Workforce

• Same Office, Very Different Workplace

  Editor’s Note: Click here to listen to Mike’s interview with OPM Director John Berry on yesterday’s Your Turn program. The location of the building and the color of your office walls may not change much…

  Mike Causey

  May 14, 2009
• Inside Government- May 15th, 2009

  Don Hale AFGE DEFCON Chair Jacque Simon AFGE Public Policy Director Scott Eblin President, The Eblin Group Heidi Shierholz Economist, Economic Policy Institute

  Federal Insights

  May 13, 2009
• Your Personalized Inside Track

  Next to the President, and your immediate supervisor, the most important person in your federal work life is probably a guy named John Berry. He’s the brand-new director of the Office of Personnel Management. Some…

  Mike Causey

  May 12, 2009
• The budget and hiring more feds

  The President’s recently released budget message maps out a number of his priorities for the coming fiscal year, among them, fixing the federal hiring process. A previous top fed at OPM has some advice for…

  Benefits

  May 11, 2009
• Performance council to lead new program evaluation approach

  White House outlines replacement for PART program to focus on \'meaningful measures and quantitative targets.\'

  Budget

  May 11, 2009
• What do we learn from failure? 5/04/2009

  John Dewey said failure is instructive—so what can we learn from past complex system acquisitions? And how can we improve the process? When IT procurement requirements are poorly defined acquisitions can run into trouble—with over-charges, under-estimates and countless change orders. When speed matters, getting the up-front requirements right is crucial. To make acquisitions effective, focus on the essentials: clear, concise requirements, consistency, adequate detail, and realistic performance goals—then your chances for a win-win rise dramatically.

  Management

  May 06, 2009
• Long-term insurance premiums for some feds might rise

  FederalNewsRadio Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says you need to do research in order to find out what\'s best for you.

  Benefits

  May 05, 2009
• Save Money by Buying IT Hardware

  Just like private-sector businesses, agencies are trying to squeeze out every last penny from IT budgets. One way is to extend the life of laptop inventories and other IT hardware. But Jack Gold of J.…

  All News

  May 01, 2009
• Who watches the watchman?

  David Fisher Director Business Transformation Agency May 5th, 2009

  Federal Tech Talk

  April 30, 2009
• RetireEZ proving to be hard

  GAO says OPM does not have a good plan for modernizing federal retirement planning system.

  Congress

  April 23, 2009
• Automating RetireEZ

  The Office of Personnel Management is far behind in bringing the RetireEZ program up to date. That’s according to a report by the Government Accountability Office, which says that for the past twenty years OPM…

  Congress

  April 23, 2009
• DorobekInsider.com: The Federal News Radio Book Club — Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott

  The third episode of the Federal News Radio Book Club is coming up on Friday, April 17 at 2p on Federal News Radio 1500 AM’s In Depth with Francis Rose . The third book is…

  Budget

  April 16, 2009
• Dangerous Territory: Your Office

  What do you do if a coworker comes in dressed as a Nazi storm trooper, or if the boss asks you to put drops in his ears? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says that problem employees and nasty bosses can make or break an office and he\'s got some examples.

  Mike Causey

  April 15, 2009
• Acquisition Help Wanted

  The Pentagon plans to hire tens of thousands of acquisition workers over the next five years. What kind of education and training does it take to get into this field? Charles Tompkins is a professor…

  Federal Drive

  April 10, 2009