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John Palguta spent 34 years in the federal government, before retiring as a member of the Senior Executive Service and director of policy at the Merit Systems Protection Board. For the last 16 years, he as been vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service. He talked to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about his last day on the job.
A new rule stemming from the 2015 Defense authorization act would disallow reimbursing contractors for costs when they're called into Congress for investigations. This is not just for DoD agencies. Alan Chvotkin, executive vice president of the Professional Services Council, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more on this rule and its likely impact.
Prime and subcontractors could soon be required to offer employees who work on and support federal contracts paid sick leave.Prime and subcontractors could soon be required to offer employees who work on and support federal contracts paid sick leave.
Give Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he'll agree that in some jobs, feds do earn less than their private sector counterparts.
Senior leaders at the Veterans Affairs Department say the bill that was supposed to help them hold agency senior executives more accountable isn't working. Agency leaders are considering changes to the VA Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 (Choice Act).
Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin, career federal managers can still make a difference no matter when the next election is scheduled.
Susan Tsui Grundmann, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how new legislation requiring greater accountability from Veterans Affairs managers affects the MSPB.
A proposed 5.3 percent pay raise for federal employees next fiscal year has the support of 33 members of Congress.
Bob Dittmer, deputy tax commissioner of the Indiana Department of Revenue, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the state is licking the problem of fraudulently obtained refunds.
Identity thieves often don't care about you. They just want a valid date of birth, address and Social Security number.
A new report on customer service details gap between agencies' and citizens' perceptions, and challenges to improvement.
DISA asks industry for help in defining the requirements for next version of MilCloud, including how to set up utility-based pricing
Charles Dickens might have described federal customer service as the best and worst. When it's good it ranks up with the best in the private sector. But too often, federal customer service is terrible. Now the Partnership for Public Service and Accenture Federal Services team up to help. They polled agencies with high transaction volumes to discover whether agency managers consider themselves on board with a customer centered approach. Kathy Conrad, director of Digital Government at Accenture, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more detail.
The Senate voted to end debate on the confirmation of Dr. Robert M. Califf as head the FDA.