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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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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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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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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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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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Senate bill would kill DOD performance pay, curtail sole-source contracts
The act would end the government's pay-for-performance system used for about 200,000 federal employees.
Cybersecurity
E-Verify would get three-year extension in spending bill
The House and Senate have both approved a three-year extension for the E-Verify employment verification system in the Homeland Security Department's spending legislation.
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Get a Life!: Feds get fit for open season
OPM kicks off a new program to raise awareness of the value of a healthy lifestyle -- just in time for open season for changes to federal employee health insurance.
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The 'browser mafia' must lead the IT revolution
Consensus on strategy is fleeting, but most recognize that IT is a catalyst for fundamental change, writes FCW columnist Chris Bronk.
Cybersecurity
SSA needs more planning for data systems upgrades, GAO says
The SSA is exchanging data more than one billion times a year and needs to do more to prepare for an increasing data exchange caseload, the GAO says.
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NSPS: The final act
The drama of the Defense Department's pay-for-performance system, which began nearly six years ago, has turned into a tragedy.
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Get a Life!: Advice on making that job change
Taking advantage of your current job can help in search for a new government position, writes blogger Judy Welles
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Congress poised to kill DOD's pay-for-performance system
Labor unions have criticized the program for years.
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Get a Life!: The etiquette of flu prevention
CDC and OPM offer advise to federal employees and HR offices on how to slow the spread of H1Ni.
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Senior execs got 3.7 percent raise in fiscal 2008, OPM finds
An OPM report looks at rating and pay data for 7,467 career, non-career, and limited-term members of the SES, excluding Office of Inspector General SES members.
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Secret to her success: Loudon trains to be a leader
Deborah Loudon embraced leadership opportunities and dedicated herself to learning from each one, whether they led to success of failure.
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Secret to her success: Keen earns her influence
Susan Keen moved up through the male-dominated Navy executive structure by becoming a "steward of the whole," not just an "owner of a part."
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