Government’s First Pulse Survey Gathered Preliminary Input From Over 2M...
Pam Coleman, associate director of performance and personnel management at the Office of Management and Budget, said the government’s first pulse survey gathered workforce-related input from about two...
View ArticleBen Cardin Intros Back Pay Bill for Feds in Case of Government Shutdown
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced a new bill that would give back pay to federal employees when the government reopens after a shutdown, GovExec reported Wednesday. Eric Katz writes the 2015...
View ArticleOPM: 5.6M Fingerprint Sets Stolen in Background Investigation Info Hack
More than 5.6 million sets of fingerprints belonging to individual federal employees were stolen in the April hack on the Office of Personnel Management‘s systems that contain information on background...
View ArticlePresident Obama Orders Reform of Senior Executive Service
President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to implement new initiatives for federal agencies to attract and develop future Senior Executive Service members who can help transform...
View ArticleOPM’s Beth Cobert Issues Exemption for Federal Hiring, Retention Incentive Caps
Beth Cobert, acting director at the Office of Personnel Management, has released guidance on exceptions to a policy that caps how much agencies should offer to recruit, relocate and retain employees....
View ArticleOPM Issues Final Regulations on New Disabled Veteran Leave Category; Beth...
The Office of Personnel Management has issued final regulations for the enforcement of a new disabled veteran leave category as part of an effort to extend the time for veterans to address medical...
View ArticleOPM Unveils 2016 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey Results; Beth Cobert Comments
The Office of Personnel Management has released the results of an agency-level survey administered to 407,789 federal employees that represented 80 agencies on a data visualization dashboard calledÂ...
View ArticleBeth Cobert: OPM Issues Personnel Mgmt Tools to Help Agencies Manage Employee...
The Office of Personnel Management has issued management tools in the form of instructive materials to help federal government agencies maximize employee performance and address cases of personnel...
View ArticleBill Would Require Back Pay for Federal Employees in Event of Gov’t Shutdown
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) has introduced a bill that would provide back pay to federal employees if a government shutdown occurs on April 28, Government Executive reported Friday. Erich Wagner...
View ArticleNew Bill Seeks 3.2% Federal Employee Pay Raise for 2018
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) has introduced a bill that aims to increase the salary of federal employees by up to 3.2 percent in 2018, Government Executive reported Tuesday. Eric Katz writes the...
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