Agency Oversight
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Sally Katzen, formerly with OMB, describes what it\'s like inside the federal workers\' head as the threat of a shutdown looms.
April 05, 2011 -
Federally Employed Women conducted a survey of federal employees to offer suggestions to Congress in cutting agencies\' costs.
April 05, 2011 -
The Postal Service will save more than $3 billion over the next several years under a labor agreement it negotiated with one of its largest unions, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe will tell Congress Tuesday. House lawmakers have called a hearing to examine the deal with the American Postal Workers Union and other USPS workforce issues.
April 04, 2011 -
Two employee unions, NTEU and NFFE, want their members to make their voices heard about what they say is the real impact of a government shutdown. The organizations are asking federal employees to call their member of Congress April 5. The unions also are trying to improve how they communicate with members about the shutdown.
April 04, 2011 -
OPM Director John Berry is calling for agency executives to use their existing tools to get rid of poor performers. Berry tells House lawmakers that over the next year OPM will work with managers improve performance management. OPM also giving up on its retirement systems modernization program and putting its financial management system upgrade on hold.
April 01, 2011 -
Joe Sheppard is a former Chief Nuclear Officer and Senior Vice President at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, and joins the Federal Drive with insight.
April 01, 2011 -
James Rivera, the SBA\'s associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Assistance, joined the Federal Drive with details on the agency\'s response in California and Hawaii
April 01, 2011 -
The Department of Homeland Security is inviting professionals from the private sector to work at DHS - without government pay.
March 30, 2011 -
Two Senators have proposed a bill reducing the number of printed copies of the Congressional Record in order to reduce the overall deficit.
March 30, 2011 -
Jefferson Consulting Group\'s Kathy Conrad offers tips for managing in tough budgets.
March 30, 2011 -
The Senior Executives Association and the Partnership for Public Service testified before a subcommittee with improvement to SES and ways Congress can help.
March 30, 2011 -
A radical new plan would outfit postal service trucks \"with sensors to collect and transmit information about weather or air pollutants,\" including radioactivity! We talk about it with the originator, the Postal Regulatory Commission\'s own Chief Counsel to the chairman, Michael Ravnitzky!
March 30, 2011 -
Federal employees have some of the best knowledge about how our government works, and some of the best ideas of how to improve it so it best serves the American people. That\'s why the White House wants your input through a new online tool.
March 30, 2011 -
OPM told a Senate subcommittee that recruitment, training and onboarding are among their top priorities to improve the Senior Executive Service. More than half of all SESers are eligible to retire by 2013. OPM\'s Nancy Kichak said SES pay compression is the biggest challenge in need of Congressional help.
March 30, 2011 -
The IG says the Defense Department didn\'t follow specific rules to make sure the information was correct.
March 29, 2011