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Analysis: Senior Correspondent Mike Causey on snow closings

WFED's Mike Causey says it's the worst decision any OPM director ever has to make.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Mike Causey , John Berry , snow , snow closings

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Long Term Consequences and Government Policy

Understanding the long term consequences for government policy is not a regular part of the federal diet, but it should be.

Tags: Lurita Doan , GSA , telework , OMB , Service Disabled veterans , economic stimulus , small business , federal contracting , VA

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OPM to test new employee health services

Agencies issues a RFQ for a vendor to provide a variety of wellness and health services in a pilot program for three agencies in Washington.

Tags: pay and benefits , John Berry , GSA , Interior , State , Employee health and wellness

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OPM Director Berry doesn't regret decision to open

Berry tells Federal News Radio that he considered many factors before deciding to call for a delayed opening/unscheduled leave. He stressed that he was under no political pressure to do so, and expressed his desire to use the entire week as a reason to push for an increase in teleworking throughout the federal government.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , John Berry , snow , snow closings , telework , COOP , telecommuting , Dorothy Ramienski

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Mikulski asks OPM about retirement system troubles

The Maryland Senator calls the problem "urgent" and "unacceptable." Mikulski wants to know why federal employees have to wait so long to receive data on retirement payments.

Tags: pay and benefits , Barbara Mikulski , John Berry , Retirement Systems Modernization

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DHS to increase the number, diversity of senior leaders

CHCO Jeff Neal says the agency received permission from OMB and OPM to hire 90 SESers. He also wants to ensure the senior manager ranks include more women and minorities.

Tags: pay and benefits , Jeff Neal , DHS , OMB , workforce , diversity , hiring , veterans , recruitment

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Analysis: Snow, closings set historic record for federal government

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has more.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , Mike Causey , snow , snow closings , John Berry , Dorothy Ramienski

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OPM: Federal government closed Tuesday

Director John Berry says he relies on a 6:00 p.m. conference call with local governments to help make the decision on the operating status of the federal government.

Tags: mngt , snow closing , John Berry

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Former OPM director weighs in on difficulty of snow closing call

It is one of the toughest decisions for an OPM director: whether to close the government or not. We hear from former OPM director Linda Springer.

Tags: mngt , Linda Springer , snow closings , Ernst & Young

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OPM Director Berry says open/close status to be made after 6 p.m.

Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry joins us at 3 p.m. to talk about making the call to close the federal government. We'll ask him which way he's leaning for tomorrow when the next big snow event is being predicted. Federal agencies that employ 230,000 in Washington were closed today at an estimated cost of $100 million.

Tags: P&B , government closing , John Berry , weather ,

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