Oversight
Changes to FAA error measurements spark questions
Union says pay for performance creates incentive to underreport air traffic controller mistakes.
Oversight
Best and worst agencies for employee engagement
A look at where employees are the most involved in their jobs, and where they are simply putting in the hours.
Pay & Benefits
Merit board links employee engagement and productivity
Study also finds that higher salaries and education correlate with greater involvement in work.
Oversight
Nonprofits urge Obama to focus on program performance
Coalition also calls for more investment in human resources and the strategic use of technology to enhance service delivery.
Pay & Benefits
Review Time
Take a couple of hours to consider your health care options this open season, and you could save a lot of money.
Pay & Benefits
Health Plan Checkup
Employees should do their homework before enrolling in a new health plan during open season.
Oversight
Obama likely to be inundated with job seekers
One analyst estimates the transition team could receive 200,000 applications for 8,000 positions.
Pay & Benefits
Executives association reaches out to Obama administration
Partnership with career officials will help the incoming administration achieve its goals, group says.
Oversight
Top jobs at agencies remain unfilled as transition looms
The latest Plum Book includes five vacancies among the positions listed at the Office of Personnel Management.
Pay & Benefits
Rule change paves way for quicker promotions
Agency says eliminating time-in-grade requirement will help government officials recruit and retain highly qualified workers.
Pay & Benefits
OPM: Veterans’ ranks in federal workforce grow
But study shows the group is slightly underrepresented in overall promotions.
Pay & Benefits
Foreign Service officers clamor for security clearance reform
Wish list of diplomatic community also includes pleas for more staff and training.
Pay & Benefits
Employee groups lay out priorities for next president, Congress
Organizations will continue to fight the Pentagon’s pay overhaul and will push benefits bills, including one to increase the government’s share of health premiums.
Defense
Union hardens its stance on Pentagon personnel system
AFGE claims new rules restrict collective bargaining.
Pay & Benefits
Obama win reignites push to organize airport screeners
Federal unions hope Democratic leadership will open door to collective bargaining rights for Transportation Security Administration employees.
Pay & Benefits
Agencies improve online training systems
Rapid advances in technology expand range of available functions and courses.
Pay & Benefits