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In case you missed my appearance last night on Capital Insider to discuss the government’s difficulties recruiting qualified Senior Executive Service candidates, here you go:
View ArticleOPM leads cyber workforce focus groups
The Office of Personnel Management is hosting a series of focus groups to garner solutions for beefing up the government’s cybersecurity workforce. Starting today, OPM called on dozens of cybersecurity...
View ArticleCybersecurity…what is it?
Top government officials agree that far more cybersecurity professionals are needed to defend the nations networks and solve one of its most pressing issues: hiring and retaining a qualified cyber...
View ArticleJapan disasters won’t halt fellowship program
A fellowship program that sends U.S. government officials to work in Japanese government offices is still accepting applications, despite the nation’s recent earthquake and accompanying tsunami and...
View ArticleDisciplining poor performers: What’s holding you back?
The numbers are in, and it seems pretty clear that the government has a problem disciplining its poor performers. As Federal Times exclusively reported Tuesday, only 737 General Schedule employees —...
View ArticleFed Times on the air: Step increases for (almost) all!
I’ll be appearing on the TV show Capital Insider this evening to discuss the government’s inability to hold poor performers accountable. As we reported last week, only 737 out of more than 1.2 million...
View ArticleFed Times on the air: 737 of 1.2M feds denied raises for poor performance
Just 737 out of more than 1.2 million General Schedule employees were denied their step increases and accompanying raises for poor performance in 2009, as Federal Times’ exclusive investigation found....
View ArticleManagers: What tech do you use to evaluate performance?
Federal Times would like to hear from federal managers on what they use to evaluate employees’ performance. Specifically, what kind of software tools or programs come in handy when you’re tracking...
View ArticleThree awesome government jobs you have probably never heard of
#3 Job Title: Criminal Investigator Agency: National Archives and Records Administration The National Archives contains billions of documents and items that make up our nations cultural and political...
View ArticleFor the first time, fed satisfaction survey will be open to (nearly) all
The Office of Personnel Management this year plans to more than triple the amount of federal employees invited to take the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. More than 1.8 million permanent feds — both...
View ArticleRetirements continue to rise — what’s it mean for you?
The latest pension processing stats from the Office of Personnel Management contained an interesting nugget on retirement trends. Namely, that they’re continuing to rise in 2012, after shooting up 24...
View ArticleFed up with anti-fed attitudes? We want to hear from you
Public Service Recognition Week — traditionally a week to recognize the good that government employees do for the nation — comes at a dour time for federal employees this year. House Republicans are...
View ArticleCould RIFs be the lesser of two evils?
For more than a year, cash-strapped agencies across the government have been offering buyouts and early outs to reduce their payrolls. Several of those agencies said it’s better to cut the rolls...
View ArticleCHCOs: Supervisors must do better on poor performers
Federal supervisors aren’t doing nearly enough to hold poor performers accountable — or keep them from ending up as poor performers in the first place, two chief human capital officers said today....
View ArticleLack of foreign language skills, education called ‘a national disgrace’
The state of foreign language education in the United States remains abysmal, and is endangering the federal government’s ability to operate in a multinational world, a panel of senior government...
View ArticleAs the federal workforce shrinks, how are you coping?
The latest statistics on the federal workforce provide the strongest proof yet that government employment has peaked and is on its way down. USA Today reported that the federal workforce in April was...
View ArticleHow far is too far when it comes to monitoring your government computer?
Certain employee communications are protected by law. But does that mean everything else is fair game? I’m curious to hear your thoughts on what is appropriate electronic monitoring and what you...
View ArticleHow has mobile technology impacted your work-life balance?
Are you a chronic smartphone or tablet user, who regularly checks emails and conducts business outside of normal work hours? Federal Times wants to hear from you. How has this technology impacted your...
View ArticleFew CIOs involved in agency succession planning
Most federal information technology executives are not involved in their department’s succession planning activities, according to a new workforce study. The 25 IT executives included in the ACT-IAC...
View ArticleGAO: Agencies rehire few retirees at full pay
About three years ago, Congress granted agencies wide authority to rehire federal retirees and pay them both their full pensions as well as their full salaries. But the Government Accountability Office...
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