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Downsizing and Race
May 27, 1997 letters@govexec.com As older white men have opted to leave the civil service through early retirement and buyouts, minorities and women have maintained their numbers in the federal workforce despite government downsizing, according to Office of Personnel Management data obtained by Govexec.com. According to OPM, downsizing has spared minorities and women ...
A Single Stop for Stats
May 23, 1997 letters@govexec.com A new on-line directory of statistics from more than 70 federal agencies will make it easier for researchers to find official data on everything from breastfeeding to weekly wages. Yesterday the Office of Management and Budget unveiled FedStats, www.fedstats.gov, a multi-agency project spearheaded by the Interagency Council on Statistical ...
Early Outs Extended
May 23, 1997 letters@govexec.com You've got until the end of the year to take early retirement if you're eligible, the Office of Personnel Management announced this week. Employees would have had until the end of September to take early outs, but OPM extended the deadline until Dec. 30 to "help agencies do a ...
Health Contributions May Rise
May 22, 1997 letters@govexec.com Federal employees could pay more than $200 more per year toward their health care benefits if Congress does not act to change the law that determines how much the government contributes to the Federal Employee Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP). Under current law, the formula used to calculate the percentage ...
Racism Rampant, Group Says
May 22, 1997 letters@govexec.com A coalition of civil rights groups is urging President Clinton to host a White House summit on race to address racism and discrimination in the federal government. Leaders of groups representing black employees in the federal government joined Rep. Albert Wynn, D-Md., at the Brookings Institution earlier this month ...
Get a Guide for GPRA
May 21, 1997 letters@govexec.com When working out a strategic plan for your agency, get a lot of people involved. That's the message of a new General Accounting Office guide for managers and executives to use as they develop and fine tune their agencies' strategic plans under the approaching deadlines for the Government Performance ...
Panel Critiques Defense Review
May 21, 1997 letters@govexec.com Congress should repeal several regulations that prevent the Defense Department from privatizing many jobs, an independent panel appointed to assess the Quadrennial Defense Review has recommended. The panel also supported two more rounds of base closures. The National Defense Panel, appointed by Secretary of Defense William Cohen to comply ...
Web Budget Docs Pledged
May 21, 1997 letters@govexec.com House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., told members of Congress last week that he wants to see the full budget markup on the Internet as quickly as possible so that anyone with access to the World Wide Web can download it and participate in the budget process. "Every talk radio ...
Gore: Reform IRS From Inside
May 21, 1997 letters@govexec.com Vice President Al Gore yesterday announced a plan to overhaul customer service and management at the IRS by relying on employees and managers to reform the agency. "We don't need to, and should not, turn the IRS over to a board of outsiders," Gore said. "We need to fix ...
IRS Pushes New Systems Plan
May 16, 1997 letters@govexec.com The IRS yesterday announced a new plan to revamp its computer systems that it says will integrate its databases and processing systems, speed up refund time and move the agency toward a paperless system. After reaping piles of scorn for its failed Tax System Modernization (TSM) for several years, ...
