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Cabinet Tracker
President Barack Obama may be staying put for four more years, but many of the top officials he appointed to agency posts are eyeing the exits. Federal News Radio's Cabinet Tracker will follow the comings and goings of the leaders in his Cabinet (and other high-level presidential appointees) heading into Obama's second term.
Tags: Election 2012 , Hillary Clinton , Leon Panetta , Hilda Solis , Todd Park , Steven VanRoekel , Jeff Zients , Tim Geithner , Eric Holder , Janet Napolitano
EPA, HUD search for ways to keep mid-career feds
Mid-career employees are a scarcity in government. While agencies are awash with employees at the early career stage and those with 20-plus years of federal service, there aren't enough in the middle stages, and that has federal managers worried. Agencies like EPA and HUD are taking matters into their own hands. Both are launching new efforts aimed at keeping mid-career feds from leaving government for the private sector.
Tags: HUD , DHS , Janet Napolitano , EPA , Bob Perciasepe , GSA , Dan Tangherlini , Partnership for Public Service , Public Service Recognition Week , employee morale , Jason Miller
VA, HUD to put 10,000 homeless veterans in permanent housing
The departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development want to put 10,000 homeless veterans in permanent housing with case management.
Tags: VA , HUD , homelessness ,
HUD, VA team with rocker Bon Jovi on app contest to help homeless vets
Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, along with W. Scott Gould, the deputy secretary of Veterans Affairs, announced the launch of Project REACH — short for Real-time Electronic Access for Caregivers and the Homeless. Singer Jon Bon Jovi, who chairs the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation in New Jersey and is also a member of the White House Council for Community Solutions, was also on hand for the announcement.
Tags: HUD , VA , veterans , homelessness , W. Scott Gould , Peter Levin , Jonah Czerwinski , Jon Bon Jovi , Aneesh Chopra , Challenge.gov
Stretch goals require new way of doing business
Bob Behn, a lecturer at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, chairs the executive education program. He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss going for the big goals. He cited efforts by the VA and HUD to end veterans' homelessness as an example.
Tags: Bob Behn , Harvard Kennedy School of Government , VA , HUD , stretch targets , In Depth , Francis Rose , Eric Shinseki , management , best practices
Officials cite drop in homelessness among veterans
Tags: Barack Obama , HUD , VA , Congress , veterans
Donovan focuses on morale to turn around HUD
Congress gave Department of Housing and Urban Development programs to help homeless vets a slight boost in fiscal year 2012, in what may be a sign that Secretary Shaun Donovan's plan to turn around an agency once called the "poster child for scandal-ridden, dysfunctional bureaucracy" is working. Donovan said he is emphasizing performance based on data, and demanding that HUD staff increase collaboration among themselves and with other agencies. He spoke Thursday at the Excellence in Government conference in Washington.
Tags: HUD , Government Executive , EIG , budget , workforce , Employee Viewpoint Survey , Best Places to Work , Emily Kopp
3 Federal Agencies: Economic Growth Through ARRA
Tags: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , ARRA , Senate Banking Committee , Ray Lahood , Lisa Jackson , Department of Transportation , Department of Housing and Urban Development , Environmental Protection Agency , EPA
'Fog' lifting over federal employees, officials say
The morale of workers is on the rise after recent events highlighted the work the government does, officials say. Agencies also are taking specific steps to address employee challenges in their own agencies. DoT Secretary Ray LaHood said "pot shots" at employees is unacceptable.
Tags: management , John Berry , Ray Lahood , Kathleen Sebelius , OPM , HHS , Transportation , HUD , Max Stier , Partnership for Public Service , employee morale , Employee Viewpoint Survey , Jason Miller
New regs to improve hiring of college grads
OPM Director Berry said agencies are commenting on the rules to implement President Obama's executive order to bring college graduates more easily into the government. Berry also wants Congress to change the law so feds who want to retire can phase in their exit and act as mentors.
Tags: pay and benefits , management , John Berry , Ray Lahood , OPM , DOT , HUD , Partnership for Public Service , hiring reforms , Pathways , Jason Miller
