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Rigged performance ratings!
When it comes time for your performance rating, do you ever feel like the honest, hard-working kid in the boxing movie who gets a shot at the title, only to be told that he must take a dive, or else? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know: Are your agency performance ratings rigged?
Tags: retention , pay and benefits , Mike Causey , Federal Report , management , performance reviews
GRAPHIC: Will the diversity executive order make a difference at your agency?
Tags: diversity , Emily Kopp
GRAPHIC: Does your agency do a good job of promoting diversity?
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Navy releases guide for hiring wounded warriors
The Department of Navy is distributing a guide for hiring people with disabilities.
Tags: Navy , DoD , Juan Garcia , Federal Drive , disabilities , hiring , Jolie Lee
Flexible-retention adds new option to agencies' retirement toolkit
Senate amendment allows retiring federal employees to return to work on a part-time basis. Ron Sanders, senior executive adviser at Booz Allen Hamilton, says this provision allows retirees to pass along their institutional knowledge while continuing their civil service.
Tags: Ron Sanders , Booz Allen Hamilton , Max Baucus , flexible-retentioin , retirement , pay and benefits , OPM , Federal Drive , Michael OConnell , retention
Senate passes highway bill, including 'phased retirements,' transit subsidy
The Senate voted Wednesday to overhaul transportation programs and keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while strengthening highway. The $109 billion measure, approved in a 74-22 vote, included a number of amendments affecting federal pay and benefits, including a provision to allows "phased retirements" for federal employees and an expansion of an expired mass-transit subsidy.
Tags: retirement , phased retirements , pay and benefits , transportation bill , Congress , Senate , pay freeze , mass transit benefit , NTEU , Max Baucus , Pat Roberts
DoD organizations need 'analytical maturity,' expert says
Jim Hagy, director the Defense Human Capital practice at Deloitte, talks to The Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the Defense Department can continue to achieve its mission in an ever changing world.
Tags: Jim Hagy , Federal Drive , Deloitte , DoD ,
Tips for combating the insider threat
Hord Tipton, the executive director of ISC2 and the former chief information officer at the Interior Department, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the "red flags" managers should look for in the hiring process.
Tags: hiring , cybersecurity , Hord Tipton , ISC(2) , In Depth , Francis Rose , insider threat
Many non-SES managers feeling left out of key discussions
GS-12s to GS-15s want more say in labor-management conversations. Patricia Niehaus, the president of the Federal Managers Association, said too often political appointees and SESers are the only managers at the table. OPM's John Berry said he will work with FMA and others to figure out how to be more inclusive.
Tags: OPM , John Berry , Patricia Niehaus , Federal Managers Association , management , National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relat , training , Jason Miller
Does happiness trickle down?
Ever seen the sign that reads: If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy? The bottom line, according to the book with the same title, is if the boss isn't pleased, everybody suffers, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. So how's that working out in your office?
Tags: pay and benefits , management , SES , Mike Causey , Federal Report
