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Executive decision ends impasse
Agreement reached on union election will let GAO get back to business.
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Voinovich: The workforce senator
George Voinovich has raised the profile of federal workforce issues and earned the respect of union leaders whose views often differ from his.
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Senate committee approves bill to improve DHS management
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved a measure that would create a chief management officer at DHS.
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CHCOs say pay now or pay later
New study shows high-level support for governmentwide pay changes.
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Survey: Most managers link telework, COOP
In a survey by Juniper Networks, 62 percent of respondents said telework should be a critical part of an agency's continuity-of-operations program.
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GAO and union reach accord
GAO, IFPTE agree to union-representation election for agency analysts.
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OSC’s Bloch plays defense
Office of Special Counsel leader answers criticism about his management style.
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Davis to OSC: Hand over e-mails from Bloch's personal account
Davis also asked the chairman of America Online to preserve all e-mail messages from Bloch's account.
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Report: DOD underestimated personnel system cost
DOD estimated it would cost $158 million to implement its National Security Personnel System, but GAO found that the figure doesn't include the full costs of deploying NSPS.
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GAO, union agree on representation election
GAO analysts will vote in a union-representation election as a result of an agreement between the agency and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers.
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Survey: Most HR officials favor ditching GS pay system
A majority of federal chief human capital officers want to scrap the General Schedule pay system and move to performance-based pay systems, a survey by the Partnership for Public Service and Grant Thornton found.
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House approves measure to rehire retired passport workers
The bill would let the State Department rehire retired Foreign Service workers to help handle a severe backlog of passport applications.
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Poor management keeps governments from goals, report finds
IT can help the public sector improve performance, but poor management and lack of skills hinder progress, according to a report by KMPG International.
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EVM: A dash of cold water
Social Security Administration officials found that earned value management data is valuable only if it’s widely shared — so they publish EVM data on the agency’s intranet.
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OPM wants a few good tech-savvy vets
The agency is seeking veterans who can help fill the positions of retiring civil servants.
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Personal e-mail sparks fire between Davis, Bloch
Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) wants access to correspondence Special Counsel Scott Bloch sent about Lurita Doan's Hatch Act violations and hearings.
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GAO hires private lawyers
The agency's top managers have hired a large Washington law firm that has experience in labor relations cases.
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Employee issues worry CFOs
Professional development is seen as key to DOD financial-management reforms.
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