'Back-Door' Base Closures
Biden Talks Loss With Fallen Troops' Families
Neely Out at GSA
More USPS Buyouts
Gimme My Discount! Deals for Feds
Buyout Watch: Who's Offering What
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President honors top feds
May 6, 2010 Each year the president holds up an exclusive group of top senior executives as prime examples of dedication to good government by awarding them the Presidential Rank Award. The 2009 winners represent a wide range of professionals working to save time, money and lives through better health care and financial ...
Prize Performers
May 1, 2010 Presidential Rank Award winners play critical roles in missions ranging from project management to scientific research and defense. Each year the president holds up an exclusive group of top senior executives as prime examples of dedication to good government by awarding them the Presidential Rank Award. The 2009 winners represent ...
Former NSA executive accused of leaking classified information
April 15, 2010 A federal grand jury has indicted a former National Security Agency senior executive on 10 felony counts related to sharing classified information with the media, the Justice Department announced on Thursday. The indictment alleges that Thomas A. Drake, a high-ranking NSA employee from 2001 through 2008, served as a source ...
Oversight committee OKs telework and TSP bills
April 14, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday approved measures to expand telework and to allow federal employees to invest the value of unused leave in their retirement accounts. The panel passed the 2009 Telework Improvements Act (H.R. 1722) by a voice vote, after debating three amendments aimed at ...
Oversight committee OKs telework and TSP bills
April 14, 2010 The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Wednesday approved measures to expand telework and to allow federal employees to invest the value of unused leave in their retirement accounts. The panel passed the 2009 Telework Improvements Act (H.R. 1722) by a voice vote, after debating three amendments aimed at ...
First Lady praises Pentagon employees
April 9, 2010 First Lady Michelle Obama on Friday vowed to support service members and their families through better pay, benefits and education during a speech to Defense Department employees at the Pentagon. "We are making sure you have what you need to get the job done," Obama said, broadly discussing the administration's ...
Interagency task force to oversee long-term Haiti support and rebuilding
March 18, 2010 The U.S. Agency for International Development has established an interagency task force to coordinate work in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, as the focus there shifts from short-term emergency response to long-term rebuilding. The Haiti Task Team, announced late last week, will replace the initial Response Management Team and includes military service members, ...
Agencies move ahead to create labor partnership councils
March 3, 2010 The National Credit Union Administration and National Treasury Employees Union became the first to fulfill one requirement in a December 2009 executive order on Tuesday by establishing the NCUA/NTEU Partnership Council. The executive order called for agencies to create forums for labor-management collaboration and also re-established a national partnership council. ...
Web site helps nuclear security agency employees find role models
February 26, 2010
FROM NEXTGOV
The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched an online mentoring program to connect less experienced employees with more senior staffers who can help them fill skills gaps. "We want to create passion, recruit, retain and stimulate the next generation through a continually renewable, active learning environment," said Michael Kane, associate ...
Web site helps nuclear security agency employees find role models
February 26, 2010 The National Nuclear Security Administration has launched an online mentoring program to connect less experienced employees with more senior staffers who can help them fill skills gaps. "We want to create passion, recruit, retain and stimulate the next generation through a continually renewable, active learning environment," said Michael Kane, associate ...
