Workforce

  • Washington\'s been hit with a series of shockers this year ranging from an earthquake followed by a hurricane and a heat wave followed a freak cold snap. Now we learn that Kim Kardashian\'s idyllic marriage has crumbled. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this could be the news that kickstarts the government\'s telework program.

    November 03, 2011
  • James VanAntwerp is the winner of the Federal Managers Association\'s Federal Manager of the year award.

    November 02, 2011
  • Senators announced a bipartisan plan Wednesday to help keep the financially ailing Postal Service solvent while offering incentives to trim its workforce.

    November 02, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management debuts a series of webcasts to educate federal employees about the Open Season process.

    November 02, 2011
  • Employees would have to leave when OPM tells them to or stay in their buildings until OPM says it\'s safe to leave, under a proposed new snow policy.

    November 02, 2011
  • This week on AFGE\'s \"Inside Government\" California Labor Federation Executive Secretary-Treasurer Art Pulaski expresses support for public sector workers and discusses the danger of cutting public services and squeezing the middle class. AFGE Social Security Administration Council 220 National Health and Safety Representative Howard Egerman sheds light on his efforts to ensure safety in the federal workplace.

    November 02, 2011
  • The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will vote on legislation to cut the federal workforce by 10 percent. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), proposes replacing only one of every three employees that leave. The committee also will mark up several other bills including the civilian property disposal act and a data transparency act.

    November 02, 2011
  • The government\'s new strategy on electronic stewardship said no federal electronics should end up in a landfill. Agencies should make sure their computers, monitors and other equipment is reused whenever possible and eventually recycled by a certified company. The Government Services Administration will publish guidance in February.

    November 02, 2011
  • The administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy will join the George Washington University Law School as an associate dean. Gordon spent two years at OFPP working on a variety of issues from improving the workforce to reducing the use of high risk contracts to advocating for more collaboration between industry and government.

    November 02, 2011
  • After years of being asleep at the health-insurance switch, it appears that many federal workers and retirees are actually doing more than complaining about higher premiums, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.

    November 02, 2011
  • More than 400 people must leave the Air Force by early 2012, as part of an initiative to trim the military branch\'s officer cadre. Air Force leaders are also targeting enlisted service members.

    November 01, 2011
  • The chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform said agencies need to do more to train new employees to make the best decisions. Lankford said the turnover in the workforce and the lack of consistent training for the new employees is a major concern for the subcommittee.

    November 01, 2011
  • The complex in Ft. Meade, Md., received the second-highest environmental building certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

    November 01, 2011
  • Bob Peck, commissioner of GSA\'s Public Buildings Service, says his agency is leading by example in energy efficiency.

    November 01, 2011