Management Matters
Fixing Reform
Increasing employee satisfaction is a constant uphill climb for managers.
Management
The Wait Is Over
SBA kicks off new women’s contracting program after a decade of controversy, but challenges remain.
Management
Thinking Small
SSA chief Michael Astrue works all the angles to shrink a daunting disability backlog.
Management Matters
Thinking Small
SSA chief Michael Astrue works all the angles to shrink a daunting disability backlog.
Defense
DHS boosts its border workforce and technology
Border and immigration enhancements help drive Homeland Security’s varied purchases.
Features
Homing In on Telework
Working from home has not only gained acceptance, it’s becoming a management priority. But structuring a governmentwide policy won’t be easy.
Pay & Benefits
Personnel chief: Telework makes sense, especially during emergencies
The work arrangement should be looked at as a good business decision, OPM Director John Berry says.
Pay & Benefits
Agency official: Telework programs can succeed with the right tools
PTO adviser says appropriate eligibility criteria, training, guidelines, performance metrics and labor-management partnerships are key ingredients.
Oversight
Observer: Managers have reason to be wary of telework
Difficulty staying in touch with employees and monitoring productivity might have soured supervisors on the arrangement, executives association official says.
Oversight
Lawmaker touts telework as a win-win situation
The arrangement boosts productivity, cost savings, recruitment and retention, and quality of life, says Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerry Connolly.
Features
Secure Investments
Border and immigration enhancements help drive Homeland Security’s varied purchases.
Features
Shifts in Space
NASA spending takes new twists and turns as agency looks to change destinations and ways of getting there.
Pay & Benefits
Policies on temporary workers come under fire
Unions say temps are being exploited, and deserve full-time benefits and jobs.
Pay & Benefits
VA health care workers move a step closer to bargaining over pay issues
Senate panel passes a measure that would expand employees’ negotiating rights to include compensation policies.
Pay & Benefits
Freeze on bonuses could have trickledown effect
Senior executives group worries political appointees could get stingier with awards to career employees.
Oversight
Union praises workforce provisions in appropriations bill
Measures seek to ensure federal employees perform jobs closely associated with inherently governmental functions.
Pay & Benefits
TSP launches automatic enrollment for new hires
Three percent of basic pay will go to G Fund.
Pay & Benefits
Retirement funds bounce back in July
TSP investment options recover from dismal performances in May and June.
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