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Brittany Ballenstedt
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Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
Morale among feds drops to lowest level in a decade
December 13, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Federal employee job satisfaction has hit its lowest level in nearly 10 years and continues to trail that of private sector employee satisfaction, which has remained relatively constant, according to the new Best Places to Work in the FederalGovernment rankings by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service andDeloitte. The results ...
Good news for IT workers: Companies plan to hire in 2013
December 12, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Technology-focused hiring managers and recruiters say they are likely to hire new tech professionals in the first six months of 2013. But one area has the potential to stall some of those hiring efforts: the inability to find qualified professionals to fill open IT positions. A new IT hiring survey ...
Is the 'geeky' image scaring women away from tech jobs?
December 11, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
It’s long been known that women are underrepresented in IT jobs, including those in the federal sector. And many IT professionals agree that there are too few women employed in the industry, according to a new survey. The survey of 336 IT workers by CWJobs.co.uk found that 77 percent of ...
It’s not too early to sign up for Telework Week 2013
December 10, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Yesterday marked the two-year anniversary of the signing of the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act. Telework Exchange announced Monday that it has launched Telework Week 2013, a global initiative that encourages federal agencies and state and local governments to pledge to telework from March 4-8. The week-long event enables agencies to ...
The Four-Hour Workweek Fantasy
December 10, 2012 The Social Media Explorer blog had some interesting thoughts on the future of work and the desires of younger, digital native workers to shift to ideas like the 4-hour workweek. “I think there is a whole new workforce that is coming to life that a lot of our ‘corporate’ employers ...
Telework milestones
December 7, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
This weekend marks two important milestones for federal telework. The first takes place on Friday, the deadline for agencies to submit data on their telework programs to the Office of Personnel Management. The second milestone comes on Sunday, the two-year anniversary of the Telework Enhancement Act being signed into law. ...
App developers and other techs poised to make more money next year
December 6, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
Federal employees are unlikely to see a pay raise above 0.5 percent next year, if they receive one at all. But information technology employees with skills in one of several areas will be in high demand in the coming year and could see significantly higher salaries as a result. According ...
The four-hour work week fantasy
December 5, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
The Social Media Explorer blog had some interesting thoughts on Tuesday about the future of work and the desires of younger, digital native workers to shift to ideas like the 4-hour workweek. “I think there is a whole new workforce that is coming to life that a lot of our ...
Survey raises some red flags about management fellows program
December 3, 2012
FROM NEXTGOV
The federal government each year recruits and hires roughly 400 graduate students in areas ranging from IT to acquisition to human resources to participate in two-year fellowships as part of the Presidential Management Fellows program. So how satisfied are these young workers with their federal job experience? According to a ...
HR and Legal Implications of BYOD
December 3, 2012 More than half of federal information workers use their personal smartphones for work purposes, even though agencies have not fully fleshed out their BYOD or “bring your own device" policies, according to a new report by Forrester Research and Cisco. Most government organizations issue mobile phones and laptops to employees: ...
