Workforce

• GAO Auditing BRAC

  Government auditors say the 2005 round of the Base Realignment and Closure is the biggest, most complex and most costly ever. Investigators from GAO say DOD agencies need to take steps to make sure BRAC…

  Congress

  February 05, 2009
• Health Care Reform: Good For the Feds!

  Just about everybody agrees we need some kind of national health care reform, but not if it means higher premiums and reduced or delayed services. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey talks about how health care reform might impact feds and retirees.

  Mike Causey

  February 04, 2009
• Office of Personnel Management

  Kay Ely Associate Director, Human Resources Products & Services Division February 2nd and 4th, 2009

  Management

  February 02, 2009
• Monster Hacks

  For the second time since July 2007, the federal government’s jobs site, USAjobs.gov, has been hacked. The Office of Personnel Management reported yesterday that the back end database run by Monster Worldwide has been illegally…

  Workforce

  January 27, 2009
• Acting Director of OPM Named

  President Barack Obama has announced the appointment of Kathie Ann Whipple as the Acting Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM), according to an OPM press release. Prior to her appointment, Whipple was…

  Workforce

  January 23, 2009
• Obama & Federal Unions

  President Barack Obama has promised to make public service “cool” again. Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, has said that the previous administration wasn’t very friendly to feds. What does she think…

  Unions

  January 20, 2009
• DoD, OPM finalize NSPS rule

  The Defense Department and the Office of Personnel Management issued a final rule today giving more flexibility to the National Security Personnel System more flexibility in how employees are recruited and hired. OPM and DoD…

  Defense

  January 16, 2009
• DoD slows moves to private industry

  The Department of Defense is requiring officials who participate in costly acquisitions at the Pentagon to get written approval from an agency ethics officer before taking a job with a contractor. Government Executive is reporting…

  Management

  January 16, 2009
• Acquisition oversight to shift to vendors

  Competition, accountability among areas of focus for 2009

  Management

  January 16, 2009
• OPM says goodbye to 39 job series

  Beautician, coal handling and glass blowing are among the 39 occupational series that no longer have a place in the federal workforce system. The Office of Personnel Management cancelled these series that have on average…

  Workforce

  January 15, 2009
• OPM asks for student loan repayment data

  Agencies must report on their use of student loan repayment program by March 31. The Office of Personnel Management wants the data for calendar year 2008 as well as the first quarter of fiscal year…

  Workforce

  January 15, 2009
• Steny Hoyer Discusses Berry

  We’re still awaiting the official announcement of National Zoo director John Berry’s nomination to run the Office of Personnel Management. But already, a key lawmaker — and Berry’s former Capitol Hill boss — took some…

  Workforce

  January 14, 2009
• Office of Personnel Management

  Michael Hager Acting Director January 12th and 14th, 2009

  Management

  January 12, 2009
• Log On, Opt Out of Traffic

  You should expect traffic – lots and lots of traffic – on Inauguration Day. Many feds have the day off, but what about those people who don’t? The Telework Exchange is trying to get local…

  Federal Drive

  January 12, 2009