May 2010 Archives
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/28/10 07:14 am ET
President Obama on Thursday voiced his opposition to authorizing a 1.9 percent pay raise for military members in the fiscal 2011 Defense authorization bill. In a statement of administration policy, the president stood by his February budget request of a 1.4 percent increase for military personnel. Obama's support for a 1.4 percent military pay raise could have implications for the 2011 federal pay raise, as the president promised in late 2009 to ensure pay parity between military members and federal civilians in 2011. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/27/10 10:54 am ET
A Republican senator is asking questions about how much is being spent by the federal government to train high-level workers in the executive branch. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/26/10 11:23 am ET
I wrote on Monday about a study that found the Millenial Generation values an organization's culture more than its access to technology when deciding where to apply for a job. But another study by security firm Clearswift finds that members of all generations value the permission to use the Internet at work for personal reasons more than they value other benefits such as job titles and even pay. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/25/10 11:36 am ET
Cutting the Obama administration's proposed 1.4 percent pay increase for federal employees in 2011 is on the radar of Republican lawmakers yet again. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/25/10 10:05 am ET
The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to pass legislation to expand telework opportunities in the federal government. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/24/10 12:26 pm ET
Offering a mobile work environment, easy access to the office and high-tech amenities should be top priorities for organizations looking to attract and retain the Generation Y workforce, new research suggests.>>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/21/10 12:19 pm ET
Federal agencies have largely been focusing on the potential for information technology-related work to be insourced back to federal employees, witnesses told a Senate subcommittee on Thursday. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/20/10 11:32 am ET
Media company McClatchy is asking its readers whether federal employees, like many Americans, should be asked to take a pay cut. The private sector job market is not expected to reach its pre-recession hiring levels until 2015 or later, the article states, but the federal government suffers no such recessionary hangover.>>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/19/10 11:21 am ET
The Senate late Tuesday approved legislation to streamline the federal government's hiring and recruitment process, forcing agencies to develop strategic workforce plans and fill job vacancies in no more than 80 days. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/18/10 12:47 pm ET
Employers are looking beyond traditional venues such as job announcements and career fairs to find fresh technology talent; they're also approaching employed technology professionals, a new survey finds.>>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/18/10 11:43 am ET
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that legislation to provide benefits to same-sex domestic partners of federal employees would cost the government more than $300 million over the next decade, an issue that could stall efforts to pass the bill this year.
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By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/17/10 12:55 pm ET
Understaffing is interfering at least somewhat with the ability of many organizations to implement innovative or emerging technologies, according to a new survey by Robert Half Technology. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/14/10 12:31 pm ET
New research suggests that more human resources professionals are turning to cloud-based solutions to meet key business challenges and close effectiveness gaps that currently exist between HR priorities and HR systems. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/13/10 12:27 pm ET
The job market is looking a little brighter for college graduates this spring, particularly for those with information technology degrees, Dice.com reports. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/13/10 10:08 am ET
The debate over the 2011 federal pay raise has begun, and if President Obama makes good on his promise to ensure pay parity between federal civilians and military personnel, federal workers could see a raise of 1.9 percent next year. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/12/10 11:44 am ET
The Office of Personnel Management is taking a tech-friendly approach to the federal hiring overhaul unveiled by the Obama administration on Tuesday. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/11/10 12:58 pm ET
The Obama administration on Tuesday unveiled plans to reform and revolutionize the process agencies use to hire government workers. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/10/10 12:56 pm ET
Tom Fox of the Partnership for Public Service tackles the question of whether generational stereotypes are real in Monday's Federal Coach column. Fox argues that there may be real differences among the four generations in the federal workforce today, but conventional wisdom may not always be accurate. As a result, federal leaders should spend time asking questions and getting to know each member of the team in order to gain perspective on what motivates each employee, regardless of their generation. Leaders also should make sure they're looking for talent that matches the needs of today, rather than seeking traits that already exist, Fox advises.>>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/07/10 01:22 pm ET
Federal agencies could miss out on special awards and bonuses if cybersecurity legislation introduced in the House on Thursday becomes law. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/06/10 12:54 pm ET
A new report by Cisco and (ISC)2 highlights the importance of training and obtaining professional certifications to current and future federal information security workers, particularly as chief information security officers increasingly move into more managerial and policy-focused roles. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/05/10 11:03 am ET
While the federal government has made some progress in improving employee work-life balance, management resistance and a lack of coordinated programs often cause agencies to underutilize telework and other flexibility programs, witnesses told a Senate subcommittee on Tuesday. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/04/10 12:45 pm ET
I wrote on Monday about how the intelligence community is using virtual career fairs as a way to save money and draw the kinds of tech-savvy candidates it is seeking. Late last month, the Veterans Administration and the Labor Department also held a virtual job fair exclusively for veterans and military spouses. The online event, which used a virtual platform developed by Milicruit.com, included virtual booths where participants could learn about job opportunities at various public and private sector organizations, submit resumes and take part in virtual interviews. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/03/10 12:46 pm ET
The Office of Personnel Management's open government plan ranked in the top five of all federal agencies creating such plans to improve transparency and collaboration, according to a recent audit by OpenTheGovernment.org. >>
By Brittany Ballenstedt
05/03/10 11:26 am ET
Katherine McIntire Peters writes at Government Executive about the intelligence community's push to host virtual career fairs as a way to save money and draw the kind of tech-savvy candidates it is seeking. The idea started at the National Security Agency, which generated 2,200 resumes within 12 hours after its first virtual career fair in February 2009.>>
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