Budget
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GAO will offer lump sum payments worth up to $25,000, as part of its workforce reduction plan. The agency is acting in anticipation of a smaller fiscal 2012 budget.
August 16, 2011 -
A list of federal agencies that considered or offered buyouts and early retirements in 2011.
August 16, 2011 -
Jim McAleese, of McAleese and Associates, joined the Federal Drive to discuss how the super committee\'s deficit cuts could affect the Defense Department\'s budget and its acquisition.
August 16, 2011 -
Sandy Johnson, the executive editor of the Center for Public Integrity, joined the Federal Drive to discuss how the various reputations and relationships among the lawmakers on the super committee bodes for a compromise deal.
August 16, 2011 -
In contrast to media reports predicting radical changes to military retirement, DoD said there are no immediate plans to change the retirement system.
August 16, 2011 -
Secretary John McHugh announced the creation of a new commission to revamp the part of the Army that prepares, trains, educates and supports troops. He said this part of the service has not been significantly update for 30 years.
August 15, 2011 -
The Department of Veterans Affairs named 12 finalists in an employee contest to find ways to improve the agency\'s career training and counseling services.
August 15, 2011 -
A bipartisan group of senators is urging the Defense Department to release information on contractor debt collection after the department\'s Inspector General report found deficiencies in DoD\'s debt collection practices.
August 15, 2011 -
Mackenzie Eaglen from the Heritage Foundation says the Super committee needs to think twice before making major Defense cuts.
August 12, 2011 -
The Government Accountability Office joins a growing list of federal departments and agencies that wants to offer early retirements and voluntary separations to its employees. GAO said the move is in anticipation of a smaller 2012 budget.
August 12, 2011 -
Facing a second year of losses totaling $8 billion or more, the agency also wants to pull its workers out of the retirement and health benefits plans covering federal workers and set up its own benefit systems. Congressional approval would be needed for these changes.
August 12, 2011 -
On today\'s Federal Drive: USPS announced it\'s considering massive job cuts, Veterans Affairs large-scale IT contract under siege from bid protests and expanded benefits to the post-9/11 GI Bill.
August 12, 2011 -
Getting and keeping a security clearance is vital in a growing number of federal jobs. And useful when feds retire and go into the private sector. But are those all-important clearances going to be harder to get, and keep in the future? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains. (This column was originally published on July 13, 2011.)
August 12, 2011 -
Patricia Niehaus, national president of the Federal Managers Association, shared her experience in government in keeping the information flowing from D.C. to the field and back.
August 11, 2011 -
The agency is using HUDStat sessions to set, oversee and accomplish performance goals. HUD and VA are using these meetings to ensure they are meeting their joint goal to reduce homelessness among veterans. HUD\'s Peter Grace said getting program managers to talk honestly about their challenges has been among the biggest changes.
August 11, 2011