Workforce

• AFGE proposes TSA reforms after LAX shooting – November 8, 2013 and November 15, 2013

  This week on AFGE's "Inside Government" National President J. David Cox Sr. proposes reforms at the Transportation Security Administration after last week's shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport. Rep. Donna Edwards (Md.) discusses upcoming budget battles on Capitol Hill, AFGE Federal Protective Service Local 918 President David Wright addresses training concerns with the FPS contractor workforce and DoD Local 2024 Chief Steward Donald Hands talks about ways to engage retired union members.

  Federal Insights

  November 06, 2013
• House panel targets DoD acquisition reform, but will that be enough?

  The House Armed Services Committee created a panel to figure out a way to reform the defense acquisition processes. Experts say reform may be difficult but it's also necessary given tight budgets and sequestration.

  Federal Drive

  November 06, 2013
• Retirement backlog continues to drop as fewer feds file to retire

  For the fourth month in a row, fewer federal employees than expected put in for retirement, allowing the Office of Personnel Management to continue cutting away at a longstanding backlog of claims. About 1,000 fewer employees than expected filed for retirement, according to new OPM data. The backlog fell by more than 3,500 cases.

  Workforce

  November 05, 2013
• Paid vacation or nightmare tour?

  Did the 16-day-for-some furlough ruin your year or was it a welcome suprise vacation? It is getting mixed reviews from feds who had to work and those who were forced -- then paid -- to stay home, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

  Mike Causey

  November 05, 2013
• OMB, OPM tell agencies to take different approach on employee bonuses

  The Obama administration trying a different tack on federal-employee bonuses and awards in fiscal 2014. A new directive from the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management continues clear-cut spending caps on employee awards but won't outright ban them -- even if the across-the-board spending constraints, known as sequestration, continue.

  Management

  November 04, 2013
• The end is near. Again.

  It's almost the end of a very interesting year, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Thousands of federal workers were furloughed without pay for a few days, then forced to take 16 days off without pay. Meanwhile, a pay raise appears to have managed to sneak by Congress. So, are these really the good old days?

  Mike Causey

  November 04, 2013
• Open season for federal employees

  Tony Vergnetti will host a roundtable discussion of open season and the options available for federal workers. November 1, 2013

  FEDtalk

  November 01, 2013
• A BRAC update and more

  Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator and Community Resilience director for Arlington County Virginia, will discuss how the county is being impacted by base closure and realignment, and what officials are doing to boost job growth in the area. November 1, 2013 (Encore presentation November 8, 2013

  Fed Access

  November 01, 2013
• How 20th century reform became a 21st century headache for feds

  The seeds of federal workers' current woes were planted with post-war legislation aimed at reforming the civil service, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal.

  Workforce

  November 01, 2013
• Vultures and 19th Century Civil Service Reform

  Former chief human capital officer at the Department of Homeland Security and the chief human resources officer at the Defense Logistics Agency shares a bit of the history of the civil service and how we got where we are today.

  Workforce

  November 01, 2013
• Fun stuff: when pumpkins fly

  Federal News Radio's Beth Reardon speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation's capital.

  Workforce

  November 01, 2013
• Security clearance process ready for, in need of its next makeover

  OMB is set to begin next week a 120-day review of three broad areas around security clearances. DoD and ODNI are pursuing initiatives to create a continuous evaluation process for employees with secret and top secret approvals. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members say recent events show the process is broken.

  Congress

  November 01, 2013
• A single-digit raise? It could have been worse

  Retirees will get a 1.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment next January, and white-collar feds are looking at a 1 percent raise. Not much but it could have been a lot worse, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

  Mike Causey

  November 01, 2013
• In House-Senate budget talks, feds fear being familiar target

  When House and Senate lawmakers kicked off formal budget negotiations this week for the first time since the government shutdown ended, both Republicans and Democrats said replacing sequestration, the blunt across-the-board budget cuts, with an alternative plan would be a top priority. The sticking point remains how to pay for it. Federal-employee unions and advocacy groups fear federal pay and benefits will once again be on the table.

  Budget

  October 31, 2013