The Office of Personnel Management will clarify and create new tools to help agency leaders better understand the authorities they already have to recruit and retain new employees and boost engagement in their workplaces, says Mark Reinhold, OPM's associate director for employee services and chief human capital officer.
What does Washington today have in common with ancient Rome? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says he’s found the missing link and it's an invisible, sort of, woman.
Brian Friel, principal at One Nation Analytics LLC, discusses Alliant 2, Encore 3, category management and more when he joins host Roger Waldron on this week's Off the Shelf. February 16, 2016
Bill Gormley, president of the Gormley Group and chair of the Coaliton for Government Procurement, discusses category management, GSA's Schedules Transformation Initiative, and the current state of commercial item contracting. February 9, 2016
Ride-sharing is just one example of how digital tech can transform a service. Where are those examples in government?
When Congress voted to restrict appeal rights of Veterans Affairs Department managers, it never counted on what might happen. Namely, that the Merit Systems Protection Board would follow the law to the letter. That's why a series of reversals have hit VA's senior leadership when it tried to fire people for performance. Lynn Bernabei, a partner at the law firm Bernabei and Cabot, which specializes in employee grievance cases, says VA has become a battleground between MSPB and Congress. She joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more details.
The Homeland Security Department's Science and Technology Directorate is requiring that all researchers use its Software Assurance Marketplace to test an application before submitting it to the department. DHS S&T is also piloting a new contracting model for its work with Silicon Valley startups.
The Office of Personnel Management's Inspector General recently discovered that a D.C. Circuit Court ruling directly affects the position of OPM acting Director, which is currently held by Beth Cobert.
Darren Ash is leaving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after spending almost nine years as its chief information officer.
The Government Accountability Office will investigate federal agency spending on public relations, following a call-to-action from the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
When President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, 2017, his administration will bring new leadership to every federal agency — a fraction of the nearly 4,000 political hires he'll make in the Oval Office. So who's coming? Who's going? Federal News Radio has compiled an at-a-glance "cheat sheet" of key executive hires as they happen.
The Diversity and Inclusion Strategy for 2016-19 sets a three-year course for the CIA to embrace and integrate diversity into its workforce.
Some members of Congress are taking aim at the Merit Systems Protection Board, after it released its third decision in nearly a month to reverse punishments for senior executives at the Veterans Affairs Department. MSPB is standing by its decisions, arguing that it must comply with the 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.
Defense companies are expected to increase hiring for the first time in five years, but that could create problems for the Defense Department's recruiting initiatives.
Randy Silvey, president of Silverlight Financial, highlights three kinds of federal employees who prepare for retirement. And like the three little pigs, the retirement plan made of bricks is the most prepared.