Commentary
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FAST 2020 is GSA’s national training conference where hundreds of accredited training hours will be available to government employees at no charge.
August 30, 2019 -
In addition to the ever-present threat of a shutdown, it’s when federal workers go shopping for next year’s all-important heath insurance.
August 30, 2019 -
Former Navy Adm. Bill Moran's early retirement demonstrates an old lesson in sticking to the rules.
August 29, 2019 -
Former DHS chief human capital officer Jeff Neal says he didn't used to, but that the recent USDA situation makes him think the civil service might in fact be broken.
August 29, 2019 -
Shouldn’t the feds responsible for programs impacting crops, cattle and minerals be closer to the taxpayers who produce, manage and depend on them?
August 29, 2019 -
Most experts say it is essential that people under the Federal Employees Retirement System put at least 5% into the Thrift Savings Plan.
August 28, 2019 -
The General Services Administration's multiple-award schedule contracts generate about $45 billion in annual sales. The challenge will be to build portals, not flea markets.
August 27, 2019 -
Levi Gundert, the vice president of intelligence and risk at Recorded Future, explains how agencies can protect themselves as Iranian cyber attacks escalate.
August 26, 2019 -
When the Federal Employees Retirement System was being developed in Congress, most people didn’t switch even though they probably should have.
August 26, 2019 -
Many current and former feds remember whistleblowers in their agency. Often times the people who knew them best are the best judges of their actions, impact and motives.
August 23, 2019 -
The government management ranks aren't totally at odds with their employees.
August 22, 2019 -
Since the 1980s some federal offices and postal stations have been divided by a form of pension envy between CSRS and FERS.
August 22, 2019 -
Commentator Jeff Neal addresses some of the ways AI may replace HR in the not-too-distant future, looking at actual technology.
August 21, 2019 -
No matter how humble your salary, job, habits and possessions you have an estate.
August 21, 2019 -
The agency's IG report on two Trump administration appointees reads like a politicals' manual for what not to do.
August 20, 2019