Workforce

  • ForeSee Vice President Dave Lewan and Abby Herriman, senior vice president of Delivery and Innovation at HighPoint Global, join host Jason Briefel for a wide ranging discussion of customer service initiatives in the federal government. April 10, 2015

    April 10, 2015
  • Census Bureau Director John Thompson described the shooting death of security guard Lawrence Buckner at the agency\'s headquarters in Suitland, Md. Thursday night, as a \"tragic and scary event for the Census Bureau family.\" Buckner, 59, was a contractor working for the federal government through the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based company Master Security.

    April 10, 2015
  • Being a fed is like living in a nudist colony at the base of a dormant but still active volcano. Or being in an all-glass group house. The scenery is great, but you never know who or what\'s out there, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    April 10, 2015
  • There are a lot of proposals floating around Washington that purport to be solely for cost savings or making government more efficient. Jeff Neal, a former chief human capital officer, examines these claims in a new commentary.

    April 09, 2015
  • Whether you are about to turn 24 or are one of the many feds still working into their 80s, you have a stake in the next generation of civil servants, says Senior Correspondent Mike Causey.

    April 09, 2015
  • Susan Fallon, vice president for Global Strategy and Business Development at Monster Government Solutions will explain why federal agencies should be hiring more millennial workers, and Andy Medici with the Federal Times will bring us up to date on the House and Senate budgets. April 8, 2015

    April 08, 2015
  • The National Labor Relations Board has accused the Postal Service of failing to communicate with its labor unions about last year\'s cyber attack that affected more than 800,000 current and former employees.

    April 08, 2015
  • In the absence of congressional authorization for another BRAC round, the Pentagon contemplates \"alternative options\" for base closure. Meanwhile, defense communities see fewer personnel spread across the same number of bases.

    April 08, 2015
  • Who are millennials and why is the federal government expending so much energy in trying to woo them to the civil service? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey has some answers.

    April 08, 2015
  • D.C. Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management spokeswoman Robyn Johnson says about 8,000 customers in Washington were affected Tuesday afternoon.

    April 07, 2015
  • The National Treasury Employees Union is turning up the heat on Congress to increase IRS funding. The labor union is hearing about the impact of five years of budget cuts now that tax-filing season is in full swing, said NTEU President Colleen Kelley.

    April 07, 2015
  • Having the Army Corps of Engineers take over the Denver hospital project is no doubt an embarrassment to VA. But it\'s a great opportunity to ask tough questions about whether VA should even be in the construction business at all, Federal News Radio\'s Francis Rose says in a new commentary.

    April 07, 2015
  • As the government\'s landlord, the General Services Administration is coming up with creative approaches for how agencies can consolidate their workforces, rethink their office spaces and dispose of excess properties. In our latest special report, Federal News Radio takes an in-depth look at two projects receiving a lot of buzz: the renovation of the Old Post Office building and the relocation of the FBI headquarters.

    April 07, 2015
  • The Office of Personnel Management saw a big drop in retirement claims for the month of March, which helped the agency trim its total claims backlog by about 3,500.

    April 06, 2015