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Learn more about the DEA\'s work to crackdown on drug trade
August 23, 2010 -
Learn more about what reforms the FDA has in store
August 23, 2010 -
A recent survey finds most federal workers like their jobs, but the promotion process continues to be an issue. That\'s where Aon\'s Telephone Assessment Program, or TAPs, comes in. TAPS offers a proven method of testing an employee\'s skills for a position at the next level. Employees are asked to work through realistic job simulations, and come up with positive outcomes to everyday challenges. All of us this is done by phone with same-day results that are legally defensible.
August 23, 2010 -
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The DorobekInsider gets details about a new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thorton.
August 20, 2010 -
The DorobekInsider learns how a successful onboarding process works and why it should last one to two years -- not one to two days. Authors Mark Stein and Lilith Christiansen of Kaiser Associates discuss tips from their book on how to keep those new hires once you snag them.
August 20, 2010 -
Read a new column from William Eggers and John O\'Leary.
August 20, 2010 -
DHS is releasing gases and fluorescent particles into Boston\'s subway tunnels today to study how toxic chemicals and lethal biological agents could spread through the nation\'s oldest subway system in a terrorist attack. Details from program manager, Teresa Lustig
August 20, 2010 -
The word has came down from the White House: Consolidate or otherwise reduce the number of federal data centers by half. Doug Washburn with Forrester Research tells us how it can be done.
August 20, 2010 -
Most agencies do not have an accurate inventory of how many devices they are paying for or how much those devices are being used. Officials estimate the government could save as much as $200 million a year by improving the management and optimization of contracts for wireless devices. The administration plans to revive the wireless communications strategic sourcing initiative.
August 20, 2010 -
A recent survey of chief human capital officers reveals some shortcomings and frustrations in the relationship between CHCOs and the Office of Personnel Management. But two veteran federal HR experts said such a tension is natural and even healthy. And a top OPM leader talks about an initiative to resolve concerns over the shortcomings of training on the part of the HR workforce and their ability to assist in hiring reforms.
August 20, 2010 -
The state and local sectors are headed for a multi-trillion dollar headache
August 19, 2010 -
Reversed and remanded. That\'s where the case of a former Interior Department employee who blew the whistle sits. Bill Bransford gives us an update.
August 19, 2010