In today's Federal Newscast, several DC area members of Congress want to know if it's realistic for federal employees to expect more money in their next paycheck on March 15.
Terry Gerton, president of NAPA, and Bill Valdez, president of the Senior Executives Association, detail three steps Congress and the Trump administration could take to ensure a reliable and fully functional government.
A recent study from the Senior Executives Association paints a dire picture. The federal workforce is too overworked, stressed and ill-equipped to handle the next major emergency response event.
As the federal partial shutdown drags on, much of the attention is on union employees and lower-paid people. But it's not easy for federal senior executives, either.
In today's Federal Newscast, an alliance of 30 federal employee organizations are urging the president to end the partial government shutdown.
On Thursday the Senior Executives Association held its annual Presidential Rank Awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., to recognize "extraordinary public service of senior career professionals" in in civilian leadership. See photos of the night's honorees.
Presidential Rank Awards represent what we hope is the norm for federal service.
Congress didn't send a sweeping civil service modernization package to the president's desk this year, but winners of this year's Presidential Rank Awards have some ideas on where they can start on their own.
In today's Federal Newscast, 11 agencies improved their grades, and for the first time no agency received an F on the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act or FITARA scorecard.
The Shared Services Coalition, the National Academy of Public Administration and the Senior Executives Association will release a new report highlighting lessons learned from a series of workshops over the last year.
In today's Federal Newscast, Customs and Border Protection issues Accenture a partial stop work order to pause its nearly 300 million dollar contract to hire more border patrol agents.
In an age of bipartisanship, a committee of policy think-tanks and good government groups, led by the Senior Executives Association, say they've found a consensual starting point for civil service modernization.
Few people feel the whiplash of policy changes and oversight enthusiasms more than career federal executives. Bill Valdez, president of the Senior Executives Association, joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for his take.
The Office of Personnel Management announced a series of changes that it said will alleviate existing burdens on agencies to prove their senior executives are meeting mission goals.
Good government groups are ready for a civil service overhaul, but they're also excited to reignite the conversation about public service.