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House subcommittee pushes forward GOP plan to repair USPS
A House subcommittee markup of a bill to address the Postal Service's financial problems broke down along partisan lines. Democrats accused Republicans of using this legislation to weaken labor provisions. Republicans said Democrats would prefer bailing out the agency rather than making it sustainable. The bill now goes to the full House Oversight and Governmental Reforms Committee.
Tags: USPS , management , Darrell Issa , Elijah Cummings , Dennis Ross , House Oversight and Government Reform Committee , Barack Obama , Tom Carper , FERS , budget , Emily Kopp
DHS creates new senior cyber position in NPPD
Suzanne Spaulding will replace Phil Reitinger as the deputy under secretary. She worked as a consultant and on Capitol Hill previously. DHS also created a deputy under secretary for cyber security.
Tags: management , DHS , NPPD , Rand Beers , Suzanne Spaulding , Greg Schaffer , Phil Reitinger , cybersecurity , Jason Miller
Non-unionized feds still hold employment protections
Tags: Debra Roth , Shaw Bransford & Roth , Legal Loop , unions ,
Air Force to offer buyouts to 6,000 civilians
The Air Force is planning to make payments to civilian employees to encourage them to leave the federal payroll, in addition to offers of early retirement. The service is trying to get to the level of civilian employment authorized under DoD's civilian hiring freeze, which mandates the department maintain its non-uniformed workforce at fiscal 2010 levels.
Tags: DoD , Air Force , Darrell Jones , pay and benefits , retirement , buyouts , VSIP , VERA , Jared Serbu
DoD goes virtual to help vets transition to civilian life, jobs
John Campbell, deputy assistant defense secretary for wounded warrior care and transition policy, the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to discuss DoD's new technology-centered approach to getting returning vets back to work.
Tags: John Campbell , DoD , veterans , hiring
Army Materiel Command offering buyouts
AMC is offering $25,000 dollars to more than 30 civilian employees at its headquarters in Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, Federal Times reports.
Tags: Army Materiel Command , DoD , DoD Report , buyouts , pay and benefits
Contractor growing own IT workforce through hands-on program
The Federal Drive spoke with Sudhir Verma, a senior director at Force 3, which runs a program to train its IT workforce, along with Marlena Clark, a graduate of the program.
Tags: force 3 , marlena clark , sudhir verma , industry , IT , technology
Share-the-pain list out today
According to certain twisted history buffs, somebody in April, 1865, asked Mrs. Abraham Lincoln how the liked the play at Ford's Theater. Federal workers may appreciate the irony of that sick joke later on today, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Federal-Postal Coalition , super committee , Mike Causey , Federal Report , COLA , pay and benefits , retirement , Congress
Service to America Medals - 2011 Finalists
This year, 34 federal employees were named finalists in eight categories for their public service work.
Tags: Sammies , Service to America Medal , management , Partnership for Public Service
SAMMIES: Service to America medals
Jim Seymour, director of Programs and Special Events for the Partnership for Public Service, joins host Derrick Dortch to talk about this year's SAMMIES award winners.
September 9, 2011
Tags: Derrick Dortch , Fed Access , Jim Seymour , PPS , Sammies
