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Work time spent on union activities at a 7-year high for feds
OPM issued its fiscal 2011 Official Time report. The data shows employees, on average, spent 2.82 hours on union-related work during official hours. The cost of official time also increased by almost 12 percent.
Tags: workforce , official time , unions , Phil Gingrey , Dennis Ross , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee , Congress , Jason Miller
Employee unions march on Capitol Hill to stop sequestration
AFGE, AFSCME rally against the potential cuts from sequestration as part of their week-long legislative conference. Union members are meeting with lawmakers to ensure they understand the broader impact cuts due to sequestration would have on the nation and the economy.
Tags: workforce , management , sequestration , J.David Cox , AFGE , Pam Baca , SSA , Paul Ferris , William Beumont Army Medical Center , Trent Behow , USDA , Chris Van Hollen , Donna Brockington , Jason Miller
OMB offers agencies sequestration guidance as deadline looms
The Obama administration offered agencies new guidance on sequestration, telling agency leaders and federal-employee unions that sequestration won't have an immediate impact on the federal workforce or government operations even if the automatic budget cuts go into effect Jan. 2.
Tags: federal unions , OMB , John Berry , Danny Werfel , sequestration , Jack Moore
With cuts looming, OPM advises agencies on 'planned' furloughs
OPM published a guide providing agency human-resources officials with more information about "administrative furloughs," which are different from those stemming from government shutdowns because agencies typically have more time to plan their spending reductions. The Obama administration has reassured reassured federal agencies that sequestration won't have an immediate impact on the federal workforce or day-to-day government operations.
Tags: budget , sequestration , fiscal cliff , furloughs , workforce , Jack Moore
Updated: DC federal offices open; New York feds on unscheduled leave, telework
It's business as usual for federal offices in Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia. But the New York City Federal Executive Board is recommending an unscheduled leave policy this morning due to an impending winter storm.
Tags: operating status , Michael OConnell
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 , HRStat , big data , workforce , CHCO Council , performance improvement officer , Jason Miller
Feds retire in droves in January
Federal employees retired in droves last month, with more than 22,000 filing retirement claims with the Office of Personnel Management -- about about 1,000 more than OPM expected. The agency processed 12,527 retirement claims last month, also beating its projections.
Tags: retirement , Jack Moore
HR shuffle changes how agencies work with OPM
The Office of Personnel Management is revamping its human-resources policy shop to provide more innovative solutions to the White House's workforce priorities. The newly created Center for Strategic Workforce Planning will focus on fostering innovation in federal workforce policies and plotting future HR trends. In addition, OPM's human capital officers (HCOs), which previously acted as OPM ambassadors to individual agencies, will instead serve as "HR strategists" to staff the new center and work on pilot projects in priority areas.
Tags: workforce , Angela Bailey , Jack Moore , Sydney Smith-Heimbrock
Earthquake, derecho, hurricane - fine! Snow, not so much ...
Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know: Is it geography, topography, history or location that makes Washington — your headquarters town — such a nervous city in the winter? Or, is it the number of lawyers, government workers or tourists that make getting around town so tough, and us so cautious?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , workforce , weather ,
Did OPM flub Monday's delayed arrival announcement?
OPM announced federal offices would be open Monday on a "delayed arrival" schedule. It was the first time the agency has used the classification since it revamped its closure policies last year. But it didn't go off without a hitch - OPM updated the operating status language twice and some federal employees said they were confused by OPM's communication.
Tags: operating status , NTEU , AFGE , John Berry , Jack Moore , Thomas Richards
