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Commission vote leaves 3-year pay freeze proposal in limbo
The commission proposes a three-year federal employee pay freeze while scaling back the size of the federal workforce by 10 percent.
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Revealed: The best agencies to work for
The website Best Places to Work in the Federal Government, produced by the Partnership for Public Service and American University's Institute for the Study of Public Policy Implementation, ranks employee satisfaction at 290 government organizations.
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Teleworkers experience lower amounts of stress, study finds
In the wake of the passage of the federal telework bill, newly published research shows that employees who telecommute the majority of the work week are more satisfied with their jobs compared to those who do not. Working remotely alleviates more stress than it creates.
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Could pay freeze send feds to private sector?
As the likelihood of a freeze on federal pay sinks in, experts wonder about the long term effects on recruiting, retention and retirement.
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Republicans target telework bill for oversight
Republicans pledge to restore oversight measures to the telework bill, while supporters say savings could far outweigh costs.
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Pay freeze idea gets chilly reception
The president's proposal to freeze the pay of federal workers generates objections from labor unions and questions of fairness from congressional leaders.
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Issa sets tone for Government Reform Committee
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said he plans to examine government operations and find ways to improve them.
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How political appointees make a mess of IT management
FCW readers couldn't agree more with columnist Steve Kelman's suspicions about the damage done by short-timer political appointees.
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Cost-cutters target fed workers again
The bipartisan debt commission has put government employees back at the center of political debates about how to make the government more cost-effective.
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Telework bill finally on president's desk
Legislation is an attempt to greatly increase the number of federal employees allowed to telework, but its critics say it won't do the job.
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Agencies hiring more veterans, but progress is slow
Agencies are making progress in meeting the goals of an executive order issued by President Obama last November to encourage the hiring of vets into federal jobs.
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Federal pay raise challenged, but union head defends it
Colleen Kelley, president of a federal employee union, argues that federal salaries are not excessive.
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Are there any good GS-9 jobs out there?
The federal government could do a better job of keeping young feds on the job if it created more opportunities for them to do interesting work, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
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Union hopes to help new lawmakers see benefits of fed workforce
With Republican lawmakers set to take over the House, the head of the National Treasury Employees Union said the union will seek to educate new lawmakers on the importance of the federal workforce -- and the dangers a proposed hiring freeze would pose to taxpayers.
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Government turnover elevated in mission-critical arenas
A new report from the Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen Hamilton has found that attrition rates for government employees are high in some fields, including among mission-critical employees and new hires.
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