Office of Personnel Management
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All federal employees will have the opportunity to participate in this year\'s Employee Viewpoint Survey. The Office of Personnel Management\'s annual survey of federal workers\' opinions often is used to set administrative policies at agencies. In past years, only a third of the workforce had been asked to participate.
January 24, 2012 -
Monday\'s weather delay for the D.C. region has people in Chicago, Boston and Pittsburgh wondering why we are such weather wimps. But it may be their fault too, Senior Correspondent Mike Causey says.
January 24, 2012 -
The Office of Personnel Management has updated the telework training offered through Telework.gov. Agencies must provide telework training to employees who are able and willing to work outside the office before the two parties sign a telework agreement. The upgrades will allow agencies to track which employees use and complete the training, according to the memo.
January 23, 2012 -
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