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The 2016 spending bill holds more presents than lumps of coal for federal employees. The omnibus appropriations bill is the first one in some time that didn’t require federal employees to hold their collective breaths for possible pay and benefits changes. Federal News Radio’s executive editor Jason Miller joins Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin me with details about why federal employees should be a little more optimistic for 2016 and beyond. Read Jason's related story.
December 17, 2015 -
The omnibus spending bill includes money for the FBI’s new headquarters, 10 years of credit monitoring services for OPM breach victims and much more for federal employees.
December 17, 2015 -
The Office of Special Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board and Office of Government Ethics haven't received authorization from Congress since 2007. But Congress says it wants to consider additional legislation and statutory changes before it issues new reauthorizations.
December 16, 2015 -
The National Security Agency is preparing for an organizational change that will prepare future leaders for global threats.
December 16, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management's 2015-16 winter season dismissal and closure procedures are essentially the same as the ones issued last winter.
December 16, 2015 -
More money to spend on performance bonuses and an overhaul to the hiring and onboarding process are some of the changes coming to the Senior Executive Service next year. To help implement them, agencies have four major requirements from President Barack Obama in a new executive order. Federal News Radio reporter Nicole Ogrysko fills in Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 16, 2015 -
Federal IT, and now to improve it, is an industry all by itself. The latest authority to weigh in is the Professional Services Council. Together with the Technology Councils of North America and other groups, it's issued a detailed white paper covering six principles for better federal IT. Dave Wennergren is the PSC's executive vice president. Federal Drive anchor Tom Temin asked him about the findings, including the question of, why yet another run at IT advice.
December 16, 2015 -
Yesterday, the President signed an executive order designed to strengthen the Senior Executive Service by requiring agencies to rotate more of their SES-ers to different agencies or assignments, making sure they’re not paid less than their General Schedule subordinates and refining agencies processes for onboarding SES members. Jeri Buchholz is a strategic business development adviser for FMP Consulting and a former chief human capital officer at NASA. In a column she wrote for Federal News Radio, she argues the order is a good first start, but it might also be a distraction from the real problems in the Senior Executive Service. She talked to Jared Serbu on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about wh
December 16, 2015 -
The White House introduced new steps to attract, develop and retain current and future members of the Senior Executive Service. President Obama signed an executive order Dec. 15, which gives agencies four major tasks for implementing SES reform.
December 16, 2015 -
If there is a government shutdown — when people are sent home and ordered not to work — can a federal employee still go on vacation?
December 16, 2015 -
If Congress fails to pass an omnibus spending bill before the Dec. 16 deadline and triggers a government shutdown, three Virginia lawmakers want to ensure furloughed federal employees get back pay.
December 15, 2015 -
Federal News Radio was on hand Monday morning, Dec. 14, for the first day of the National Contract Management Association’s Government Contract Management Symposium, talking to experts about the hurdles they see ahead in contract management.
December 15, 2015 -
Federal inspectors general are asking Congress to do away with what they say are legal barriers agencies are throwing up to keep information away from their in-house watchdogs. Information the inspectors general say they need to complete their investigations. Now they're fighting back with a legislative package. Michael Horowitz is chairman of the Council of Inspectors General and IG at the Justice Department, where the blockage started. In an interview on Federal Drive with Tom Temin, Horowitz outlined the problem and the strategy for fixing it.
December 15, 2015 -
A draft policy letter obtained by Federal News Radio reduces the amount of days DISA employees are able to telework.
December 15, 2015 -
Shutting down the federal government is a truly dumb thing to do, but Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that doesn't mean it won't happen.
December 15, 2015