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Is your office vulnerable to a defamation lawsuit?

Debra Roth, a partner at Shaw, Bransford and Roth, discusses the implications surrounding the recent case of a Medal of Honor recipient suing his former employer for defamation.

Tags: hiring , Debra Roth , Federal Drive , contracting , lawsuit , workforce issues

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Obama extends labor-management council to 2013

Unions, management associations and agencies will continue to meet through September 2013 to discuss issues from employee evaluations to bargaining over office space and technology. President Barack Obama signed an executive order extending the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations, the President's Management Advisory Board and seven other advisory committees.

Tags: National Council on Federal Labor Management Relations , Barack Obama , unions , Labor , management , George Nesterczuk , Carol Bonosaro , OPM , Tim Curry , Emily Kopp , President

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Top tips for managing teleworkers

Are you a federal manager? Then you need these 13 tips for managing the new crop of teleworkers in your office.

Tags: telework , Telework Center , Telework Enhancement Act , OPM , information security ,

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Union fighting to save DoD civilian workforce jobs - November 18th, 2011 and November 25th, 2011

This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" Defense Conference Chair Don Hale addresses the Defense Department's plans to slash thousands of civilian workforce jobs. AFGE Political Action Committee Director Bob Nicklas and AFL-CIO's Ben Waxman also discuss the labor movement's collective bargaining win on Election Day in Ohio.

Tags: Inside Government , Don Hale , Ben Waxman , Bob Nicklas , AFGE

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Obama requests funds to expand cyber training

President Obama has requested $166.5 million to fight computer crime over the next year, and Congress has approved every penny.

Tags: Cybersecurity Update , technology , Barack Obama , Congress , FBI , In Depth , Nextgov

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VA offers new buyouts, early outs

The buyouts and early retirements apply to billing and collection jobs in 11 regional health care networks. They are part of VA's initiative to consolidate accounting activities.

Tags: VA , workforce reduction , buyouts , early retirement , retirement , pay and benefits , Consolidated Patient Account Center , Jo Schuda , Ruben Gomez

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Postal Service seeks outside opinion on restructuring

The Postal Service has hired Evercore Partners, a New York-based investment bank, to evaluate proposed changes to its operations, compensation and benefits. Evercore has advised General Motors and other large, troubled companies. USPS said it needs to cut annual expenses by $20 billion by 2015.

Tags: USPS , Congress , financial management , pay , Evercore Partners , Emily Kopp

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OPM's onboarding framework to ease SES' new-job jitters

The Office of Personnel Management has published an onboarding framework that agencies can use to ease the new-job jitters for members of the Senior Executive Service. Thorough orientation can increase retention, said OPM deputy associate director Steve Shih.

Tags: OPM , hiring , Senior Executive Service , Steven Shih , best practices , Emily Kopp

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Cybersecurity jobs more varied, numerous than most think

Ernest McDuffie, who oversees the National Initiative for Cybersecurity , joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin and Amy Morris to provide an update on how the program is working.

Tags: Federal Drive , Tom Temin , Amy Morris , cybersecurity

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Postal Service, unions extend negotiation deadline

Contracts with the National Association of Letter Carriers, AFL-CIO and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, AFL-CIO with the Postal Service expired at midnight Nov. 20. The new negotiation deadline is Dec. 7.

Tags: USPS , Federal Drive

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