Management
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From gathering weather data in the air to providing relief on the ground, federal employees snap into action as Hurricane Matthew ravages the East Coast.
October 07, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management released the full results of the 2016 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which give greater insight into federal employees' thoughts on their leaders and supervisors, overall job satisfaction and training and development opportunities. OPM this year focused on making comparisons of agencies by size. Specifically, OPM broke down organizations' results by very large, large, medium, small and very small agencies. The report gives a more detailed view of agencies' progress on employee engagement and inclusion.
October 06, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management engineered a sharp upturn in retirement claims processed during the month of September.
October 06, 2016 -
When it comes to getting a message out to the public, federal agencies have more ground to cover than ever, thanks to social media. But how does the government's online presence translate into spending?
October 06, 2016 -
It's hard to forget the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico back in 2010. The government hasn't. In fact, just this past April, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement finalized new rules for offshore well control. Last month, it held a workshop to help people from the oil drilling industry understand it. Doug Morris, chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs at the BSEE, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this program.
October 06, 2016 -
President Barack Obama signed a memorandum promoting diversity and inclusion in the national security workforce. The memo calls for the collection, analysis and dissemination of demographic data, as well as develop practices for exit and stay interviews.
October 05, 2016 -
Agencies are starting to embrace rotational assignments — one of the four main priorities in a recent executive order on the Senior Executive Service — as an opportunity to give SES members new experiences and developmental opportunities.
October 05, 2016 -
Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that he is stepping down effective Oct. 28.
October 05, 2016 -
For decades the federal government has grappled with how to make its services understandable and easy to use. If you've ever seen a Medicare manual, you'll know what we mean. More agencies are using a technique called journey mapping to improve service. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin what it is and how it works.
October 05, 2016 -
The Office of Management and Budget's cross-agency team of mobility experts will soon publish its ideas for an enterprise-wide mobile strategy. The team's work is the result of a final memo OMB published in August, which pushes agencies to cut back and consolidate their mobile service agreements and contracts.
October 04, 2016 -
The Office of Personnel Management issued new guidance last month about human resource matters for SESers and outgoing political appointees. GAO plans to develop an app to focus on top federal management priorities for the next administration and members of Congress.
October 04, 2016 -
The Army is changing and with it are the demands on its individual soldiers. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley explained what characteristics the next generation soldier will hold.
October 03, 2016 -
Justin Johnson, senior policy analyst for defense budgeting policy at the Heritage Foundation, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin the crucial partnership on military basics between the Defense Department and Congress is badly frayed, and the military will be the worse for it.
October 03, 2016 -
The transactional data rule is something the General Services Administration has instituted to try and move away from the price reduction clause some day. But it's turning out to be a slow and expensive system to get up and running. Larry Allen, president of Allen Federal Business Partners. tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin he's wondering who's going to pay?
October 03, 2016 -
The Project on Government Oversight took a deep dive into a fellowship program that doesn’t get too much attention and made recommendations to Congress about the program. Federal News Radio contacted individual members of Congress, the House Rules Committee and the Senate Ethics Committee. Some declined to comment, while others did not respond in time for the story. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione spoke with Lydia Dennett, an investigator at POGO, on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about what POGO found.
October 03, 2016