Jeff Neal
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The Cato Institute has issued yet another report claiming federal employees are grossly overpaid. Their numbers claim feds make 78 percent more than private sector workers and 43 percent more than state and local workers. If true, those numbers would be alarming and cause for immediate steps to rein in federal pay and benefits. The numbers are generally accurate, but they are not true. How can that be?
October 12, 2015 -
Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, and Jeri Buchholz, strategic business development advisor for FMP Consulting and former chief human capital officer at NASA, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
September 29, 2015 -
If the 2013 government shutdown taught us anything, it's that the impact was felt way beyond federal agencies and their employees, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal.
September 28, 2015 -
By now shutdown planning should be underway at your agency. If it happens, the economic repercussions will be widespread and the private sector will likely feel the biggest impact. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how agencies can prepare, who will be most impacted and what we leared from the 2013 shutdown.
September 25, 2015 -
Not all federal job applications are answered truthfully, so it's critical that hiring managers are given the tools and support to keep the list of candidates as honest as possible, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.
September 21, 2015 -
There is a wealth of government data that could be used to make HR programs far more effective, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.
September 09, 2015 -
Federal unions and the employees they represent aren't always on the same page. For example, the American Federation of Government Employees recently targeted some leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs for discipline. And some members of Congress have called for an end to some collective bargaining rights like official time for feds. Jeff Neal is senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department. He's also the author of the Chief HRO blog and he tells In Depth with Francis Rose that federal unions come in all kinds of flavors.
August 31, 2015 -
Jeff Neal, senior vice president for ICF International and former chief human capital officer at the Department of Homeland Security, says federal employee unions, like the people they represent, come in a lot of flavors.
August 28, 2015 -
If killing traditional appraisals is good enough for some of the biggest and best businesses in the country, it is good enough for the federal government, says former DHS HR exec Jeff Neal.
August 19, 2015 -
The House of Representatives passed a bill last week making it much easier to fire employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Former DHS HR exec Jeff Neal says we will not see a big increase in the number of fired employees, but those who are fired will have far fewer legal rights than they do today.
August 07, 2015 -
The Office of Personnel Management's data breach has people questioning the competence of OPM’s staff and leaders, and asking why OPM exists in the first place, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal. So what does something other than business-as-usual look like?
July 30, 2015 -
Something as big and as shocking as the OPM data breach can be a credibility killer for any organization. Even so, former Homeland Security HR executive Jeff Neal says he's been surprised by the number of people saying OPM should be shut down and have its mission transferred to other agencies.
July 23, 2015 -
UPDATED: Agencies with the largest percentage of security clearances, such as DoD, DHS and VA, will end up shouldering a huge part of the burden to pay for the credit monitoring services for 21 million current and former federal employees impacted by the second data breach. AFGE and federal officials are angered after acting OPM Director Beth Cobert tells agencies about OPM’s plans to raise its fees for security clearance services it provides in order to recoup the costs of the identity protection services it must purchase for the victims of the attack.
July 21, 2015 -
The OPM breach exemplifies the failure to recognize that cybersecurity is a challenge that must be owned by everyone within an agency, says former Homeland Security HR executive Jeff Neal.
July 14, 2015 More information on the size of the second breach at the Office of Personnel Management will likely come this week. GovExec reports the agency will release the number of current and former federal employees -- and job applicants -- affected in the second cyberattack. Jeff Neal is senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer for the Homeland Security Department. He tells Depth with Francis Rose that the OPM data breach is far from over.
July 06, 2015