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Although Congress failed to set any productivity records this year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says it may OK three big-ticket items for federal workers.
About 71 percent of senior executives received a performance bonus from their agencies in fiscal 2015, a slight bump over the roughly 68 percent who picked up an award in 2014. A new report from the Office of Personnel Management shows the average award totaled $10,746, nearly $200 more than 2014's average.
The new holy grail for federal agencies is great customer experience. Taking their clues from the private sector, agencies are figuring out how digital and actual offerings can work together to produce satisfied citizens. Mallory Barg Bulman, director of research at the Partnership for Public Service, tells Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how the Veterans Affairs Department efforts in improving customer experience.
The Defense Department is taking growing pains in stride as it continues to work on its multi-year implementation plan of the cybersecurity system, the Joint Regional Security Stacks (JRSS).
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced a series of recruiting changes on Tuesday that he said would let the armed services recruit from a broader swath of the American population, rebuild lost ties with local communities and reduce growing misconceptions about military service.
The Obama administration released new guidance designed to officially codify the feedback its heard from agencies during the Hiring Excellence campaign and put them on path to use those lessons to improve federal hiring.
As some of the best officers leave the Army, the service's personnel evaluation system is stuck in the 1950s and it's still years before anything can change. Federal News Radio's special report, The Army is Shortchanging its Future Force, shows the Army is starting to take steps to address the problem to meet its Force of the Future goals.
The National Treasury Employees Union and Office of Personnel Management are battling in court on whether or not a judge should dismiss a lawsuit against the agency, stemming from the 2015 data breach.
Officers with advanced civilian degrees are getting pushed out of the Army. But they are the very people Defense Secretary Ash Carter wants in the military. The Army's aging personnel evaluation system may be to blame.
The Office of Personnel Management said it's notifying about 100,000 to 150,000 cyber breach victims enrolled in credit monitoring services with Winvale/CSID that their coverage will soon expire.
The Air Force is cutting ancillary and computer-based training so its airmen can have more time for family and profession development.
Veronica Blette's passion for water conservation has spurred her to action that's saved an estimated 1.5 trillion gallons of water. Blette, who is the chief of the EPA's WaterSense program and recipient of industry's Water Star Award, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about water conservation.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the Internal Revenue Service needs to work on strengthening the security of taxpayer information and employees if it wants a strong information technology program.