People
Letter: How do you define non-official?
A reader says DOD’s proposed policy to ban personal use of networks would have to include a very clear -- and very detailed -- explanation of non-official traffic.
People
Letter: Network restrictions would stifle innovation
A reader argues that government employees need access to online information to do their jobs.
People
Letter: User education better than net restrictions
At a time when most corporations are realizing that the line between work and life is increasingly blurry, DOD seems to be considering a step back in time, writes one reader. Read the letter and post a comment.
People
Letter: Not all Web traffic is a threat
A reader points out that many service members use Web-based e-mail to stay in touch with loved ones.
People
Letter: FEMA front lines no place for novice acquisition workers
Getting someone straight out of college and putting them on the front line is not an answer to the shortage of acquisition workers, one reader writes.
People
Letter: NSPS needs tweaking regarding pay raises
If the average salary increase for a person having a 3 [rating] is 5.4 percent then why are some agencies giving their employees a lot less.
People
Welles: The fed 4-hour work week?
A best-selling book by Timothy Ferriss is filled with ideas that could change your view of work.
People
Letter: Government employee dissatisfied with NSPS process, ready to leave
The NSPS folks will tell you it goes to a pay pool that will ensure the process is fair. But this did not happen, the pay pool automatically gave me a poor rating from his evaluation.
Modernization
The IPv6 elevator speech
FAA's Mark Powell says transition managers must be ready to deliver a short, memorable speech about IPv6.
Modernization
Most agencies still wary of SaaS
But DOD and GSA see software as a service as a way to reduce development costs.
Digital Government
Letter: Canceling earmarks in committee reports not effective
In addition to stopping the earmark authorizations list in committee reports require also that the accompanying appropriations be rescinded also.
People
Time for a Schedule 70 makeover?
New director of GSA's schedules contracts sorts through ideas for updating the program.
People
A boom in the federal workforce
Partnership for Public Service and IBM initiate innovative retiree hiring program.
People
Some at DOD get big raises
The total payout in raises under NSPS was not higher than it would have been under the older General Schedule of pay grades, but the distribution is different.
People
Letter: Good performance rating may not even yield cost-of-living raise
Reader finds that "NSPS is a numbers game."
People
Stier's vision of good government
Leader of Partnership for Public Service is at the forefront of many reform efforts.
People