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Pensions to feel bipartisan bite
For years, federal and postal workers have benefited from congressional gridlock. Efforts to cut benefits, or force people to pay more for them, were often blocked by partisan wrangling. But where your pension is concerned, the good old days may be over, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , benefits , retirement contribution , Congress , Darrell Issa , House Oversight and Government Reform Commitee
Air Force offers early outs to 250 airmen
The deadline to apply is Monday for airmen eligible for the Temporary Early Retirement Authority.
Tags: Air Force , pay and benefits , retirement , Federal Drive , DoD Report
Labor website links fed managers to workers with disabilities
Akinyemi Banjo is a policy adviser at the Labor Department.
Tags: Akinyemi Banjo , Labor , disabilities , Federal Drive
Feds rank leadership low in annual survey
The Partnership for Public Service took a closer look at the data from the 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and discovered that feds aren't too happy with their leaders. Senior leaders especially received low rankings from federal employees.
Tags: Partnership for Pubic Service , 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey , OPM , NASA , management , DHS , NRC , FDIC , State , Michael OConnell
The joys of divided government
Democrats control the White House and the Senate, while Republicans call the shots in the House. So what impact has divided government had on federal workers? Some people think things could be a whole lot worse if one party ran all three operations at the same time, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Drive , pay and benefits , Congress , House , Senate
Analysis: NRC nomination battle hurts workforce morale
It's a good time for career employees at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to lay low and stay in their cubicles. A nasty political fight over President Obama's Republican, female commissioner nominee, Kristine Svinicki, has caused Chairman Gregory Jaczko to publicly deny he is abusive towards women.
Tags: Gregory Jaczko , Kristine Svinicki , NRC , Debra Roth , Federal Drive , Shaw Bransford Roth , management , morale
Wall Street or Walmart: What's in your future?
Feds who retire with special skills and top-secret clearances often move into top jobs on Wall Street, with credit card companies or even back in government, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But for those stripped of their clearances, life after Uncle Sam may mean a security guard job at a box store ...
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , benefits , retirement , security clearances
Postal bill amendment seeks to cut backlog ahead of USPS retirement 'deluge'
An amendment to a Senate bill aiming to restructure the U.S. Postal Service's financial framework would institute new agency reporting requirements for retiring federal workers in anticipation of a "deluge of retirees" from USPS. Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), introduced an amendment last week that requires the Office of Personnel Management to take new steps to chip away at the longstanding backlog of federal retirement claims.
Tags: OPM , USPS , retirement , retirement backlog , Mark Warner , Barbara Mikulski , 21st Century Postal Service Act , Congress , Senate
Rating your mate/date
How would you like it if your spouse or significant other rated your performance, then made his/her findings known to friends and neighbors? In this fantasy world, you would naturally hope your performance would be rated as superior, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. But what if you were rated less-than-satisfactory? Would you vow to get better, or would you really rather not even know?
Tags: Mike Causey , Federal Report , pay and benefits , management , performance ratings
Bill makes customer service part of feds' evaluations
The provision is one of many in a new bill passed out of a House committee last week to boost customer service at federal agencies. The Federal Customer Service Enhancement Act — or H.R. 538 — would direct the Office of Management and Budget to set customer service standards and name someone to be a customer relations representative at each agency.
Tags: Henry Cuellar , House , House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , customer service , GPRA Modernization , Federal Drive , management
