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A new survey by Silverlight Financial and Federal News Radio found federal employees think they are prepared for retirement, but haven’t had the training or preparation necessary to ensure a successful transition.
On this edition of “Disaster Resilience for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Jamie Turner, the former Director of the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA).
The Congressional Budget Office says the TSP G Fund investments will stop on Oct. 30 unless Congress can reach a deal, but feds won't see their savings dip.
More agencies utilized the federal student loan repayment program in fiscal 2014 to recruit and retain mission-critical employees than the year before. Funding for the program reached $58.7 million in 2014, compared with $52.9 million the previous year.
The service is implementing one of the few alternatives it has to a base realignment and closure (BRAC) round: moving soldiers and civilians out of its oldest buildings and shuttering them.
With the convention wrapped up, here's a list of major factors the Army is tackling, and what they're doing to improve them.
Federal News Radio speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about interesting things to do in and near the nation's capital.
Members of AFGE Local 17 detail allegations that union members have levied against their supervisors in a report to Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald.
Attention all overpaid, loafing, red-tape loving bureaucrats, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says there's another report about how lousy you are and you're going to love it.
The Office of Personnel Management has rolled out "frameworks" for more consistent leadership training across the government. The guidance suggests timelines for teaching both substance and soft skills to managers.
The Army is redesigning how soldiers can continue their education in the civilian sector.
The Army launches a pilot program Oct. 19 to ensure non-commissioned officers are ready for the next stage of their careers.
Agencies in the intelligence community are further along than civilian departments in deploying insider threat programs. Some experts in the field say predictive analytics can help agencies move those initiatives from programs that react to an insider threat incident to ones that prevent them. Federal News Radio Reporter Nicole Ogrysko tells In Depth with Francis Rose where agencies are headed with their programs and what they have left to accomplish.
Federal employees may be happier with work these days, but they're still "meh" on their bosses, judging from the most recent governmentwide Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. The Office of Personnel Management says its latest governmentwide tools can help. OPM deputy associate director Steve Shih tells Federal News Radio's Emily Kopp about its new training frameworks.