Workforce

• Obama proposes $42.5B in cuts to employee benefits

  President Obama wants federal employees to contribute more to their retirement plans as part of a $4.4 trillion plan to reduce the deficit over the next decade. The plan also includes measures to return to the Postal Service money that it has overpaid for retiree benefits and restructure health benefits.

  Congress

  September 19, 2011
• Army Materiel Command offering buyouts

  AMC is offering $25,000 dollars to more than 30 civilian employees at its headquarters in Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, Federal Times reports.

  Federal Drive

  September 19, 2011
• Contractor growing own IT workforce through hands-on program

  The Federal Drive spoke with Sudhir Verma, a senior director at Force 3, which runs a program to train its IT workforce, along with Marlena Clark, a graduate of the program.

  Federal Drive

  September 19, 2011
• Cool Jobs: The Global Lawyer

  Peter Roudik is the director of the 20-person staff of the Global Legal Research Center at the Library of Congress. The center serves all three branches of the government when they have inquiries about international laws.

  Congress

  September 19, 2011
• How telework built FederalNewsRadio.com

  Telework was an integral part of the FederalNewsRadio redesign process. Find out how.

  Federal Insights

  September 18, 2011
• Federal-Postal Coalition warns against pay, benefits cuts

  The Federal-Postal Coalition that represents 4.6 million government workers is urging President Barack Obama to preserve federal employees\' pay and benefits when he sends his budget-reduction plan to Congress Monday. Coalition members fear lawmakers\' drive to find funding cuts could harm federal employees.

  Budget

  September 18, 2011
• The American Jobs Act and federal hiring

  Host Derrick Dortch is joined by Linda Rix, Co-CEO of Avue Technologies. September 16, 2011(Encore presentation September 30, 2011)

  Fed Access

  September 16, 2011
• PTO hiring thousands under new law

  The law aims to ensure the Patent and Trademark Office has the money it needs to reduce a large backlog of unreviewed patent applications. PTO plans to hire as many as 2,000 new patent application examiners.

  Budget

  September 16, 2011
• OFPP boosts requirements for contracting reps

  A new memo details three classifications for the new contracting officer\'s representative position, which replaces the contracting officer\'s technical representatives as of Jan. 1. The goal is to improve acquisition oversight, especially of high risk contracts.

  Management

  September 16, 2011
• OPM moving out of IT status quo

  Matt Perry is making wide-ranging effort to improve the Office of Personnel Management\'s technology infrastructure. This includes data storage and analytics to make processing HR information easier. September 15, 2011

  Ask the CIO

  September 15, 2011
• EXCLUSIVE: Turnover at DHS cyber operations continue

  Sean McGurk is leaving. Nicole Dean gets a promotion and two others step into acting roles to fill in spots.

  Technology

  September 15, 2011
• OMB: Agencies to speed pay to small contractors

  The Office of Management and Budget has issued new guidance to agencies that would accelerate payments to small-business contractors. OMB Director Jacob Lew directed Executive Branch agencies to cut the payment processing time from 30 days to 15 days.

  Management

  September 15, 2011
• DoD brass still at ‘unprecedented’ levels

  Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates complained there were 30 layers of bureaucracy between him and an action officer. Despite reforms he led, a new report finds the ratio of generals and admirals to the troops they lead remains unprecedentedly high.

  Budget

  September 15, 2011
• Feds’ $60B sacrifice might not be enough

  Jessica Klement, chief lobbyist for the Federal Managers Association and Federal Times senior writer Steve Losey join host Mike Causey on today\'s program. September 14, 2011

  Mike Causey

  September 14, 2011