Workforce

• OPM sees more momentum behind digital hiring, performance tools

  The Office of Personnel Management is learning how it can use performance appraisal and talent acquisition tools to find the candidates, and do it in the most efficient and accurate ways.

  Workforce

  September 10, 2015
• FAA’s Next Gen System experiences turbulence with interoperability

  Industry stakeholders told the Government Accountability Office they are concerned about global interoperability with the Next Generation Air Transportation Systems and how modernization efforts around the world have been hampered due to constrained resources.

  Facilities/Construction

  September 10, 2015
• Flight 93 National Memorial Center opens

  The National Park Service and the Interior Department hosted an opening ceremony Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, for the Flight 93 National Memorial  near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

  All News

  September 10, 2015
• Jared Serbu: ODNI responds to cyber hacks with new counterintelligence campaign

  Following cyber penetrations of federal IT systems at the Office of Personnel Management and elsewhere, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says it’s launching a comprehensive governmentwide counterintelligence campaign. It wants to head off future data thefts and blunt their impact. As Federal News Radio’s Jared Serbu reports, the program’s first phase will focus on preventing spear phishing attacks.

  Federal Drive

  September 10, 2015
• NTEU leads effort to keep Congress’ hands off the TSP

  The National Treasury Employees Union, the Employee Thrift Advisory Council and 13 other organizations urged Congress not to use the Thrift Savings Plan — the federal government’s retirement savings program — as a revenue source.

  TSP

  September 10, 2015
• FEDtalk: Preview the Ride & Run to Remember, and examine the rise of officer assaults

  Tune in to FEDtalk this week for a discussion of the rise in attacks and assaults on law enforcement officers and the need for enhanced legal protections for LEOs around the country. Representatives from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund join host Julie Perkins on the show. September 11, 2015

  FEDtalk

  September 09, 2015
• Some federal employees might feel brutalized by the buildings they work in

  Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro joked that in trying to make HUD a better place to work, he could do little to change the appearance of the headquarters building, reports Federal Drive host Tom Temin.

  Tom Temin Commentary

  September 09, 2015
• Army wants ‘best soldiers’ to fight in uncertain future

  Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey hopes improved recruitment and retention practices as well as a new evaluation system for non-commissioned officers will strengthen the ranks in the face of budget cuts.

  Defense

  September 09, 2015
• Managing with blinders on

  There is a wealth of government data that could be used to make HR programs far more effective, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.

  Commentary

  September 09, 2015
• Are you saving enough for retirement?

  Are you having recurrent nightmares about your Thrift Savings Plan? Financial planner Arthur Stein joins host Mike Causey to discuss investment strategies for your TSP account. September 9, 2015

  Your Turn

  September 08, 2015
• Defense to cut out bigger slice of workforce

  The DoD is calling for 25 percent reductions for appropriations funding across the department. Defense already had proposed 20 percent cuts, while Congress is considering as much as a 30 percent reduction in funding.

  Defense

  September 08, 2015
• Disaster Resilience for America – September 8, 2015

  On this edition of “Disaster Relief for America”, hosts Tim Karney and Tom Moran interview Ron Cassoni, the President of PointStream, Inc.

  Federal Insights

  September 08, 2015
• Veterans Affairs’ new customer-service credo: Make employees happy

  Starbucks calls its employees "partners." Disney has "cast members." The Ritz-Carlton has "ladies and gentlemen." The VA's new Chief Veterans Experience Officer Tom Allin says the department also needs to see its workers in a new light.

  Management

  September 08, 2015
• Michael O’Hanlon: Prospects for new round of BRAC unchanged

  Conference negotiators on the 2016 Defense Authorization Act will convene shortly as Congress comes back from its summer recess. The Defense Department is reviewing the results of base realignment and closure in Europe as it continues to make the case again for another round of BRAC stateside. Michael O'Hanlon, co-director and senior Fellow for Foreign Policy of the Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence at the Brookings Institution, wrote about BRAC in the National Interest magazine. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose he's not sure prospects for a round of BRAC are much different now than they have been the past few years.

  All News

  September 08, 2015