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4 approaches to pay for performance
Experts suggest various ways the Obama administration could move toward pay for performance without repeating the mistakes made with NSPS.
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Obama gives the heave-ho to DOD pay for performance
One union official said the National Security Personnel System was grounds for a class-action lawsuit and stripped employees’ rights to collectively bargain pay rates with union backing.
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New law has engineers poised for more management duties
The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009 highlights the need to give systems engineers greater responsibility and authority, writes John A. Thomas.
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Performance management in action
Management experts often cite the following two projects as evidence that pay for performance can work in government.
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Empirical evidence can help inform debate about whether a management approach will improve government
Good empirical evidence about a phenomenon can help inform the debate about whether a management approach will improve government or not, Steve Kelman writes.
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Work to rule
In the physics of the workplace, every management action there will be, by definition, an equal and opposite reaction on the part of employees. So what are we to make of the demise of the National Security Personnel System?
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Vendors flock to HHS's health information exchange
HHS' Connect software for health information exchange has been distributed to hundreds of organizations that who are starting to use it.
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As NSPS ends, employees wait for what's next
Details about how DOD's pay-for-performance system will end—and what will replace it—are still being worked out, experts say.
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Readers write: Is pay-for-performance harmful or good?
The impending demise of DOD's pay-for-performance system has provoked some strong reactions, and many commenters are not sorry to see it go.
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Pay for performance haunted by NSPS failure
The imminent demise of the National Security Personnel System leaves many wondering about the prospects for pay for performance in government.
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Panel seeks Rx for secure health data exchange
A workgroup hears about the problems in implementing common standards for an electronic health care data exchange.
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Disease surveillance through a murky crystal ball
Critics say too many systems are collecting data on disease outbreaks with little coordination among them.
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CDC expands flu-tracking efforts
The H1N1 swine flu virus has created an urgent need for public health authorities to track where and how quickly the illness is spreading.
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Obama signs bill that kills DOD pay-for-performance system
Critics say the pay-for-performance system is unfair.
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Klossner: Why the federal government is like the Red Sox
Federal agencies can’t be blamed for savoring their newfound ability to attract talent from the pinstripe-wearing private sector.
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Senate committee forms task force on performance management
The group will study ways for agencies to work more efficiently.
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Get a Life: Are you itching to fire the boss?
According to a new survey, nearly all workers say the relationship with the boss is key to job satisfaction -- and more than a quarter would fire the boss if they could.
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VA halts 15 technology projects
Of 45 Veterans Affairs projects halted in July, 15 have been suspended or had funding cuts.
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Advocate says stimulus law causes outsourcing; contractor group disagrees
One transparency advocate says the economic stimulus law causes outsourcing of federal jobs.
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