GAO Lauds NNSA Contractor Workforce Management
The eight contractor-operated National Nuclear Security Administration weapons facilities generally have developed and implemented a multifaceted approach to recruit and …More
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The Office of Personnel Management has issued chief human capital officers guidance on creating performance standards for IT training, required …More
Legal Rights in Appeals Also Changing
One significant change ahead at DHS in the area of employee appeals will be consolidating into one the separate processes …More
Expectations, Accountability to Be Stressed
Under the new DHS pay for performance system, managers and employees will jointly develop performance expectations. Traditional performance elements and …More
The DHS Version of Pay for Performance
The Department of Homeland Security’s new personnel system, which Bush administration officials want to use as the model for other …More
FAA Gives Air Traffic Control Graduates Option of Postponing Start Date
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule that would allow graduates of schools in its collegiate training initiative to …More
IRS Employees Get Retroactive Leave after Abrupt End to Incentive Program
Employees of the Internal Revenue Service’s Ogden Campus in Utah have been awarded retroactive leave after winning arbitration upholding a …More
NASA Expands Financial Management Contract
NASA has announced that it is expanding its contract with Science Applications International Corporation of San Diego by $48 million–to …More
OPM Forum on SES System Administration
The Office of Personnel Management held an interagency executive resources forum on Jan. 26 for agency human capital professionals responsible …More
Labor Agreement Non-Binding without OMB Approval, Says Appeals Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has ruled that a collective bargaining agreement reached between …More
Panels Calls for Organizational and Management Reforms In NASA Technology Transfer
Organizational and management reforms are needed in NASA’s technology transfer effort, according to a panel of the National Academy of …More
New Labor Agreement for IRS Chief Counsel Office Employees
The Nation Treasury Employees Union announced that it has negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement covering certain workplace flexibilities and …More
Course: Management Skills and Techniques
Management Concepts has scheduled a course for Feb. 16-18, and subsequent dates throughout 2005, for managers and supervisors who are …More
Pay Promised TSA Screeners Denied
The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has denied pay to a group of airport security workers at the level they …More
Critical Information About Your Social Security/Medicare
The 2005 Social Security and Medicare Handbook For Federal Employees & Retirees Go to fedweek.spinrx.com to order yours now, while …More
FBI Linguist Fired for Blowing Whistle, Justice IG Report Concludes
The Department of Justice inspector general has concluded that a former contract linguist in the Federal Bureau of Investigation was …More
Air Force Employees Assigned Career Fields
The Air Force has assigned career fields to its employees, applying the career development approach traditionally used for military personnel …More
Latest “Prune Book” Offers Presidential Appointees Management Advice
The Council for Excellence in Government has released the “2004 Prune Book: Top Management Challenges for Presidential Appointees,” that it …More
Gift Provision Limit Also Increasing
The General Services Administration in a Jan. 12 Federal Register notice raised “minimal value” under the Foreign Gifts & Decorations …More
Raises Trigger Higher Limits for Certain Ethics Purposes
The pay raises recently paid out to general schedule federal employees will have the effect of changing several pay thresholds …More
MSPB Highlights CMS Employee Orientation Guidance
The Merit Systems protection Board in its most recent Issues of Merit newsletter highlighted the Department of Health and Human …More
Army Developing Creed, Advisory Board
The Army is starting to put in place a series of recommendations arising from a series of studies of training …More
OMB Revises Financial Management Circular
The Office of Management and Budget has issued a revised circular
MSPB Pushes Category Rating
Promoted to replace the sometimes arbitrary and unfair “rule of three,” category rating has been successfully demonstrated at the Department …More
OPM Selects Products for Integrated Electronic Personnel Records System
The Office of Personnel Management has awarded Integic two contracts in support of the enterprise human resources integration e-gov initiative, …More
CFO Council Launches Website for Tracking Agency Finances
The Chief Financial Officers Council has launched its Metric Tracking System, a website designed to give federal financial managers and …More
Agencies Should Organize According to Mission and Function, Says Book
A new book from the RAND Corporation calls for a reorganization of the federal government in order to lay the …More
DHS Issues National Response Plan, Coordinates Federal Agency Response
The Department of Homeland Security has announced the completion of a national response plan, developed with federal departments and agencies …More
EEOC Report Covers Key Elements of Model EEO Programs: Efficiency
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a report covering efficiency in agency complaints processing, a key element of …More
DoD Needs Stronger Accounting of Military Personnel Appropriations, Says GAO
The Department of Defense needs to strengthen its annual review and certification process for paying and supporting military personnel, for …More
