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Renewing Energy
August 15, 2004 Management woes lead agency chief to put long-standing lab contracts up for bid. A big fish is about to enter the pond. Make that several big fish. For the first time, the Energy Department is putting up for competition more than $4 billion in contracts to run the Los Alamos, ...
Study shows human resources outsourcing on the rise
August 11, 2004 Outsourcing human resources functions is yielding savings for government agencies and better services to employees, according to a report issued yesterday by the Conference Board, a New York City-based research group. The study was based on interviews with human resources executives at government agencies in the United States and abroad. ...
Federal law enforcement officers shoot for pay parity
August 6, 2004 An FBI agent in Oregon finds out that he qualifies for food stamps. A San Diego Border Patrol officer commutes for hours every day because there's no affordable housing near his workplace. A federal police officer fresh out of training quits to join a city force that offers better pay ...
Cash Cops
August 1, 2004 Some federal law enforcement officers are paid well. Others want to catch up. An FBI agent in Oregon finds out that he qualifies for food stamps. A San Diego Border Patrol officer commutes for hours every day because there's no affordable housing near his workplace. A federal police officer fresh ...
Senior executive corps to see base salary increases
July 26, 2004 Federal agencies will be able to raise the salaries of their Senior Executive Service members Wednesday, provided the agencies set up performance evaluation systems that win approval from the Office of Personnel Management and the Office of Management and Budget. Successful agencies will be able to increase base salary limits ...
OPM begins annual process of adjusting special pay rates
July 22, 2004 Office of Personnel Management Director Kay Coles James has kicked off the annual process for adjusting pay rates for employees covered under special salary rates. In a July 14 memorandum sent to chief human capital officers, James asked agencies to respond by Oct. 15 with recommendations for 2005 rate increases ...
Bill would protect whistleblowers
July 21, 2004 Federal whistleblowers may be able to breathe a little easier if a bill passed by the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday becomes law. The Federal Employee Protection of Disclosures Act (S. 2628) would protect whistleblowers who come forward with "substantial evidence" of wrongdoing by federal agencies; provide a new ...
Agency Reconstruction
July 21, 2004 Every day when federal employees come to work, they rely on Joe Moravec. As commissioner of the Public Buildings Service-a unit of the General Services Administration-Moravec is in charge of managing more than 330 million square feet of federal office space in more than 8,000 public and leased buildings that ...
OPM decries patchwork of pay systems for law enforcement
July 16, 2004 Congress should eliminate the patchwork of federal law enforcement pay and benefits systems and provide agencies with greater flexibility to build their own mechanisms for compensating federal officers, the Office of Personnel Management recommended in a report issued Friday. The variation in pay and benefits across agencies "harms morale, and ...
Public Rebuilding Service
July 15, 2004 Public Buildings Service chief Joe Moravec drops a bomb, then reshapes an organization. Every day when federal employees come to work, they rely on Joe Moravec. As commissioner of the Public Buildings Service-a unit of the General Services Administration-Moravec is in charge of managing more than 330 million square feet ...
