Ron Sanders

This experienced federal executive says tension with employee unions is a good thing

What is the proper role of union today? And do they help or hinder what JFK called the effective conduct of public business? We’re exploring the question…

Unions

The NAPA report and OPM: Part 2

Commentary

NAPA report details path forward for OPM, but advocates worry it’ll be easily forgotten

Workforce

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What may survive from Trump’s workforce agenda, with many of the signature policies gone

Workforce

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Salary Council appointee resigns, calls Schedule F executive order a ‘red line’

Workforce

Federal locality pay: Broken or underfunded?

Pay

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Online interviews, virtual oaths of office are some of the ways agencies are evolving hiring

Reporter's Notebook

No new recommendations for additional locality pay areas, at least not yet

Pay

Salary Council members make official case for comprehensive federal pay changes

Pay

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Council offers up 5 recommendations to change the way federal pay is measured

Pay

Adm. Zukunft: Coast Guard finally where it needs to be budget-wise

Federal Newscast

Federal Salary Council pushing 6 new locality pay areas in effect for 2019

The Federal Salary Council will also review the methodology it currently uses to determine the locality pay program.

Growing number of flexibilities, alternative personnel systems a sign agencies are looking for escape

More and more agencies are turning to alternative personnel systems as a solution to hiring, accountability or performance challenges.

How COOs are indispensable to management agendas

Management

These COOs frequently occupy deputy secretary positions that require Senate confirmation, many of which are vacant in the current administration. But it’s the people occupying these offices that are best positioned to make real changes in the way agencies perform their missions.