Office of Personnel Management
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Federal government offices will open to the public at 11:00 a.m., due to expected icy conditions Monday morning.
January 22, 2012 -
If you've retired in the last year, you know all about the long wait to get a full annuity payment. OPM has declared war on the backlog, but how does it win? Some experienced feds suggest you can help your own case, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 20, 2012 -
Why is your decision to retire someday, or take a buyout right away, something like the problem Gen. Custer faced during the Battle of the Little Big Horn? Senior Correspondent Mike Causey explains.
January 19, 2012 -
All health insurance options in federal health plans will soon allow members to download a digital version of their health records using a technology called Blue Button, the Office of Personnel Management announced. The adoption of the Blue Button technology, whose use was spearheaded by the Veterans Affairs Department, will make it easer to share digital records with family members and physicians.
January 18, 2012 -
The Office of Personnel Management is trying to tackle its retirement services backlog with more staff and upgraded technology.
January 18, 2012 -
Administrators are preparing to expand the Federal Employee Health Benefits plan in May to thousands of employees of Indian tribes and tribal organizations. Tribes have urged the change for a long time. It was mandated by the Affordable Care Act in 2010 and is just now becoming a reality.
January 11, 2012 -
Senior Executives Association president Carol Bonosaro will discuss civil service reform when she joins host Mike Causey on today\'s show. January 11, 2012
January 11, 2012 -
John Palguta, vice president for policy, at the Partnership for Public Service, says the new appraisal process for senior executives is weighted toward obtaining results.
January 10, 2012 -
The White House has announced a new system for evaluating the performance of Senior Executive Service members. The system should establish greater consistency among agencies, according to a memo by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management.
January 06, 2012 -
When it comes to shoveling it, official Washington is years ahead of anybody else. Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says this applies to snow-day policy matters too.
December 30, 2011 -
The Energy Department is one of six agencies testing a framework aimed at revamping one of the thorniest issues in government: how supervisors evaluate employees. Chief Human Capital Officer Mike Kane led a working group of more than 100 union, management and government representatives who drafted the framework. He earned the \"Chief Human Capital Officer of the Year\" award from the CHCO Council.
December 28, 2011 -
Tim McManus, vice president for education and outreach at the Partnership for Public Service, joined
December 22, 2011 -
Federal News Radio\'s Emily Kopp counts down the top federal workforce stories of 2011 and makes some predictions fo 2012.
December 22, 2011 -
The Office of Personnel Management has hired David Bowen as its new chief technology officer. Bowen was the Federal Aviation Administration\'s chief information officer.
December 21, 2011 -
Retaining good employees in spite of pay freezes and cuts to employee benefits will be the biggest challenge facing agency human resources officials next year. Federal News Radio asked chief human capital officers to reflect on 2011 and make predictions for 2012.
December 20, 2011