An Open Letter to OPM Director Nominee Katherine Archuleta
The author offers his suggestions for Katherine Archuleta, the president’s nominee for OPM Director, and invites FedSmith.com users to share their suggestions as well.
Federal HR news topics include federal employee unions, labor relations, bargaining, pay/leave and benefits.
The author offers his suggestions for Katherine Archuleta, the president’s nominee for OPM Director, and invites FedSmith.com users to share their suggestions as well.
The author says that it is a false notion to assume that there is a “best qualified” person for a job, but rather, there is likely a list of equally well qualified individuals for a job and that “best qualified” is a matter subject to opinion. How then, does a person manage to win an EEO complaint regarding non-selection?
At least 85 nurses in the VA are working as full-time union representatives. Two Senators are questioning the impact on veterans of federal employees working as full-time union representatives.
In an op-ed, Congressman Dennis Ross (R-FL) says that taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for union activities in the federal government and that federal employees should pay for it themselves.
AFGE has scheduled a number of meetings at resorts and a national conference with discounted Disney tickets in Orlando Florida in September. Does this affect your pay?
The author says that some of the most talented employees in government are looking away from it as a potential employer when they are needed more than ever.
The author says that due to furloughs from sequestration, it is likely federal employees will be asked to do more with less.
The Partnership for Public Service released a new study that indicates that members of the Senior Executive Service indicate greater job satisfaction overall than other federal employees.
The author discusses the Telework Enhancement Act and says that he believes it has made significant progress towards enhancing telework in government across three key areas.
The author suggests that with the impacts from sequestration, now may be a good time to re-assess results from the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey in identifying a way ahead.