Association will talk about how to improve performance management.
July 20, 2012
Tags: workforce , employee performance system , performance management , GEAR , Bill Bransford , Kathryn Medina , Michael Filler , National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations , Greg Stanford , Federal Managers Association , Fed Talk
HR University looks to gain college accreditation for agency training
The initiative aims to provide federal employees with college credit for certain agency-created human resources classes. Federal employees could apply the courses toward degrees at colleges and universities.
Tags: human resources , HR University , Kathryn Medina , workforce , ODNI , training , University of Maryland , Strayer University , Ruben Gomez
CHCO recommends employee-sharing as budget salve
Managers should consider allowing employees to solve problems in other parts of government. Doing so is an effective way for agencies to improve workers' skillsets and maximize resources, said retiring Energy Department HR chief Mike Kane.
Tags: Energy , Mke Kane , budget , GEAR , management , workforce , hiring reform , Ruben Gomez
Mentoring event serves up career advice in a flash
Feds looking for career guidance and motivation are increasingly going outside of their agencies to find it. Employees from 20 agencies attended a recent "flash mentoring" session hosted by the Office of Personnel Management's HR University. More seasoned human resources professionals served as mentors.
Tags: workforce , OPM , Kathryn Medina , mentoring , HR University , Gail Lovelace , GSA , John Berry , Stephanie Diamond , NASA , training , Emily Kopp
