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OPM continues to modernize federal retirement system
OPM Director John Berry tells our own Jason Miller about the small steps the agency is taking to improve and automate the retirement processes.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , John Berry , retirement , Jason Miller
FEHBP Dodges Risk Pool Bullet
It appears that your federal health plan just dodged a major bullet. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it could have boosted premiums big-time for older, less healthy feds.
Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , FEHBP , John Berry
OPM shuts down office and opens telework horizons
OPM's workplace flexibility pilot program takes shape in Washington and Pennsylvania.
Tags: technology , TANDBERG Telework Center , telework , Justin Johnson , Government Executive magazine , Telework Exchange
HReinvented: Employee unions call for tweaks to the system
AFGE and NTEU see areas where OPM could improve the federal human resources processes, but believe a major overhaul is not necessary. AFGE calls for more steps in the GS system and a broader use of career ladders. NTEU wants managers to receive more and better training on the how to best use the current HR processes.
Tags: HReinvented , management , John Berry , John Gage , Colleen Kelley , AFGE , NTEU , HR reforms , KSAs
HReinvented: Defense re-tunes its hiring machine
J.D. Sicilia, Director of the DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office and Howard Seamens, Performance Improvement Specialist with the Human Capital Portfolio in the DoD Lean Six Sigma Program Office say they've cut hiring time and improved candidates for Defense jobs.
Tags: HReinvented , Defense , Lean Six Sigma , hiring process , OMB , DoD , J.D. Sicilia , Howard Seamens , best practices
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 , John Berry , snow , snow closings , Dorothy Ramienski
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 , John Berry , DoD , HR reforms , KSAs , hiring process , pay-for-performance , GS system , NSPS
OPM wants to understand your health care needs
Included in the OPM budget request is $7 million to start a data warehouse to analyze the claims experience of participants in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP). John Palguta, VP for policy at the Partnership for Public Service explains how this will work.
Tags: P&B , FEHBP , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service
Health Care Reform & Your FEHBP
So what's the impact of the new health care reform act on the federal health insurance program. The answer, according to Senior Correspondent Mike Causey, is that you will feel the difference.
Tags: Mike Causey , P&B , FEHBP , health care ,
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 , John Berry
