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Unions expect to negotiate new rules
Labor union official cited problems that include performance payouts and job reassignments.
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Intell leaders heed pay concerns
Leaders of the intelligence community make a point of getting employee input on pay-for-performance plans.
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Panel approves 3.9 percent pay increase
The House Appropriations Committee has approved a 3.9 percent pay raise in fiscal 2009 for federal civilian workers and a one-year moratorium on competitions under OMB Circular A-76.
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Unions say NSPS rules could hurt DOD employees
The Defense Department failed to get employee buy-in when it developed proposed rules for the National Security Personnel System, labor unions charge.
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Accord might avert furloughs
House leaders have reached an accord with the Bush administration on emergency funding for the war on terrorism.
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Agencies to launch alternative-pay project
The Office of Personnel Management and Veterans Affairs Department will test a pay-for-performance system at a VA unit.
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DOD contingency plan includes furloughs
A Defense Department plan would furlough noncritical civilian employees in DOD's War on Terror operations if Congress fails to appropriate supplemental funding.
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GAO union optimistic about pay
Bill to grant pay raises to hundreds of GAO employees who were denied them under the agency’s restructured pay system might become law.
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COOP makes a telework connection
Agencies know they have to get their work done, regardless of power outages or natural disaster, but are they COOP ready?
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Senior exec group urges changes to pay system
Major improvements are needed to the Senior Executive Service pay system if the SES is to recruit talented employees, officials say.
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Springer: Council has made major strides
Federal human resources officials celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council's launch as OPM's director praises its work.
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House passes bill to restore pay
The House has passed a bill that would provide payment to Government Accountability Office employees who were denied cost-of-living pay increases.
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House telework bill advances
Stronger language added to bill to ensure that data that is transferred to the home computers of teleworkers is kept secure.
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Deputy chiefs key to transition
Career executives can provide stability during a change in administration.
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House approves bill to expand telework
The bill would allow eligible federal employees to telework for at least 20 percent of their biweekly work hours.
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McGinnis to leave top post at CEG
Patricia McGinnis will step down as president of the Council for Excellence in Government after a successor is found.
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OPM slows retirement system work
Agency says contractor didn’t pay attention during discussions of system requirements.
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OPM: Hewitt failed to deliver pieces of system
Office of Personnel Management officials say they suspended work by Hewitt Associates on the RetireEZ system after benefits-calculation functions failed user tests.
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Inside GSA’s telework program
William Kelly outlines a three-part strategy for hitting GSA’s 50 percent teleworking goal.
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Union criticizes OPM's flexible hiring practices
The National Treasury Employees Union's president said using hiring flexibilities in government impedes fair competition and merit-based hiring practices.
