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In Depth Show Blog - March 22
On the In Depth show blog, you can listen to our interviews, find more information about the guests on the show each day, as well as links to other stories and resources we discuss.
Tags: Francis Rose , In Depth , Tammy Flanagan , Beryl Davis ,
Many non-SES managers feeling left out of key discussions
GS-12s to GS-15s want more say in labor-management conversations. Patricia Niehaus, the president of the Federal Managers Association, said too often political appointees and SESers are the only managers at the table. OPM's John Berry said he will work with FMA and others to figure out how to be more inclusive.
Tags: workforce , OPM , John Berry , Federal Managers Association , management , National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relat , training , Jason Miller
What's new at the Federal Managers Association?
Members of the Federal Managers Association join host Bill Bransford to talk about the group's annual convention.
February 24, 2012
Tags: workforce , Federal Managers Association , Office of Personnel Management , John Berry , Todd Wells , Jessie Klement , Casey Wilson , Management Concepts , Jason Milton , Gallup , Bill Bransford , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Fed Talk
House to vote on federal pension changes separate from highway bill
The current language of H.R. 3813 increases the CSRS and FERS employees' contribution to their retirements by 1.5 percent over three years. For individuals not subject to mandatory retirement who choose to retire on or after Jan. 1, 2013, the FERS minimum supplement is eliminated. Currently, the FERS minimum supplement is paid to those qualifying employees who retire prior to age 62.
Tags: Gerry Connolly , Congress , House , transportation bill , pay and benefits , retirement , FERS , CSRS , Federal Managers Association
Supercommittee's failure to reach deal brings range of reactions
The administration, lawmakers and others are sounding off on the failure of the supercommittee to reach a deal for cutting more than $1 trillion from the deficit. Facing automatic, across-the-board cuts — half from defense and half from civilian agencies, beginning in 2013 — the consensus now seems to be Congress should work to come up with an alternative deficit-reduction plan.
Tags: Congress , House , Senate , budget , supercommittee , deficit reduction , TechAmerica , DoD , Leon Panetta , Barack Obama , sequestration , FMA , Jack Moore
How federal hiring reforms will affect managers
The president of the Federal Managers Association weighs in.
Tags: pay and benefits , FMA , federal hiring , hiring reform , OPM , Dorothy Ramienski , daily debrief
Unions to management: stop talking, start doing telework
AFGE, NTEU lead discussion to broaden discussion about telecommuting to more than just during emergencies. The White House is working on a new governmentwide telework policy. AFGE wants to add telework options into new bargaining agreements.
Tags: pay and benefits , John Berry , Seth Harris , Jeff Zients , OPM , OMB , Labor , John Gage , Colleen Kelley , AFGE , NTEU , FMA , telework , National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relat , Jason Miller
Commentary: FMA says hiring reforms must come first
Patricia Niehaus, National President of the Federal Managers Association, explains why the government must concentrate on the impact of the employee, rather than tenure and classification.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , HReinvented , FMA , commentary
Federal managers combat attacks on employees
Federal managers gather in Washington to speak out and help each other hold up under the pressure of CRs and fed bashing. FMA president Patricia Niehaus gives us an overview of what managers are facing.
Tags: FMA Convention , Federal Drive , management , pay and benefits , FMA ,
Do agencies keep poor performers on the job?
There's a perception that it's almost impossible to be fired from a government job. Patricia Niehaus, national president of the Federal Managers Association, debunks the myth.
Tags: Federal Managers Association , poor performance , management , Washington Post , Tom Fox
