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Army to test new personnel system at Aberdeen lab
Federal Register notice details how the program will work. Service's approach similar to other science and technology lab demonstration projects.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , Army , DoD , Federal Registers , Personnel demonstration program
Debating the good and bad of labor-management forums
Councils of union representative and agency leaders are making employees happier and the government run more smoothly, federal personnel leaders told a Senate committee. But mid-level managers say they should be invited to the table because they're usually the ones to implement policies.
Tags: workforce , management , Ron Johnson , national council on federal labor management relat , OPM , John Berry , FMA , Pat Niehaus , gregory juneman , Emily Kopp , National Council on Federal Labor Management Relat
Congress: Rightsizing debate should include feds and contractors
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that federal contractors need to be a major part of the discussion on rightsizing the federal workforce. But, they have not yet come to terms with whether the debate is about just raw numbers or having the right number of employees doing an amount of work they can handle.
Tags: pay and benefits , industry , Stephen Lynch , Dennis Ross , Gerry Connolly , Cynthia Lummis , Tom Marino , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , William Dougan , workforce , Jason Miller
Unions urge feds to call Congress to stop shutdown
Two employee unions, NTEU and NFFE, want their members to make their voices heard about what they say is the real impact of a government shutdown. The organizations are asking federal employees to call their member of Congress April 5. The unions also are trying to improve how they communicate with members about the shutdown.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , OMB , Colleen Kelley , Bill Dougan , NTEU , AFGE , government shutdown , employee furloughs , Jason Miller
Federal unions post-election: what's ahead?
Last week's elections brought about big changes in Congress, but the results might also affect how federal labor unions work with lawmakers. We talk with NFFE's national president, Bill Dougan, and NTEU's president, Colleen Kelley.
Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , management , Bill Dougan
Labor-management forums in need of some clarity
Both employee unions and agencies say certain phrases in President Obama's executive order creating these committees need to be better defined. VA deputy secretary Gould will lead an effort to bring some precision to terms such as pre-decisional, to make sure everyone is working from the same sheet of paper. National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relations also details first set of bargaining pilots, called B-1.
Tags: pay and benefits , management , John Berry , Scott Gould , Jeff Neal , OPM , DHS , VA , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Bill Dougan , National Council on Federal-Labor Management Relat , labor-mangement forums , B-1 pilots , telework , Jason Miller
Will you soon be able to invest annual leave in your TSP?
This week, Mike Causey talks with Dan Adcock, legislative director of the National Active Retired Federal Employees, about where legislation is in the House that would allow you to move unused annual leave into your TSP after leaving federal service. Then, Randy Erwin of the National Federation of Federal Employees talks about why some in Congress are keen on freezing federal pay and benefits.
Encore presentation
Tags: pay and benefits , Your Turn , Mike Causey , NARFE , Dan Adcock , Randy Erwin , Dorothy Ramienski , TSP , TSP News , retirement , pay raise , pay cut
NFFE President: NSPS Has Got To Go
Tags: William Dougan , National Federation of Federal Employees , NSPS , National Security Personnel System , pay for performance
