As Executive Order 13522 is implemented, career Federal execs face new challenges finding themselves sandwiched between political appointees with a series of agendas including making unions happy, and unions with great expectations of expanded influence. Walking that wire may be a very new experience for those who were not at the front in the Clinton years. The Author offers 10 morsels of food for thought.
I think that we Americans do outrage particularly well. The problem I see is with our recurring lack of follow-up to such horrific incidents. In this case, I would have great difficulty understanding a lack of outrage on the part of anyone reading the article quoted above or the many other stories about Phoebe Prince’s tragic death.
You know to double-check for typos. You know to avoid slang and profanity. That’s the obvious stuff. But there are a couple of other things you need to keep out of your documents – subtler mistakes, but just as dangerous, because they can undermine your credibility and give your readers huge laughs at your expense.
An employee of the Navy who accessed a crime database by running a criminal history on her husband ended up being fired. She said that she would never again do such a thing other than for “family” considerations. A federal court upheld the removal decision.
The Federal government is set to hire tens of thousands of jobs in the next couple of years. See what types of jobs will be added and where they will be located.
Your annuity is what is known as a “defined benefit” annuity. This means it is based, essentially, on just two numbers: length of creditable service, and high-three average salary. Here is how that is calculated.
As TSP investors were withdrawing their money from stock funds and putting their money into the G and F funds, the TSP funds continued to go up in March. The only fund that declined in March was the F fund. All of the others were up substantially.
A new decision appears to set up FLRA as arbiter of Agency efficiency and effectiveness.
In 2010, there is no income limitation that affects your ability to convert a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. This doesn’t mean that you should rush right out and do a conversion. Here are some important factors to consider in order to determine whether a conversion makes sense for you.
OPM has sent a memo to employees in its Washington, DC headquarters urging them to take an hour of administrative leave (after seeking permission) to walk to the Tidal Basin “to view Washington DC’s magnificent cherry blossoms.”
