Jeff Neal
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With all of the proposals in recent years to cut the workforce, make it easier to fire people, change federal pay and more, it was safe to assume we would see a lot of action on civil service issues.
January 03, 2018 -
How would a 2019 pay freeze compare to the three-year freeze during the Obama administration? Jeff Neal said it may not go over so well.
December 29, 2017 -
There is no question that federal pay rules are in need of updating. But in the interim, freezing pay is not the best way to proceed.
December 14, 2017 -
Most agencies saw an increase in employee engagement in the 2017 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government rankings. Some of the increases were noteworthy.
December 08, 2017 -
Jeff Neal, former CHCO at the Homeland Security Department, says there are many reasons for the lack of employee and hiring manager confidence in promotion programs.
November 15, 2017 -
If you work in government, are you a good bureaucrat or a bad bureaucrat? If not, do you use 'bureaucrat' as a term of derision? Or do you accept that there are both good and bad bureaucrats?
November 08, 2017 -
Critics say burrowing is not based on merit, and is a way for an administration to leave its sympathizers in place for years after it is gone.
October 31, 2017 -
Dealing with problem employees can help productivity and morale, and it can be done without extreme changes to the structure of the civil service.
October 26, 2017 -
The FEVS results show that the upward movement in employee satisfaction that began two years ago is continuing. That is good news.
October 18, 2017 -
For some folks, the idea of a ban on burrowing makes a lot of sense. The problem is that solving one problem creates another.
October 03, 2017 -
Whenever you hear someone making an argument about pay and benefits, begin with an understanding of what is being compared.
September 27, 2017 -
When we talk about a government shutdown and its consequences, the truth is that we are actually talking about a pretend shutdown — the political theater version.
September 06, 2017 -
A shutdown directly affects almost the entire federal workforce. After the 2013 shutdown, most people assumed the Congress would never go there again. Why would they?
August 31, 2017 -
Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and J. Luis Correa (D-Calif.) expressed their "continued frustration" with the Homeland Security Department's rollout of a unified system to track employees' training and performance.
August 25, 2017 -
Involuntary moves can negatively affect employee morale, cause increased Senior Executive Service turnover and may hamper SES hiring.
August 22, 2017