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Tanya Ballard Brown
Executive Editor
Before (re)joining GovExec in early 2022, Ballard Brown was an editor at NPR for nearly 14 years. During her first stint at GovExec, Ballard Brown contributed significantly to the company’s 9/11 coverage with commitment and empathy, reporting from lower Manhattan following the attacks. She is a seasoned editor with experience brainstorming and implementing digital features, managing reporters, producers and interns, crafting promotional text and social media pitches, and writing, editing and reporting for print, digital and radio. Projects she has edited have been awarded Peabody, Murrow and Gracie awards, among others.
Before (re)joining GovExec in early 2022, Ballard Brown was an editor at NPR for nearly 14 years. During her first stint at GovExec, Ballard Brown contributed significantly to the company’s 9/11 coverage with commitment and empathy, reporting from lower Manhattan following the attacks. She is a seasoned editor with experience brainstorming and implementing digital features, managing reporters, producers and interns, crafting promotional text and social media pitches, and writing, editing and reporting for print, digital and radio. Projects she has edited have been awarded Peabody, Murrow and Gracie awards, among others.
Pay & Benefits
Success of civil service overhaul could hinge on rollout of Pentagon plan
GAO says poor execution of National Security Personnel System could doom governmentwide personnel reform efforts.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Defense
Unions move to block implementation of new DHS personnel system
Group asks court to rule on legality of regulations.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
Defense personnel reform postponed
Target date for first group of employees to join the system shifted from July until the fall.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
News
Washington-area federal agencies close early due to snow
Emergency employees remain on the job under winter storm warning.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
Bush administration unveils 2005 pay raise
Executive order calls for a 3.5 percent average pay increase.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
Bill eliminating TSP open seasons headed to White House
Legislation includes financial literacy language.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
Proposal to eliminate 2005 locality pay increase angers unions
Plan is evidence of "low value" President Bush places on civil service workers, union leader says.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
Bush moves to limit 2005 pay raise to 2.5 percent
President says no locality pay raise for civilian workers next year.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
House panel backs 3.5 percent civil service pay raise
Lwamakers say civilian employees deserve the same pay adjustments as military personnel.
- Tanya Ballard Brown
Pay & Benefits
TSP numbers climb in January
The Thrift Savings Plan's S, C, I, F and G funds all grew in January, according to the latest numbers from the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board.
- Tanya Ballard Brown