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OPM's Berry gets Hill thumbs up on fed closing call
For the third day in a row, the federal government closed because of the weather. One of Capitol Hill's top lawmakers has praise for that call by the government's civilian personnel chief.
Tags: management , P&B , Steny Hoyer , House of Representatives , John Berry , Gerry Connolly , Max Cacas
Federal government closed on Wednesday
Federal News Radio has learned that the federal government will be closed on Wed., Feb. 10, 2010. OPM Director John Berry talked earlier this week about how his makes his decision and about why he thinks teleworking is more important than ever.
Tags: Pay & Benefits , management , John Berry , OPM , snow , snow closings , telecommuting , working from home , Dorothy Ramienski
Rep. Sarbanes calls for more telework, insourcing
Legislation calls for high-level executive to oversee employee telecommuting
Tags: technology , contracting , mngt , Rep. John Sarbanes , Rep. Stephen Lynch , Sen. Daniel Akaka , GSA , OPM , GAO , Competitive sourcing , insourcing , inherently governmental
DHS uses week-long COOP, telework exercise to prepare for pandemic
Department to conduct training Sept. 21. It encourages as many employees as possible to telework at least one day that week.
Tags: management , Elaine Duke , DHS , OPM , GAO , Telework Exchange , H1N1 pandemic , COOP ,
For telework and COOP, GSA leads the way
Officials are still keeping a wary eye on the possibility of a new spike in the number of H1N1 swine flu cases across the country. The chance that large numbers of people could get sick concerns those tasked with keeping the Federal Government up and running. One local group which promotes teleworking is out with a new study on whether or not the government is ready.
Tags: management , Telework Exchange , Intel , Nigel Ballard , Josh Sawislak , GSA , Max Cacas
New OPM head wants to increase federal teleworkers
Tags: management , OPM , John Berry ,
Connolly proposes rewards for teleworkers
Rep. Gerry Connolly wants OPM to increase the number of teleworkers and find out how many agencies keep them on the job during office closures, which could be keeping the numbers down. Connolly is also asking Metro officials how they can avoid snow shutdowns for above-ground metro and bus service used by 40% of federal commuters.
Tags: Congressional Spotlight , Gerry Connolly , Metro , OPM , Congress
New best practices at U.S. Patent and Trademark Office save time, taxpayer dollars
Director David Kappos explains that establishing trust between unions and managers -- and setting concrete deadlines -- helped quickly change the Examiner Count System, which will help eliminate a gigantic backlog and save money.
Tags: management , USPTO , David Kappos , best practices , Examiner Count System , Pay & Benefits , Dorothy Ramienski
Feds strike a blow for teleworking
The recent concern over the spread of the H1N1 flu virus has again called attention to "continuity of operations" (COOP) in the Federal Government. According to the most recent report from the Office of Personnel Management, just over half of all Federal agencies include teleworking as part of their COOP planning. A local group held a lunchtime event yesterday at the Federal Triangle to push the cause of teleworking.
Tags: management , P&B , Telework Exchange , EPA , Josh Sawislak , GSA , Danette Campbell , USPTO , Gerry Connolly , Max Cacas
House to vote on telework bill Thursday
Lawmakers are expected to consider a bill to expand teleworking in the federal government. Maryland Congressman John Sarbanes tells Federal News Radio his legislation enjoys wide bipartisan support, and is expected to pass easily in the House later today.
Tags: management , Pay&benefits , John Sarbanes , Gerry Connolly , Frank Wolf , Telework Improvements Act of 2009 , House of Representatives , Max Cacas
