Management
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As the Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office, Goodwin is like a stern but compassionate teacher, as she examines and evaluates the Bureau of Prisons.
May 24, 2023 -
Tom starts with the notion that the federal correctional facility is the basic unit in the Bureau of Prisons. Tom's guest is a corrections consultant, who served in the Senior Executive Service and as warden of ADX Florence, the system's most secure prison. The Colorado facility is also known as Super Max.
May 24, 2023 -
In today's Federal Newscast: Investors worry about TSP's future, if the government defaults on it debt obligations. Marines are spending more time in basic training. And the Thrift Savings Plan makes room for the new Office of Participant Experience.
May 24, 2023 -
DoD introduced a new plan to modernize records keeping and make it more accessible as agencies move away from paper records.
May 23, 2023 -
Chief human capital officers and other federal workforce leaders celebrated 20 years of the CHCO Council by reflecting on past successes and sharing plans to address current challenges for strategic human capital management.
May 23, 2023 -
That smooshy sound you hear is everyone squirming in their seats as the national-debt default looms closer. The weird thing is, the government is fully appropriated for the rest of fiscal 2023, with four months of high spending yet to go.
May 23, 2023 -
Bureau of Prisons correctional officers, and nearly everyone is a correctional officer, operate in a crucible. They deal with Bureau management, which has trouble maintaining staffing and measuring its programs.
May 23, 2023 -
Having best places to work, means some employees endure the worst places. And the worst of all, according to the rankings for 2022 compiled by the Partnership for Public Services, is the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a component of the Justice Department.
May 22, 2023 -
Lauren Knausenberger, the outgoing chief information officer of the Air Force, said if requested funding for fiscal 2024 comes through as hoped for, several transformation initiatives will get a much needed boost.
May 22, 2023 -
BOP must do simple things to makes itself a better place to work: Get to full staffing. Hire the right people. Update crumbling facilities. Sharpen the anti-recidivism problems. Easy to visualize, difficult to do.
May 19, 2023 -
In the world of food, the word organic remains vague, and the rules a bit loose. Now the Agriculture Department has proposed new rules to tighten up the production and handling of food sold as organic.
May 19, 2023 -
More questions than answers surround the possibility of a government debt default. But it wouldn't be good for federal employees or retirees.
May 18, 2023 -
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says Postal Service can still achieve its long-term financial goals – if its regulator and Congress don’t interfere with plans to overhaul its delivery network.
May 18, 2023 -
Guy Cavallo, the chief information officer for OPM, said the initial focus of the new retirement services system is on new retirees and starting them off in a digital format.
May 18, 2023 -
Federal agencies spend more on grants than they do on procurements. Way more! The Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that spending could be more transparent, and could stand a lot more oversight, than it does now
May 17, 2023