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OMB, HHS create new health IT task force
New entity will be led by eight agencies, including OPM, VA and DoD. The focus will be on policy development, coordination and implementation of federal health IT.
Tags: technology , management , Peter Orszag , Kathleen Sebelius , OMB , HHS , OPM , VA , DoD , Commerce , USDA , health IT
SSA employee shot on lunch break near agency headquarters
Social Security/AFGE negotiations take a bad turn
Contract negotiations between SSA and AFGE won't be going forward without the help of a special mediator.
Tags: Federal Drive , pay and benefits , AFGE , Witold Skwierczynski
Long-range fix for Social Security proposed
If you're going to touch the third rail of American politics, do it the right way. National Academy of Social Insurance's Virginia Reno tells us how.
Tags: Federal Drive , Income Security Policy , National Academy of Social Insurance , Virginia Reno , debt , Social Security ,
SSA tells employees to keep mum on debt ceiling questions
Will you still receive a social security check if the government doesn't raise the debt ceiling? You won't be getting an answer from the Social Security Administration.
Tags: debt ceiling , workforce , pay and benefits , retirement
Federal union wins case for SSA teleservice employees
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has ruled that a guideline restricting how employees at Social Security Administration teleservice centers use annual leave violates the union's national agreement.
Tags: pay and benefits , AFGE , FLRA , teleservice , Meg Beasley
OPM promotes 'Feds Get Fit' with recipe cookoff
The Office of Personnel Management wants to promote a healthy lifestyle for all Federal employees. Experts say one key is paying close attention to the food we eat. Along those lines, an unusual and first-ever, cooking competition was held in the OPM Cafeteria.
Tags: newsstand , OPM , Christine Griffin , Feds Get Fit , Melissa Knoll , Max Cacas
More changes at SSA: CIO resigns; OPM's Zielinski returns
Frank Baitman will resign as CIO from the agency in August. His decision comes a few weeks after agency commissioner reorganized the agency's IT functions. OPM's Bill Zielinski also is returning to SSA to be the San Francisco regional commissioner.
Tags: technology , pay and benefits , Michael Astrue , Bill Zielinski , Kelly Croft , OPM , Jason Miller
Costs of E-Verify will be 'onerous'
Philip Wolgrin is an immigration policy analyst at The Center for American Progress.
Tags: philip wolgrin , Center for American Progress , DHS , E-verify , technology , work eligibility , In Depth , immigration
SSA budget constraints prompt reorganization
A number of functions will move out of the Social Security Administration's (SSA) Office of the Chief Information Officer, according to an email obtained by Federal News Radio. SSA is looking for ways to address funding reductions in its 2011 budget.
Tags: budget , Michael Astrue , management , technology , people , Ruben Gomez
