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On today\'s Federal Drive: a new framework for the Senior Executive Service, the Pentagon\'s inspector general investigates the department\'s personnel chief over allegations of mismanagement and abuse of power, and a proposed OPM rule would allow federal employees to run for local office.
A new governmentwide framework for evaluating the top career employees in the Senior Executive Service will be rolled out at the end of September. Steve Shih, a deputy associate director in the Office of Personnel Management, said it will bring uniformity and predictability to a process that now seems uneven.
Hedetniemi says his NIH job allows him to be creative while helping to meet the agency\'s mission to eradicate disease.
According to a recent survey, most respondents said increased telework training has not been built into their 2012 budgets.
Dr. Andrea Morris, BRAC Coordinator for Arlington Virginia, joins host Derrice Dortch on today\'s program. August 19, 2011
The buyout offers target 10 percent of the Library\'s workforce. Certain employees are eligible to receive $25,000 to leave the agency. The Library is one of several agencies that have offered buyouts to reduce costs. reduce 10% of workforce
Tim McManus, vice president for Education and Outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, explains how the new Pathways Programs may try to boost that 7 percent job rate for federal interns.
This year, 34 federal employees were named finalists in eight categories for their public service work.
The Department of Navy is moving in a different direction for the follow-on to the NMCI contract. Officials said they are unsure how many contract awards they will make.
The Army awarded General Dynamics and BAE Systems contracts for the technology development phase of the Ground Combat Vehicle contract.
Ernest McDuffie, who oversees NIST\'s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education program, joined the Federal Drive to discuss the initiative and the next steps for the program.
The Postal Service has begun contract negotiations with the National Association of Letter Carriers and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union. Last week USPS said it would ask Congress to let it break union contracts in order to lay off workers and take control of its health care and retirement plans.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order giving leaders 90 days to come up with a governmentwide plan to increase diversity in hiring and retention. Agencies will have four more months to craft their own strategies for making progress.
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said a new pilot program that allows for more cybersecurity information sharing between the Pentagon and contractors appears to be working well.