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President Obama, local youth heed MLK day of service
President Obama honored the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by participating in a painting project at a school on Capitol Hill.
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr. , Martin Luther King Day , D.C. , Michelle Obama , Stuart Hobson Middle School , Frederick
Feds' pensions, health plans safe from cuts, for now
Debt commission's plan fails to get majority approval. The White House and lawmakers say they will review the recommendations and figure out how to move many of them forward.
Tags: management , pay and benefits , National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and R , Erskine Bowles , Alan Simpson , debt commission , pay freeze , Jason Miller
Dozens fall ill at Obama rally in Md.
The crowd at the rally to support Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley was packed shoulder to shoulder.
Tags: rally , Bowie State University , Martin O'Malley , Prince George's Fire and EMS , Mark Brady , Bob Ehrlich , Steny Hoyer , Barbara Mikulski
Obama signs continuing resolution
President Obama has signed into law, H.R. 3081, which will keep the government operating through December 3, 2010.
Tags: continuing resolution , stopgap funding bill , Congress , pay and benefits , Jack Lew , Mary Landrieu , Politico , OMB Watch , OMB , recess appointment
Feds are organizing labor-management forums
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations miss a deadline to report to President Obama by at least 30 days. They need more time to figure out how to give managers and rank-and-file feds a place where they can sit down and discuss common problems.
Tags: management , National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relat , OPM , John Berry , Jeff Zients , Darryl Perkinson , FMA , Colleen Kelley , NTEU , Max Cacas
Analysis: President Obama speaks on the role of government
Tom Shoop, editor in chief of GovExec, has analysis of the President's weekend speech.
Tags: management , GovExec , Tom Shoop ,
Performance management on agencies' front burners
President Obama has said publicly that he is a big fan of performance management, and wants to blend its practice into the day-to-day operation of the Federal Government. But what does that mean for feds who are tasked with actually making the wheels of government turn every day? The Association of Government Accountants convened a conference to discuss performance in government.
Tags: management , AGA , Department of Transportation , Linda Washington , OPM , CHCO Council , Al Reynolds , Treasury Department , CFO Council , Mike Duffy , CIO Council , Rich Beck , Department of the Interior , Performance Improvement Council , Max Cacas
Berry is innovating in the OPM basement
President Obama has mandated that federal government service be "cool" again. In an effort to comply, OPM director John Berry says he's going to try to find room for cutting edge technology in the federal workplace. Even if it means going into the depths of the basement of the OPM Building at 19th and E Streets NW.
Tags: management , P&B , OPM , John Berry , hiring , KSA , EIG , Max Cacas
Wilder calls on Kaine to step down as DNC chair
On the Politics Program with Mark Plotkin, former Virginia Gov. Doug Wilder speaks out. And, a local member of Congress discusses the impact the Tea Party will have on the mid-term elections.
Tags: politics program , Doug Wilder , Tim Kaine , Democratic National Committee , Mark Plotkin
Agencies engage citizens with social collaboration
Agencies across the federal government are embracing the tools of social collaboration to become more accessible to citizens. An IT industry group that includes many federal IT officials heard from three of the top government experts in the field.
Tags: newsstand , technology , social collaboration , social networking , GSA , Dave McClure , CDC , Janice Nall , USDA , Amanda Eamich , DHS , QHSR , Elizabeth Olmo , AFFIRM , Max Cacas
