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GAO freezes hiring, considers furloughs
Government Accountability Office employees could face six days of furlough this year as the watchdog agency expects a possible cut of $35 to $42 million in its budget compared with last year.
Tags: GAO , Gene Dodaro , budget , Congress , telework , furlough , pay and benefits , workforce , technology
OPM working 'around the clock' to fix USAJobs.gov
The Office of Personnel Management is scrambling to buy more server capacity after record traffic overwhelmed the new version of the USAJobs.gov website. OPM Director John Berry said the site now is serving 94 percent of users. But he acknowledged that's "cold comfort for those whose applications aren't getting through." Agency IT staff is working around the clock to fix the problem, he added.
Tags: technology , workforce , hiring , OPM , John Berry , Federal Labor Management Relations , Federal Labor Management Relations Council , Emily Kopp
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 , SES , management
Managers need to unleash workers for successful telework
While agencies and employees are reaping the benefits of telework, many frontline supervisors remain reluctant. They have to learn to manage the work, not the workers, experts say.
Tags: retention , workforce , Telework Enhancement Act , management , technology , OPM , Justin Johnson , Microsoft , Martha Clarkson , Danette Campbell , USPTO , Jim Neighbors , DoD , Emily Kopp
USA Jobs 3.0 up and running again
An Office of Personnel Management spokesperson said 94 percent of users can access the site, while 6 percent may get a message to try back later.
Tags: USA Jobs 3.0 , OPM , workforce , hiring , technology , Jolie Lee
VA funds ideas to help disabled vets get jobs
VA will test the use of the ideas in the agency's Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) Program, according to a VA release.
Tags: VA , employment , VAi2 , innovation , management , best practices , workforce , hiring
New OPM guidance aims to help senior executives 'hit the ground running'
John Palguta, vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service, joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss OPM's new onboarding model. The framework aims to help senior executives transition to new positions more smoothly.
Tags: OPM , hiring , Senior Executive Service , workforce , best practices , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , Federal Drive
Intelligence agencies to squeeze savings from IT, contractors
After a decade of uninterrupted spending growth, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has submitted budget cutting plans for intelligence agencies to the White House. The intelligence community will try to save money mostly through IT efficiencies, and will try to protect its civilian workforce while drawing down on its reliance upon contractors.
Tags: technology , IT , ODNI , intelligence , intelligence community , DIA , CIA , James Clapper , NSA , NGA , NRO , workforce , acquisition , Jared Serbu
What does the future federal workforce look like?
Executives from Deloitte Consulting LLP explain the company's vision for the future of the federal workforce, sharing details from their Fed Cloud plan.
Tags: Dan Helfrich , charles tierney , Bill Eggers , Deloitte , John Palguta , Partnership for Public Service , fedcloud , workforce , hiring , In Depth , best practices , management , technology
USAJobs 3.0 glitches part of 'growing pains'
Jeff Neal, the former CHCO at the Homeland Security Department, said the glitches are not structural and are "growing pains" in standing up a large and complex system.
Tags: Jeff Neal , CHCO Council , workforce , hiring , In Depth , OPM , usa jobs , technology
