Workforce Rights/Governance

  • On this edition of \"Ask the CHCO\", host Lauren Larson interviews Vicki Barber of the Federal Labor Relations Authority about the scope of human capital at the FLRA.

    April 14, 2015
  • ForeSee Vice President Dave Lewan and Abby Herriman, senior vice president of Delivery and Innovation at HighPoint Global, join host Jason Briefel for a wide ranging discussion of customer service initiatives in the federal government. April 10, 2015

    April 10, 2015
  • Both the House and Senate's budget plans for fiscal 2016 aim to reduce the federal deficit. And to help do that, both plans include provisions to increase federal employee pension contributions. Jessica Klement is Legislative Director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. On In Depth with Francis Rose, NARFE said those and other provisions tantamount to a pay cut for federal employees.

    March 31, 2015
  • The House Oversight Committee says yes to bills banning porn at federal agencies and making it easier for the public to request and receive government records.

    March 26, 2015
  • David Snell, NARFE's director of retirement services, will answer you retirement questions, and Federal Times Senior Writer Andy Medici will give us an update on the latest news on Capitol Hill. March 25, 2015

    March 25, 2015
  • Jenny Mattingley hosts a roundtable discussion of the recently released Government Accountability Report on federal employee performance. March 20, 2015

    March 20, 2015
  • Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) is proposing a bill to change how to calculate cost of living adjustments for federal pension plans. The high-five method would factor in the five highest-earning years of service instead of three years. The Congressional Budget Office says it would save the federal government #3.1 billion over 10 years. Jessica Klement is legislative director of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association. On In Depth with Francis Rose, she offered her take on the bill.

    March 10, 2015
  • Following up on the Office of Personnel Management's new recruitment and retention strategy the Chief Human Capital Officers Council announced Friday a governmentwide forum on diversity hiring.

    March 10, 2015
  • Jason Briefel hosts a roundtable discussion of human capital and how the public and private sectors are collaborating. March 6, 2015

    March 06, 2015
  • Nineteen agencies have already adopted Integrity, the new electronic financial disclosure program introduced by the Office of Government Ethics to help streamline public filing process.

    March 02, 2015
  • Jason Briefel hosts a roundtable discussion of the top federal issues, including DHS funding and the federal employee pay raise. February 20, 2015

    February 20, 2015
  • Susan Tsui Grundmann, chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, explains how the MSPB has been working to clear its backlog of cases on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

    February 19, 2015
  • The Merit Systems Protection Board has some big plans for 2015. That's according to Chairwoman Susan Tsui Grundmann. In part one of her conversation with Tom Temin on the Federal Drive, she discussed the board's annual report card for 2014. Today, she discusses her plans for the upcoming year. In addition to establishing an E-filing system for merit systems claims, Grundmann said she has two other main priorities to accomplish.

    February 19, 2015
  • The Merit Systems Protection Board recently released its annual report card for 2014. It summarizes the agency's performance in the last year, and lays out some targets to try and hit in the current year. Susan Tsui Grundmann, chairwoman of the MSPB, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more on the report card — as well as what's hopefully in store for 2015.

    February 18, 2015