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Why agencies can't attract top talent
Federal agencies may be their own worst enemy when it comes to recruiting top performers.
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Grassley questions costs of SES training
Some SES training courses cost 460 percent more than private universities and over 1,000 percent more than most public universities, a senior senator says.
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Meet OMB's new point person on the acquisition workforce
Joanie Newhart, a veteran in the government procurement arena, will lead the Office of Management and Budget’s efforts on building up the acquisition workforce.
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Telework: Senate gives unanimous thumbs up
The Senate has unanimously approved the Telework Enhancement Act, which would give federal employees presumptive eligibility to telework and ensure that telework is part of continuity-of-operations planning.
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What's on Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson's bookshelf?
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, the Army's chief information officer, shares his list of current favorites and a few classics.
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A makeover job for federal hiring
Would-be public servants rejoice at the prospect of a shorter, more transparent hiring process.
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Legislation would freeze agencies' hiring
As the Obama administration seeks to boost the federal workforce to balance the number of its employees with those in the private-sector, a group of House Republicans has proposed freezing agencies' ability to hire.
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New federal hires want meaningful work
Any instance these young people experience where they are not given work sends a terrible signal to them about expectations of federal employees, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
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Pay caps may be in store for thousands of former NSPS workers
As many as 40,000 feds transitioning from National Security Personnel System could face long-term pay caps with their switch to the General Schedule, according to the Federal Managers Association.
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Knowledge management's generation gap
Reaction to a recent blog post by Steve Kelman highlighted one of the barriers to knowledge management: animosity between those who know and those who need to know.
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Senate passes bill to fix federal hiring process
The Federal Hiring Process Improvement Act (S. 736) and the president's recent memo calling for an overhaul of the complex federal hiring process feature similar fixes.
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Want program staff more involved in contracting? Make their jobs more interesting
Blogger Steve Kelman proposes a way to strengthen the role of the contracting officer's technical representative in the procurement process.
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Beyond telework: How the federal workplace ought to work
Federal managers need to stop worrying about where their employees are working and start focusing on what work is getting done, according to Deloitte's Anne Weisberg and William D. Eggers.
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Workplace flexibility as the new normal
Federal managers need to stop worrying about where their employees are and more about the work that gets done, write Deloitte's Anne Weisberg and William D. Eggers.
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Porn provision stalls House IT bill
Reauthorization of the America Competes law to boost technology and innovation got stalled by a GOP motion that would punish federal employees caught watching pornography at work.
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Porn provision stalls House IT bill
Reauthorization of the America Competes law to boost technology and innovation got stalled by a GOP motion that would punish federal employees caught watching pornography at work.
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One way to improve security: Punish the ignorant
Perhaps federal agencies would have more success with information security training if employees knew they would be punished for allowing breaches through ignorance.
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PowerPoint combatants go at it again
One of the military's top leaders reignites a battle over the merits of the ubiquitous presentation software.
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How telework improves employee accountability
The oft-cited concern that teleworkers have no accountability is dead wrong, says one reader who. Tell us what you think.
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