TECHNOLOGY AND THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT
01/27/12 02:28 pm ET
The Office of Personnel Management has created a telework training package designed to help agencies meet the mandates of a 2010 telework law. In a letter sent last week to chief human capital officers, OPM Director John Berry said that agencies can now access...>>
01/27/12 12:36 pm ET
Federal employees started off this week with their first snow-related delay of the winter season, and many feds are still concerned about what winter weather will mean for their commute and their ability to perform their jobs. The good news is that many government...>>
01/26/12 09:56 am ET
Are you eager to share your thoughts about your boss, your pay and benefits, telework or the use of technology and collaboration tools, with your agency leadership? Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry announced Friday that the 2012 Federal Employee Viewpoint survey will,...>>
01/25/12 01:19 pm ET
Salaries for government IT workers were slightly below the national average in 2011, giving agencies less of a competitive edge when it comes to recruiting top notch IT skills, according to a new survey by Dice. Dice's 2011-2012 salary survey found that salaries for...>>
01/24/12 01:50 pm ET
Technology professionals on average earned salary increases of more than 2 percent in 2011, their largest annual salary growth since 2008, according to a new survey by Dice.com. Dice's 2011-2012 annual salary survey of more than 18,000 IT professionals found that after two years...>>
01/23/12 01:19 pm ET
Federal budget cuts are causing many agencies to scrap large traditional office spaces for open workstations, telework, and "office hoteling," where employees reserve desks as they need them. Federal Times reports that Bart Bush, the assistant commissioner for the Office of Client Solutions at...>>
01/19/12 02:23 pm ET
Federal employees, retirees and their families will soon be able to securely access their personal health data from the websites of their health plans, thanks to the rollout of new Blue Button technology, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday. While most federal health...>>
01/19/12 11:24 am ET
Training and investing in the IT workforce is among the top priorities for federal chief information officers in the coming year, particularly as the potential for a federal hiring freeze could prevent IT leaders from bringing on critical IT skills. A new survey of...>>
01/18/12 01:50 pm ET
The Office of Personnel Management has sent to Congress a new strategic plan for improving retirement services and reducing the retirement backlog, a large part of which focuses on hiring new staff and upgrading technology. The plan, unveiled Wednesday, involves a multifaceted approach that...>>
01/17/12 11:48 am ET
We are now in the third week of the new year, and tech hiring managers already are pretty clear on what types of professionals they are looking to hire in 2012. This month's edition of the Dice report indicates that tech developers dominate the...>>
