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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.
OPM Launches 2011 Employee Survey
April 6, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
The Office of Personnel Management on Tuesday announced that it has begun to distribute the 2011 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey. The survey will be distributed governmentwide through the end of May, and OPM will invite more than half a million federal workers to participate. The survey, which was previously known ...
Feds Ahead on Telework
April 5, 2011
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Private sector tech companies are known for their many perks and benefits, including fancy cafeterias, monthly massages, dry cleaning services and on-site doctors. But there may be one benefit where tech companies lag behind the federal government: telework. According to this month's issue of the Dice Report, less than 1 ...
Point, Click, Talk
April 4, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Federal agencies are increasingly embracing unified communications platforms that allow employees to access information anywhere, anytime, a new survey suggests. CDW-G's third annual unified communications tracking poll found that among federal agencies, 14 percent have fully implemented a unified communications solution, which combines voice, video and data services and software ...
Distinguishing Pentagon Performers
April 4, 2011 The National Security Personnel System is long gone, but now there's a new House bill that would prohibit annual pay and locality adjustment increases for Defense Department employees rated as unacceptable. The bill (H.R. 1248), sponsored by Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., would curb annual pay and locality increases to Defense ...
Distinguishing Pentagon Performers
April 1, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
The National Security Personnel System is long gone, but now there's a new House bill that would prohibit annual pay and locality adjustment increases for Defense Department employees rated as unacceptable. The bill (H.R. 1248), sponsored by Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., would curb annual pay and locality increases to Defense ...
Cleared and Certified
March 31, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Technology professionals with an active security clearance still earn higher average salaries than their non-cleared counterparts. But given new demands on the government IT workforce, it also pays to have a certification, according to a new study by ClearanceJobs.com and Dice.com. Qualified, security-cleared cybersecurity professionals are in high demand, particularly ...
Just Google It
March 30, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
The annual Employee Viewpoint Survey will be distributed to federal workers next month, and while now may be a little late for managers to think about how they are engaging and motivating their staffs, it's never too late to start planning for the long term. So what's a manager to ...
Savings from Telework
March 29, 2011
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The Telework Exchange on Tuesday unveiled the impact of nearly 40,000 employees nationwide who teleworked one week in February. During a webcast on Tuesday, the Telework Exchange and Cisco announced that last month's Telework Week event - in which 39,694 employees pledged to telework -- collectively saved $2.7 million in ...
Tools for Engaging Employees
March 29, 2011
FROM NEXTGOV
Are you a federal manager looking to engage your employees using online tools? The National Academy of Public Administration's Collaboration Project just released a new guide that compares 10 online tools for idea generation and provides guidance on what to consider when choosing a tool. "The plethora of platforms and ...
NASA For Hire
March 28, 2011 This column has been updated. NASA and the Office of Personnel Management are asking agencies to do their part in considering NASA's highly skilled technical workforce for open jobs across the federal government. The effort is to assist aerospace contractors at Kennedy Space Center who are impacted by the end ...
