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IGs push for greater whistleblower protections for contractors
Whistleblowers at government contractors need better protections against reprisal and need to know how to contact agency inspectors general. Two IGs and a whistleblower awaiting trial were among the witnesses at a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Reform Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. It is considering legislation to extend federal whistleblower protections to all contractors, subcontractors and local governments receiving federal funds.
Tags: contracting , whistleblowers , Senate , Claire McCaskill , Rob Portman , Walter Tamosaitis , Hanford Waste Treatment Plan , Energy , DoD , Marguerite Garrison , Peggy Gustafson , SBA , Recovery Act , transparency , URS , Bechtel ,
OPM highlights hiring reform best practices
Agencies are measuring their progress towards hiring reforms and implementing technology to track applications and identify bottlenecks. Those are some of the best practices shared in a memo from the Office of Personnel Management. Overall, it said, agencies are progressing toward the governmentwide goal of filling vacancies in 80 days or less.
Tags: hiring reform , OPM , Angela Bailey , best practices , CHCO Council , Energy , DHS , DoD , TSA , SSA
SESers see bonuses drop in face of budget woes
Many agencies began freezing senior executives' pay and limiting performance awards a year before the White House ordered them to do so. That finding comes from a new report by the Office of Personnel Management that some say underscores the pressure to prove a pay-for-performance system can work when there isn't a lot of money.
Tags: OPM , pay and benefits , SES , Senior Executives Assocation , Carol Bonosaro , Partnership for Public Service , John Palguta , Dan Blair , NAPA
Pilot program will prepare Asians for the SES
With Asian Americans making up just 3 percent of the Senior Executive Service, a pilot program seeks to groom more Asians for the government's top ranks. The program, run by the Asian American Government Executives Network, will give 20 Asian SES hopefuls mentoring, networking and placement assistance.
Tags: diversity , workforce , SES , Tommy Hwang , Asian American Government Executive Network , MSPB , OPM , OMB
OPM rolls out changes to snow policy
Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced a new set of dismissal and closure notifications for federal employees. The meat of the changes allow for staggered early departure with a final departure time, immediate departure and shelter-in-place.
Tags: John Berry , OPM , snow , snow policy , Michael OConnell
'Moneyball' strategy works for feds?
Agencies have tons of data but don't always use it wisely. A new report examines how a few agencies are analyzing statistics to reach their goals. The Partnership for Public Service and IBM suggest in their report agencies try the 2002 Oakland A's approach to using statistics to build a winning team.
Tags: Partnership for Pubic Service , data analytics , IBM , management , performance management , data , HHS , CMS , HUD , Shelley Metzenbaum , David Zlowe , OMB
Obama extends labor-management council to 2013
Unions, management associations and agencies will continue to meet through September 2013 to discuss issues from employee evaluations to bargaining over office space and technology. President Barack Obama signed an executive order extending the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations, the President's Management Advisory Board and seven other advisory committees.
Tags: National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations , Barack Obama , workforce , unions , Labor , management , George Nesterczuk , Carol Bonosaro , OPM , Tim Curry , President
Passage of NASA budget proves Congress capable of tough decisions
Future investments in science and technology projects may be at stake if Congress doesn't reduce the federal deficit, Maryland lawmakers said at a townhall at NASA's Goddard Space Center. Nonetheless, the center emerged a winner in 2012 budget negotiations, with full funding for its James Webb Space Telescope.
Tags: NASA , Congress , budget , Goddard Space Center , James Webb Space Telescope , Barbara Mikulski , supercommittee , Steny Hoyer , Donna Edwards , pay and benefits
Agencies have 120 days to start getting e-records in shape
In a new memo, President Barack Obama tasked agencies with reviewing their policies for storing and managing electronic communications, including emails and social media postings. Agencies must submit reviews of their current policies in 120 days. Meanwhile, the National Archives and Records Administration plans to develop a governmentwide framework.
Tags: NARA , David Ferriero , records management , Barack Obama , social media , GAO , Catherine Teti , Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington , Anne Weismann , Jack Moore
Postal Service seeks outside opinion on restructuring
The Postal Service has hired Evercore Partners, a New York-based investment bank, to evaluate proposed changes to its operations, compensation and benefits. Evercore has advised General Motors and other large, troubled companies. USPS said it needs to cut annual expenses by $20 billion by 2015.
Tags: USPS , Congress , financial management , workforce , pay , Evercore Partners ,
