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Agencies must combine workforce planning with technology planning to ensure they are not left with \"skills atrophy,\" said Frank Jones, chief human capital officer at the Defense Manpower Data Center.
The Office of Naval Research is going beyond routine training to invest in its workforce. In addition to classroom time, employees can go to speaking engagements and complete rotational assignments, including virtual assignments.
Susan Fallon, vice president of business development at Monster Government Solutions, spoke to the Federal Drive with Tom Temin about the aim of the 2012 Human Capital Management Defense Conference.
Michael Chase, the former executive director for human capital at the Defense Contract Management Agency, said the good news is human beings are not resistant to change. The bad news is they won\'t change unless there is an imperative to do so.
The Defense Department Health Behaviors Survey found self-reported misuse of pain medication for non-medical purposes by servicemembers increased from 2 percent in 2002 to 7 percent in 2005 to 17 percent in 2008, according to an Air Force release.
Is your top management dead in the water? Are your SES bosses living in silos and afraid to even look outside the boss? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey wants to know: Is shuffling the SES deck a good idea?
Peg and Claudia Hosky of Hosky Communications and FedInsider talk about ways to raise your profile with government agencies. March 12, 2012
Lt. Gen. Darrell Jones, the Air Force\'s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, says that mandated cuts will not alter the services\' ability to do its job.
Bipartisan legislation in the Senate aims to streamline the elimination of excess federal properties by setting up a council within agencies and the Office of Management and Budget and creating government-wide property disposal goals.
Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) introduced an amendment Thursday to the Senate Highway Bill that would extend the federal pay freeze for another year as part of special deficit reduction trust fund.
OPM met just more than half of its two dozen performance measures for 2011, according to an annual performance report released in February. However, among the agency\'s \"high-priority\" goals, such as telework and hiring reform, the report cites \"great strides.\" While goals on retirement processing showed mixed progress, OPM\'s director of planning and policy analysis Jonathan Foley said the agency is \"on track\" to reduce the processing time to 60 days by July 2013.
Security checks at federal and military bases are a fact of life. But when it\'s a 100 percent effort, lots of people spend lots of time doing it, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says. Many feds work a lot of voluntary overtime but how much is too much?
Every week, Federal New\'s Radio\'s Ruben Gomez speaks with Recreation News Editor Marvin Bond about fun things to do in and near the nation\'s capital.
Avue Technologies Co-CEO Linda Rix will give us an update on federal hiring and how her company is helping those who want to work for the government. March 9, 2012