Workforce

  • Davis is the Alaska State Program Specialist for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

    July 25, 2011
  • A Federal News Radio survey reveals a rift between the generations in the federal workforce. Longer-term feds consider their younger counterparts entitled and lacking communication skills, while new feds see their older coworkers as unmotivated and not adaptable.

    July 25, 2011
  • The multi-generational workforce - with its differences in work styles, job expectations and technology use - requires federal managers to rethink their relationships with their employees.

    July 25, 2011
  • People in their 20s and 30s - often called Generation X\'ers, Y\'ers and Millenials - are sparking a cultural transformation in the federal workplace. The series explores the relationship between long-time and newer coworkers, and how the generations can help each other.

    July 25, 2011
  • Federal News Radio asked young federal employees from several agencies to share what they love, hate and would change about government. They also explained what they think is unique about their generation and how their skills and knowledge can help in the federal workplace.

    July 25, 2011
  • Joshua Franklin is on track to become an ethical hacker for the federal government. In the cyber world, there are black hat hackers (the bad guys) and white hat hackers (the good guys.) Franklin said he wants to help close security vulnerabilities.

    July 25, 2011
  • While the Telework Enhancement Act of 2010 required agencies to include telework policies in their continuity of operation plans, GAO found agencies lack a definition of what \"inclusion\" means.

    July 24, 2011
  • Efforts to avert a shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration failed Friday amid a disagreement over a $16.5 million cut in subsidies to 13 rural communities, ensuring that nearly 4,000 people will be temporarily out of work and federal airline ticket taxes will be suspended.

    July 23, 2011
  • STRATFOR Vice President Fred Burton will give you some travel security tips that you can use when visiting another country. July 22, 2011(Encore presentation August 5, 2011 and August 12, 2011)

    July 22, 2011
  • Hosts Bill Bransford and Tony Vergnetti are joined by Jon Adler, president of the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association. July 22, 2011

    July 22, 2011
  • The Social Security Administration will close its field offices 30 minutes early, in an effort to save money on overtime.

    July 22, 2011
  • An Army-commissioned study finds that since 1996, the service has spent more than a billion dollars per year on defense systems that wound up being cancelled. Army leaders say they recognize the problem, and have already begun moving aggressively toward reform.

    July 22, 2011
  • David Maurer, the director of homeland security and justice issues at GAO told Federal News Radio, the latest Government Accountability Office report on DHS acquisition contains three key areas for improvement, including better defined requirements and more testing and evaluation of technologies.

    July 21, 2011
  • The Office of Personnel Management has issued guidance for executive agencies and departments on dealing with the extreme heat over the next few days.

    July 21, 2011