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The council also revealed an annual study from the Office of Personnel and Management and Bureau of Labor Statistics, which measures the pay gap between federal employees and private sector workers.
When Hurricane Matthew made landfall in the United States in early October, it was a chance for the Federal Emergency Management Agency to prove it’s learned from its mistakes.
Barbara Carson, associate administrator for the Small Business Administration's Office of Veterans Business Development, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss National Veterans Small Business Week and what the SBA is doing to help Veteran-owned small businesses. October 28, 2016
The Department of Energy is looking to deliver a jolt to its workforce development and recruitment processes, so it’s standing up a new Office of Talent Management to do just that.
Federal employees with disabilities made up 14.4 percent of the workforce in fiscal 2015, an improvement over 2014's 13.6 percent. Agencies also hired more employees with disabilities, 26,466 new hires compared with 20,618 new hires in 2014. The latest report from the Office of Personnel Management on the topic shows record disability hiring among agencies over the past 35 years.
Post-election time will be a boom or a bust or federal employees, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.
For the third time in three years, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson honored his employees at an awards ceremony in Washington. Johnson and Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas handed out awards to 85 individuals and teams, who represent nearly every component within the department.
David Bray, the Federal Communications Commission’s chief information officer, said cutting edge technology from the Internet of things to artificial intelligence is giving agencies an opportunity to rethink how they serve their customers and therefore what it means to work in the public sector.
The Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces rule suffered a setback the day before it was supposed to go into effect, as the Eastern District of Texas placed a preliminary injunction on it. This delays it from being enforced until the lawsuit challenging it has played out in court.
The U.S. Geological Survey released a collection of black and white, stereoscopic photos of scenes from the American West on its Flickr page.
If the Defense Department is getting financial savings from its contracted work, it either doesn't know or just isn't reporting it. Nor has the department developed a plan for getting more efficiency out of its staff and contractors. A lot of work yet to be done. Brenda Farrell, director of defense capabilities and management issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks to Federal Drive with Tom Temin about GAO's latest work on civilian workforce costs
The Partnership for Public Service has published new guidance for updating HR and improving workforce management. Margot Conrad, director of education and outreach at the Partnership, discussed the recommendations on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Accessibility for all promotes open government and transparency, but it can also be a burden on agencies' Freedom of Information offices. That's where the U.S. Access Board, and a pending final rule, can help.
The Office of Personnel Management is the latest agency to hold a Twitter chat. The subject was the student loan forgiveness program available to federal employees, and was co-hosted by Federal Student Aid (@FAFSA), an office of the Department of Education.