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Unions push back against deficit commission

Federal employee and management groups sent a letter to President Obama urging him to reject proposals to cut workforce benefits made by the Deficit Commission. The letter comes on the heels of a new bill to codify many of the commission's recommendations.

Tags: pay and benefits , retirement , budget cuts , Commission on Deficit Reduction and Fiscal Respons , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , Meg Beasley

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Obama to end Federal Career Intern Program

The Post reports that a draft executive order will kill the 10-year-old FCIP in March.

Tags: Federal Career Intern Program , Barack Obama , VA , excepted service , OPM , Presidential Managment Fellows Program , Jolie Lee , Washington Post

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Federal hiring of veterans on the rise

More than 32,800 vets were hired by federal agencies in the first six months of FY2010.

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CHCO survey: Federal hiring system hurts government

The report, issued by the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thorton, says there are a number of longstanding issues that are hurting the federal government's chances of attracting the best and the brightest.

Tags: pay and benefits , Partnership for Public Service , Grant Thorton , CHCO , retention , Dorothy Ramienski

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HReinvented: OPM's new database cuts hiring by 3 weeks

The agency says 12 databases hold 100,000 potential job applicants for many of the most commonly hired positions throughout government. OPM will search the database for the agency based on their hiring need and provide them with a list of candidates, slashing the hiring time from the very beginning.

Tags: P&B , John Berry , OPM , Candidate pools , HReinvented

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Inside the Intelligence Community

Ellen McCarthy is President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance and a former federal employee. She joins the show to discuss why the Intelligence Community is a great place to work for.
October 25, 2010

Tags: Ellen McCarthy , Intelligence and National Security Alliance , intelligence community , Bob Leins , John Elliott , pay and benefits , Best Places to Work

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Career coach shares insight on joining federal workforce

Hear more from federal career expert and federal employee, Lily Whiteman.
June 11, 2010

Tags: pay and benefits , Lily Whiteman , Fed Talk , Shaw, Bransford & Roth , Debra Roth

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Implementation of hiring reform

Host Derrick T. Dortch talks to Linda Rix, Co-CEO of Avue Technologies, Inc. about the implementation of hiring reform for the federal agencies who use their site, AvueCentral.com.
November 19, 2010

Tags: pay and benefits , Fed Access , Derrick Dortch , Linda Rix , Avue Technologies , AvueCentral ,

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FPS ramps up reform efforts, again

Eric Patterson, director of the Federal Protective Service, said at a recent hearing that reworking the agency's current reform programs will help to improve past issues of training, communication and security.

Tags: security , DHS , FPS , SECURE Facilities Act , ramp , House Homeland Security Committee , facility security , federal buildings , Eric Patterson , Mark Goldstein , training , management , Courtney Thompson

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Diversity hiring keeps agencies productive

The ACT-IAC working group's latest report shows that diversity in agencies is directly linked to success. Dr. Susan Krup Grunin is the Consulting Director for Strategic Human Capital Management at RGS and co-authored the report.

Tags: susan krup grunin , strategic human capital management , management , In Depth , ACT-IAC , Jory Heckman

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