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The Defense Department has been trying for years to find a personnel system that's effective for the vast variety of civilians it employs. Some have been tried and discarded. People notice. Some write about it. Rob Albritton worked both in uniform and as a civilian for the Air Force. Federal Drive with Tom Temin asked him about his War on the Rocks blog posting, with four suggestions for the personnel system and whether the system is broken.
Respondents to Federal News Radio's survey on how well the Office of Personnel Management handled getting out information about operating status overall gave the agency a thumbs up. But many survey takers expressed hope that OPM would start making its decision on status earlier in the evening so they could make child and dependent care.
The second of two Department of Veterans Affairs senior executives had her demotion reversed by a Merit Systems Protection Board judge. Diana Rubens was demoted from her executive position by the VA for allegedly abusing her power for her own personal gain. Fellow SESer Kimberly Graves received a similar decision from a judge last week.
Agencies have new guidance for rotating more Senior Executive Service members from the Office of Personnel Management. The rotational requirement is part of an executive order President Barack Obama signed to reform the SES.
The National Security Agency has retained almost 97 percent of its employees in 2015.
David Girard is serving as lead counsel for the class-action lawsuit filed by AFGE, on behalf of millions of former and current federal employees impacted by the OPM data breach.
FBI Director Jim Comey should drive out to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency campus on the outskirts of Fort Belvoir.
What kind of job would make you want to work longer hours? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says maybe being a wine-taster or a federal civil servant?
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
What is the state of the clearance job market in 2016? Find out when Evan Lesser, founder and director of ClearanceJobs.com, joins host Derrick Dortch on Fed Access. January 29, 2016
Defense analysts think the National Commission on the Future of the Army could have been bolder in its recommendations.
Andrew Wasser, the associate dean in Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College School of Information Systems and Management and the executive director of the CIO Institute, said 12-month classes try to align people, processes and technology to make sure the students can deal with the speed at which all three of these areas are changing.
The second round of DoD's Force of the Future initiative focuses on military families. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the reforms would improve the military's ability to retain its best people.
The National Commission on the Future of the Army suggested keeping the active duty Army size minimum at 450,000 and increasing multi-component integration.