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Lessons learned from a career in the VA
A thirty-seven year employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs shares an insider's view and valuable insight into the inner-workings of a bureaucracy.
Tags: mngt , best practices , Fred Malphurs , leadership , Veterans Day
Frank Buckles and Kathleen Sebelius
Tags: Frank Buckles , World War I , LOC , Veterans' History Project , HHS , Kathlees Sebelius , H1N1 , Vaccine , Wall Street , healthcare reform , Lurita Doan
Towards a more timely funding of agencies
A new law authorizes Congress to approve funding for VA medical care one year in advance and also requires the President to request those funds one year early.
Tags: agency budget , funding , Gerry Connolly
Dept. of Veterans Affairs laughs out loud at the 8 hour work day
Try telling a nurse or physician with the Department of Veterans Affairs that federal workers can typically get away with an 8-hour workday! The workers in VA hospitals routinely deal with staff shortages, continuing resolutions, and very long hours.
Tags: 5 Fallacies of Government , Nancy Nedoma , G.I. Clinical Coordinator at the VA Hospital in Ga , American Federation of Government Employees
Dept. of Veterans Affairs laughs out loud at the 8 hour work day
Try telling a nurse or physician with the Department of Veterans Affairs that federal workers can typically get away with an 8-hour workday! The workers in VA hospitals routinely deal with staff shortages, continuing resolutions, and very long hours.
Tags: 5 Fallacies of Government , Nancy Nedoma , G.I. Clinical Coordinator at the VA Hospital in Ga
VA announces Green Routine to a reduced carbon footprint
Tags: mngt , carbon footprint , greenhouse gas , Tammy Duckworth , Green Routine , sustainability
NIH and the VA hold golden job opportunities in government
AARP's "Best Employers for Workers over Fifty" lauds two nifty federal agencies.
Tags: P&B , AARP , Deborah Russell , Best Employers for Workers over Fifty , NIH ,
OMB's new performance framework to combine the best of the past
Deputy director for management Jeffrey Zients hires Shelley Metzenbaum to help lead the performance management effort. OMB to lean on the Performance Improvement Council to develop and advocate for new approach.
Tags: management , Jeffrey Zients , Bernice Steinhardt , Sen. Tom Carper , Shelley Metzenbaum , OMB , GAO , CMS , FEMA , Interior , NASA , NRC , Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , EPA , Performance Improvement Council , GPRA , PART , performance management
Veterans Affairs launches competition to fund innovation
Tags: innovation , competition
CTO looks to technology to clear VA backlog
But first, say federal CTO Chopra and VA CTO Levin, Veterans Affairs will focus on good ideas.
Tags: tech , mngt , best practices , Aneesh Chopra , Peter Levin , CTO
