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HReinvented: Getting the outsider's view on HR reform

A lot of the focus of HR reform in the government has been internal - how to make the system work better from the inside - for hiring managers, CHCOs, and OPM itself.

Tags: HReinvented , pay and benefits , management , Office of Personnel Management , Derrick T. Dortch , Kathryn Troutman , Lily Whiteman , HR reform

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Feds share thoughts about blizzard response with OPM Director John Berry

During a recent Washington Council of Governments meeting, the OPM director talked about what he's heard from federal employees.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , snow , snow closings , Dorothy Ramienski

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HReinvented: Feds mixed on OPM's HR reform plans, survey finds

A new Federal News Radio survey finds that almost half of all respondents do not think federal human resource processes will improve. Employees also say they think most of the HR processes need to be overhauled, but think the GS System works.

Tags: HReinvented , Pay & Benefits , OPM , DoD , HR reforms , KSAs , hiring process , pay-for-performance , GS system , NSPS

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Teleworking and the Bizarro-fed

Two bills in Congress would "require that all federal workers be considered eligible for telework unless the agency shows they are ineligible."

Tags: technology , TANDBERG Telework Center , telework , Congress , OPM ,

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GSA's Johnson is passionate about teleworking

In a world where blizzards producing 5-6 feet of snow can shut down a major metropolitan area like Washington, D.C., officials are re-thinking what it means to close the federal government for days at a time. But the new head of one agency that managed to keep going despite the blizzards says what you do as a federal worker is sometimes more important than where you do it.

Tags: mngt , P&B , teleworking , GSA , Martha Johnson , OPM , USPTO , FOSE , Casey Coleman , Max Cacas

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Berry lays out priorities in OPM budget

It's that time of year: federal agency heads are double checking their numbers, polishing their talking points, and explaining their Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposals on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday, the head of the Office of Personnel Management had his turn in the budget hot seat.

Tags: mngt , P&B , OPM , Senate Appropriations Committee , Dick Durbin , Max Cacas , FY2011

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Outgoing FMA president touts accomplishments, challenges

After four years, the Federal Managers Association has a new president. Meanwhile, the outgoing president, Darryl Perkinson, reflects on the accomplishments of his four year term, and talks about his hopes for both federal managers, and all federal workers in the future.

Tags: mngt , P&B , FMA , Federal Managers Association , Darryl Perkinson , Pat Niehaus , OPM , HR reform , Max Cacas

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Berry taking the option out of telework

OPM Director John Berry says he wants to increase the percentage of feds who telework.

Tags: technology , TANDBERG Telework Center , telework , OMP ,

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OPM's Berry outlines details of planned hiring changes

WFED's Max Cacas reports.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , OPM , Max Cacas

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Independent analysis of federal and private salary data needed

The issues surrounding pay and benefits for federal employees continues to be a controversial one. The Cato Institute weighs in today, saying comparing salaries between the public and private sectors needs to be done by an independent and impartial organization -- and the way the federal pay gap is calculated should be updated.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Cato Institute , USA Today , Bureau of Labor Statistics , Chris Edwards , OPM , Bureau of Labor Management , private sector , wages , Dorothy Ramienski

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