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Sir! Military women want better uniforms! Sir!
Ask any woman who serves in the Armed Forces what she thinks about the uniform that she wears, and she will likely say that she wears it with pride. But once you get beyond that pride, the question then becomes, how does she really feel about that uniform when you have to wear it day in and day out, especially in combat...and it doesn't fit just right? Both the Army and the Navy are taking steps to address the uniform concerns of their female members.
Tags: management , Navy , Army , Marine Corps , Sea Services Leadership Association , Army Combat uniform , Army PEO Solider , Laura Stegherr , Max Cacas
Best Places to Retire According to Those Who Know
When picking your retirement haven, do you want the advice of someone older who has shopped around or will you rely on a 29-year old bungee jumper? Today Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about favorites of been-there-done-that feds and retirees.
Tags: Mike Causey , retirement
TSA, unions meet, hope for swift action
We get insider's views from NTEU's Colleen Kelley and AFGE's John Gage
Tags: Federal Drive , collective bargaining , TSA , management , NTEU , Colleen Kelley , AFGE , John Gage , Vyomika Jairam
Weakest link in federal hiring is at the start
In federal hiring, officials always have to strike a balance: fill the job as quickly as possible, while looking for the right candidate from as big a pool of applicants as possible. A new report suggests evaluating candidates is the weakest part of the entire hiring process.
Tags: management , OPM , hiring reforms , Partnership for Public Service , Joshua Joseph , NIH , Christine Majors , DoE , Brian Costlow , ODNI , Elizabeth Kolmstetter , employee assessments , Max Cacas
Flip-Flopping Teleworking Rules
If Congress does what it's promised to do, your chances of working from home should be greatly improved within the next couple of weeks. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey reports on a flip-flop in the way teleworkers are to be picked.
Tags: Mike Causey , telework
Taxes: many new questions, many new answers
Hosts Bob Leins and John Elliott welcome back special guest, Tom O'Rourke, Attorney, Principal, Miles & Stockbridge, Rockville MD.
Aug. 30, 2010
Tags: For Your Benefit , Bob Leins , John Elliott , Tom O'Rourke
Agencies employ 2.9 percent of people with disabilities
A new Bureau of Labor Statistics report provides the latest information on how the federal government compares with other industry in hiring persons with disabilities. The report comes as the White House and the Labor Department are pressing agencies and contractors to hire more persons with disabilities. New recruitment and hiring strategies are due in September.
Tags: management , Labor , BLS , OMB , OPM , persons with a disability , Section 508 , federal hiring , Jason Miller
Tuition Relief: Is It Necessary and Fair?
Is the expanded federal tuition debt relief program paying off for the taxpayers or is it a boondoggle that makes Uncle Sam look like Uncle Sap? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explores the dark side of the debt repayment deal.
Tags: Mike Causey , tuition reimbursement
Rule would change contractors' hiring practices
The Labor Department has posted a notice of potential rulemaking that could change hiring processes for contractors.
Tags: management , David Cohen , Labor Department , contracting , affirmative action , DorobekInsider
Go inside a federal prison with Mike Causey
This week, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks with Bryan Lowry, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council of Prison Locals, about what life is like for feds -- and inmates -- in federal prisons.
Tags: Your Turn , Mike Causey , Bryan Lowry , Bureau of Prisons , Dorothy Ramienski
