Workforce Rights/Governance
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The Congressional Budget Office has found, the Defense Department could save billions by replacing uniformed people with civilian or contractors in certain non-combat, support jobs. But should it? Nora Bensahel, a military analyst and scholar in residence at American University, shared her analysis of the CBO report on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 09, 2015 -
Agencies improved their overall employee satisfaction and commitment scores for the for the first time in four years. As we reported, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte released the 2015 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings this week. Federal News Radio's Nicole Ogrysko shared more on the rankings on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
December 09, 2015 -
The Department of Housing and Urban Development jumped 8 points in the annual Best Places to Work survey. It was the largest increase by any mid-sized or large agency in the rankings. While HUD still has a long way to go to fix employee engagement, officials believe the battleship is indeed turning in the right direction. Nani Coloretti is the HUD deputy secretary. She tells executive editor Jason Miller on Federal Drive with Tom Temin about how HUD made progress and where it’s heading next.
December 09, 2015 -
Service members have the same rights as every other citizen when it comes to voting, financial services and employment. But it can be harder for them to exercise those rights. The Justice Department is asking Congress for stronger sanctions against rogue companies that target service members. Acting Associate Attorney General Stuart Delery told Federal Drive with Tom Temin more about the legislative proposal.
December 09, 2015 -
They're out. The annual rankings of best places to work among federal agencies. Overall, things are looking up compared to last year. NASA is still the top-rated agency. But some at the lower end came up in the rankings, as did overall employee satisfaction. The survey is by the Office of Personnel Management, the Partnership for Public Service and Deloitte put together the rankings. For the 2015 results, Federal Drive with Tom Temin turned to Mallory Barg Bulman, research director at the Partnership.
December 08, 2015 The Congressional Budget Office raises the question: Do we have too many uniformed military personnel performing office work?
December 07, 2015-
Recent bills introduced by Republican lawmakers aim to address what they believe are long-term, systemic issues at the senior executive level, but some worry the legislation is an overreach.
December 04, 2015 Fred Burton, vice president of Intelligence for Stratfor, joins host Derrick Dortch to discuss the increase in domestic and international terrorism incidents, and what you can do to protect yourself from a terrorist attack. December 5, 2015
December 03, 2015-
Federal executives talk a lot about the importance of human capital. The workforce, that is. But not enough of them engage in meaningful workforce planning. That's according to former Homeland Security HR-chief Jeff Neal, now with IFC International. Neal told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that's changing.
November 25, 2015 -
John Shoraka, associate administrator of Government Contracting and Business Development at the U.S. Small Business Administration, talks small business contracting with host Derrick Dortch. November 20, 2015
November 18, 2015 -
Agencies often go into great detail when they identify the skills and competencies they need for their own employees, then do very little to identify what they need when they use contractors to do the work.
November 18, 2015 -
Social media makes it easier than ever to violate the Hatch Act, the law that bans feds from using their positions to influence political campaigns.
November 12, 2015 -
While new laws and programs have focused on patients, employee morale remains low at the Veterans Health Administration. As long as that remains the case, patients will not get the best from the VA's health system, says VA Under Secretary of Health Dr. David Shulkin.
November 11, 2015 -
Civil servants who refuse to answer questions when called to testify before the House of Representatives or the Senate are not exercising civil service protections. They are exercising a constitutional right guaranteed to everyone, says Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International.
November 06, 2015 -
If human resources is so important and HR specialists are a mission critical occupation, why is it so rare to find someone who says they are happy with their HR support?
October 29, 2015