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Postal Service's plan to close post offices hits roadbumps
The Postal Regulatory Commission has criticized the Postal Service's proposal to consider closing more than 3,600 post offices as part of its plan to avoid a projected $14 billion loss this year. The plan is causing anxiety in communities that depend on their post offices and it would not save that much money, PRC Chairman Ruth Goldway told Federal News Radio. The commission will be watching the agency's cash flow closely in the coming months.
Tags: USPS , PRC , Ruth Goldway , workforce , management , postal reform , budget
Will 2012 be the year agencies focus on succession planning?
Pressure is growing on agencies to draft formal succession plans. There's good reason to believe more feds retired in late 2011 than in recent years, although the final count is not yet out.
Tags: workforce , succession planning , Agriculture , Interior , VA , John Sepulveda , Pam Malam , management , retirement , William Milton ,
HUD, VA collaboration succeeds in finding vets homes
President Barack Obama has promised to end homelessness among veterans within three years. He's made it a high-priority goal, challenging agencies to meet it without additional resources or laws. Officials say they're on track thanks to a unique collaboration between two agencies and dozens of local partners is focusing on the toughest cases.
Tags: HUD , VA , Mark Johnston , Clayton McGee , HUD-VASH , Vince Kane , homelessness , performance management agenda , best practices , veterans , High priority goals
Kane named 'CHCO of the Year' for online training, performance evaluation work
The Energy Department is one of six agencies testing a framework aimed at revamping one of the thorniest issues in government: how supervisors evaluate employees. Chief Human Capital Officer Mike Kane led a working group of more than 100 union, management and government representatives who drafted the framework. He earned the "Chief Human Capital Officer of the Year" award from the CHCO Council.
Tags: Energy , CHCO Council , Mike Kane , HR University , Pathways , hiring , hiring reform , 2011 and Beyond , performance management ,
VA: Happy feds saved $200 million in turnover costs
The Department of Veterans Affairs avoided $200 million in turnover costs by investing in online training resources for employees, Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration John Sepulveda told Federal News Radio. He also explained how the VA plans to make veterans 40 percent of its workforce, weather the retirement tsunami and continue to be a federal leader on human capital issues in a wide-ranging interview.
Tags: John Sepulveda , CHCO Council , VA , pay and benefits , workforce , hiring , recruitment , retention , veterans , Disabled , Latino , Hispanic , employment , diversity ,
Feds glad to bid adieu to 2011, but will 2012 be better?
Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp counts down the top federal workforce stories of 2011 and makes some predictions fo 2012.
Tags: workforce , 2011 and Beyond , pay and benefits , Congress , OPM , retirement , CHCO Council , USPS , buyouts
AFGE's strategy for 'good government' hinges on 2012 elections
With no end to lawmakers' fedbashing in sight, the American Federation of Government Employees is looking forward to 2012's presidential and Congressional elections. "Federal workers are a sane, responsible group of citizens. They vote in big numbers," AFGE President John Gage told Federal News Radio.
Tags: John Gage , AFGE , unions , Labor , workforce , Congress , 2011 and Beyond , election
OPM's new CTO, Bowen, to handle USAJobs, retirement system
The Office of Personnel Management has hired David Bowen as its new chief technology officer. Bowen was the Federal Aviation Administration's chief information officer.
Tags: David Bowen , FAA , OPM , USAJobs , Matt Perry , retirement system modernization , John Berry , technology ,
AFGE pushes for TSA workers to have due process rights
The Transportation Security Administration is unwilling to give airport security officers the same due process rights that other federal employees have, according to the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents TSA officers nationwide. AFGE said it planned to picket on key issues, which also included policies that allegedly discriminate against female security officers.
Tags: TSA , AFGE , John Gage , workforce , union , John Pistole , Alan Jackimowicz , Stacy Bodtmann , management
Survey: CHCOs worry about retaining committed workforce
Retaining good employees in spite of pay freezes and cuts to employee benefits will be the biggest challenge facing agency human resources officials next year. Federal News Radio asked chief human capital officers to reflect on 2011 and make predictions for 2012.
Tags: 2011 and Beyond , hiring reform , pay freeze , pay and benefits , workforce , CHCO , CHCO Council , OPM , HR , performance management , Kathryn Medina
