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Pay & Benefits
Focusing on the pay gap undermines the commitment to equity
COMMENTARY | The pay gap, as the Office of Personnel Management has defined it, is an artificial number comparing the average pay of men and women. This comparison pits men and women against each other, argues one observer.
Management
Investing in job skills pays off
COMMENTARY | Well-defined competencies are tools that help managers provide useful feedback.
Management
Agencies need to consider alternative personnel systems
A new model for government is still to be developed, but history and the current problems make it clear the GS system is not the answer.
Workforce
Championing an expanded role for HR in the federal government
COMMENTARY | Human resources executives have the lead role in creating a great workplace and building the workforce agencies need, writes one observer.
Management
Federal managers play a key but forgotten role in job satisfaction
COMMENTARY | A recent GAO report examining employee engagement at TSA underscores the need for a people-centric approach in attracting and retaining talented workers.
Pay & Benefits
A basic flaw in the federal pay system
COMMENTARY | The system wasn’t designed to be competitive with the private sector, and that’s a problem in today’s job market.
Workforce
The Case for Creating an Older Workers Bureau
An agency focused on seasoned workers could further President Biden’s stated campaign goal of helping people who want to defer retirement continue contributing to society.
Workforce
To Be Successful, the Federal Government Needs to Empower Its Employees
Managers need the training and the tools to create a workplace where everyone is valued and committed to achieving organizational goals.
Pay & Benefits
Pay Will Be a Barrier to Rebuilding the Federal Workforce
The General Schedule pay system is too rigid to allow the government to attract and retain employees in today’s tight labor market.
Management
Are Agencies Ready for the New HR?
Strengthening the federal workforce will first require strengthening the Office of Personnel Management.
Management
The Missing Element in Revitalizing the Workforce: Performance
As long as day to day management of performance remains unchanged, it’s unrealistic to expect better results.
Management
Human Capital Execs Are ‘Resigned’ to Operating Around a Failed HR System
Looking to the future, the GS system will be a barrier to rebuilding a federal workforce with essential expertise.
Management
The Federal Pay Equity Quandary
Rebuilding the workforce will require a pay system that is seen as fair to highly qualified men and women. It also has to enable agencies to compete for talent.
Management
The Pandemic Triggered Culture Change, Now HR Practices Have to Follow
The old guard should be uncomfortable with what’s unfolding.
Management
DEI Goals Make It Imperative to Understand Essential Job Skills
Every job description should be reviewed.
Management
The Work to Make Government a DEI Model
It won’t be easy to execute Biden’s executive order to make federal employment fair and free of bias.
Management
Building On Biden’s EO on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Research offers recommendations for improving transparency, access, recruitment and accountability.
Management
Transforming HR for the ‘New Normal’
Kiran Ahuja, the newly confirmed director of the Office of Personnel Management, faces a monumental task.
Management
How Biden Can Strengthen the Federal Workforce
There is no better way to understand how the work experience has changed and how it can be improved than meeting with front line employees.
Management
The Foundation of the GS System Has Become a Sham
The failure of the job classification system affects every HR practice and puts billions of dollars in payroll in question.
