Agency Oversight

  • The agency issued guidance to help employees understand specific pay and benefits questions. White House senior officials will meet again Wednesday to discuss budget proposals. House lawmakers also issued shutdown guidance.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees\' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to \"right-size\" its costs and operations.

    April 06, 2011
  • The Postal Service asked Congress Tuesday to change laws requiring them to pre-pay health benefits and overfund the Federal Employees\' Retirement System. Republicans say USPS needed to do much more to \"right-size\" its costs and operations.

    April 06, 2011
  • April 6, 2011The lifestyle and unique challenges of service people and their families make them vulnerable to predators, making financial literacy a key among this population to minimize their risk.

    April 05, 2011
  • A Merit Systems Protection Board judge ruled that Adair Martinez was wrongfully fired by the Veterans Affairs Department, and the agency violated her 5th amendment rights.

    April 05, 2011
  • 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