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Monica Fuertes

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Adverse Action

January 1, 1999 or the typical federal manager, the prospect of dealing with a poor-performing employee means a frightening trip through a mind-boggling procedural maze. In the past, that meant many supervisors simply chose to ignore workers who weren't pulling their weight. As recently as 1996, a Merit Systems Protection Board survey found ...

Moving Up, Moving On

September 1, 1998 eeling hopeless after more than 12 years of government service, software engineer Jon Valett closed the door to his NASA office in January 1996 for the final time. Like thousands of other feds fleeing government service during the recent era of massive downsizing and reorganization, he felt the government no ...