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SESers see bonuses drop in face of budget woes

Many agencies began freezing senior executives' pay and limiting performance awards a year before the White House ordered them to do so. That finding comes from a new report by the Office of Personnel Management that some say underscores the pressure to prove a pay-for-performance system can work when there isn't a lot of money.

Tags: OPM , Emily Kopp , pay and benefits , Senior Executives Assocation , Carol Bonosaro , Partnership for Public Service , John Palguta , Dan Blair , NAPA

Tuesday - 12/06/2011, 08:46am EST

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Pilot program will prepare Asians for the SES

With Asian Americans making up just 3 percent of the Senior Executive Service, a pilot program seeks to groom more Asians for the government's top ranks. The program, run by the Asian American Government Executives Network, will give 20 Asian SES hopefuls mentoring, networking and placement assistance.

Tags: diversity , workforce , Tommy Hwang , Asian American Government Executive Network , Emily Kopp , MSPB , OPM , OMB

Monday - 12/05/2011, 06:22am EST

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Senate committee passes bills on improper payments, whistleblower protections

The new bill, passed in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, would require more consistent reporting of improper payments by federal agencies.

Tags: budget , Congress , Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2011 , Tom Carper , Senate , Joe Lieberman , whistleblower protection , employee rotations , workforce , management

Wednesday - 10/19/2011, 03:42pm EDT

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Karen Evans on the Changing IT Environment

Karen Evans
Partner
KE&T Partners, LLC
Spetember 14th, 2009

Tags: contracting , tech , Karen Evans , KE&T Partners , OMB , IT , egov , Web 2.0 , knowledge transfer , IT security ,

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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OPM to hold SES hiring sessions

The Office of Personnel Management will hold several sessions over the next few months to show agencies how to hire members of the Senior Executive Service.

Tags: management , Kathie Ann Whipple , OPM ,

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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Two new programs on the way to improve recruitment, retention

OPM is hoping to launch the Veterans Hiring Initiative next week. Director Berry also planning to kick-off an initiative to pair SESers with universities to bring on new workers. Berry says a formal proposal for long-term changes to civil service could be ready by next summer.

Tags: management , pay and benefits , John Berry , OPM , DoD , VA , Labor , Syracuse University , Veterans hiring , civil service reform

Monday - 10/17/2011, 01:09pm EDT

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OPM's Berry deals out first set of civil service reform suggestions

Now the agency wants to hear from others about these ideas and their own recommendations on how to fix federal HR processes. Director Berry offers to get rid of the GS system, expand who can receive bonuses and bolster training.

Tags: P&B , mngt , John Berry , OPM , DoD , Syracuse Maxwell School , human resources , hiring , recruiting , training , bonuses , GS-System