Workforce

  • One thousand dollars may be waiting for teleworkers someday, if some DC area congressmen have their say.

    March 21, 2011
  • GWACs explained by GSA\'s Michael O\'Neill, NIH\'s Mary B. Armstead, and NASA\'s Joanne Woytek

    March 18, 2011
  • We get details from the Defense Intelligence Acquisition Conference from DIA\'s Mark Bogart.

    March 18, 2011
  • Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.

    March 18, 2011
  • Susan Grundmann, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, offers advice for agencies dealing with employee morale issues and workplace demands.

    March 17, 2011
  • A council working group will deliver recommendations and options to the Office of Personnel Management for how to improve the way managers rate employee performance. OPM Director John Berry said appraisals need to be simplified and happen more frequently.

    March 17, 2011
  • A council working group will deliver recommendations and options to the Office of Personnel Management for how to improve the way managers rate employee performance. OPM Director John Berry said appraisals need to be simplified and happen more frequently.

    March 17, 2011
  • The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today approved the nomination of Heather Higginbottom to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget.

    March 16, 2011
  • Jason Wilder President, AFGE U.S. Marshals Service Local 2272 Michael Castelle National Fair Practices Coordinator, AFGE Council of Prison Locals Kathleen Stoll Families USA Deputy Executive Director Kim Bailey Families USA Senior Health Policy Analyst

    March 16, 2011
  • GSA is focused on reducing waste as much as possible, while still allowing government to be effective. Sustainability was a focus of this year\'s IRMCO event.

    March 16, 2011
  • The American Federation of Government Employees said Tuesday it will no longer participate in discussions related to the future status of DoD employees who had been part of the soon-to-be-terminated National Security Personnel System. The labor organization said \"union-busting\" activities by the Air Force were the reason for its decision.

    March 16, 2011
  • Former Air Force Chief of Staff on solving the \"people\" challenges at the DoD.

    March 15, 2011
  • This year\'s conference theme, \"Leveraging Efficiencies for Operational Effectiveness,\" will bring together experts from government, industry, professional trade organizations, and academia to share their insights, outlooks and perspectives on the most relevant issues, opportunities and challenges we are facing today as we deliver new technologies and operational capabilities to our war fighters and our national security customers.

    March 15, 2011
  • A Congressional panel heard from deputy Pentagon service chiefs last week that when it comes to future acquisitions, DOD may have to settle for \"good enough\".

    March 15, 2011