Management
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Andrew Mayock has been chosen for the top management role in the government after spending the last two years working in assorted roles at OMB.
December 10, 2015 -
The White House also will announce the inaugural winner of the customer service award and recipients of the Presidential Rank Awards.
December 10, 2015 -
The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding hearings on less prominent Defense officials after a long stalemate over a congressional rule change.
December 10, 2015 -
He's worked across a wide range of federal missions. Intelligence. Homeland Security. Veterans Affairs. Foreign Affairs. As managing director of the Government Accountability Office, James-Christian Blockwood supports the mission of making sure every other mission is carried out correctly and efficiently. Blockwood is among the latest group of fellows named by the National Academy of Public Administration. He shares his thoughts about this honor on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
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As terrorism threats rise, the federal-state-local law enforcement relationship is growing more important. Patrick Doyle, a former New Jersey State Police officer now with Unisys, told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that feds remain the second responder
December 10, 2015 -
The Defense Department has a temporary reprieve from budget uncertainty with the two-year budget deal. Now that the department can look further ahead, two of its top budgetary officials are beating the drum for nuclear modernization. The bill for modernization and sustainment of nuclear weapons could be as high as $1 trillion over the next 30 years. Federal News Radio’s Scott Maucione tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his look into the nuclear triad question.
December 10, 2015 -
Based on the work of two study groups, the Pentagon is likely to ask Congress to revise two key statutes underlying its personnel management system for military officers: the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Defense Officer Personnel Management Act.
December 10, 2015 -
While a continuing resolution seems likely in the waning days of the short-term spending bill the government is currently operating under, federal employees once again have found themselves looking over their shoulders for any sign of a shutdown.
December 10, 2015 -
The House Veterans Affairs Committee came down hard on the steps VA has taken so far to hold its employees accountable for misconduct. Deputy VA Secretary Sloan Gibson said the department is putting employees on detail rather than paid administrative leave, while the VA finishes a disciplinary investigation.
December 09, 2015 -
The bill tasks the Office of Management and Budget with providing privacy requirements and guidance for new users of the “Do Not Pay” system.
December 09, 2015 -
Federal wastebooks do make fun reading, and they do manage to portray some of the absurdity that creeps into an organization as vast as the U.S. federal government. My problem is that the effort is froth.
December 09, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management analyzed data from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey and found specific ways for agencies to improve employee satisfaction.
December 09, 2015 -
Agencies improved their overall employee satisfaction and commitment scores for the for the first time in four years. As we reported, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte released the 2015 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings this week. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko shared more on the rankings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 09, 2015 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development jumped 8 points in the annual Best Places to Work survey. It was the largest increase by any mid-sized or large agency in the rankings. While HUD still has a long way to go to fix employee engagement, officials believe the battleship is indeed turning in the right direction. Nani Coloretti is the HUD deputy secretary. She tells executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how HUD made progress and where it’s heading next.
December 09, 2015 -
Nani Coloretti, the HUD deputy secretary, said the 8 point increase in the 10th annual Best Places to Work rankings can be traced to listening to employees and communicating changes.
December 09, 2015