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CIO, CHCO councils developing cybersecurity workforce models

The councils will focus on three main areas to develop competency framework. Agencies have until Jan. 15 to submit data about how they classify cyber positions. Interagency working group also will conduct a survey of cybersecurity workforce in the spring.

Tags: management , pay and benefits , John Berry , National Security Council , CIO Council , CHCO Council , Partnership for Public Service , cybersecurity , cyber workforce

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Big Career Changes Coming at You

Imagine working for a place where the boss could give you a bonus or pay raise for good performance, or freeze your pay and dock your annual leave if you repeatedly fail to measure up. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says imagine you are working there because it's coming your way.

Tags: P&B , Mike Causey , John Berry , pay for performance , annual leave

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OPM rolls out new plan to deal with snow days

Senior Correspondent Mike Causey tells us all about it.

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

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OPM Director Berry offers peek at the future of the federal personnel agency

Sometime before the end of the year, the Office of Personnel Management is about to get a major re-shuffling. The Fed leading the effort talked about the reorganization of OPM at a conference of federal human capital managers that wraps up today in Arlington.

Tags: mngt , P&B , HCMF 2009 , John Berry , Jim McDermott , NRC , Max Cacas

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Winter Closings: Very Early Warning

If you live in, or have visited, the Washington area during a snowstorm... well, you know the problem. But Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says feds here are about to get an early warning, which can only make things better.

Tags: Mike Causey , P&B , snow closings , weather delays , John Berry

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Salary Council suggests locality pay increase for 2011

Federal Salary Council submits recommendations to OMB, OPM, Labor and President's Pay Agent to increase the average locality pay by 43 percent. Council says no new locality pay areas are needed.

Tags: pay and benefits , OMB , Labor , President's Pay Agent , Federal Salary Council , locality pay

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Another LTC "error" affects 70,000 federal workers

OPM has been notified by Long Term Care Partners that letters the company mailed to tens of thousands of enrollees in the Federal Long Term Care Insurance Program contain errors in calculating potential premiums.

Tags: P&B , LTC , long term care

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Memo from OPM Director makes 'burrowing' a priority

Memo was released Nov. 5.

Tags: Pay & Benefits , John Berry , burrowing , Jason Miller

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New exec council spearheads jobs for vets program

Earlier this week, President Obama signed an executive order launching a new government-wide effort to hire more of the nation's military veterans for agency jobs. On Thursday, some of the cabinet officials who will lead the initiative gathered at the Labor Department to explain their roles in the new program.

Tags: mngt , P&B , White House , veterans , John Berry , Labor , Barack Obama , Max Cacas

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OPM's tips for Open Season

It's day two of open season for federal employees. Thirty-two health insurance plans are leaving the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program or reducing their coverage across the country. Also, details about vision and dental plan changes, as well as the benefits of Flexible Spending Accounts.

Tags: P&B , Open Season , Lee Dettman

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