Articles by Steve Oppermann
From Rio to Barcelona: The Further Travel Adventures of One Federal Retiree
What will you do when you retire? Here is a column from a retired federal employee who has opted to spend some of his time and money traveling around the world.
Posted: November 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Veterans Chalk Up Wins at MSPB and Court - Part Two
This is part two of Steve Oppermann's article on "Veterans Chalk up Wins at MSPB and Court" and a string of wins for veterans in recent cases.
Posted: October 21, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
Veterans Chalk Up Wins at MSPB and Court - Part One
A veteran who wants to become a federal employee as a civilian may run into obstacles. In preparing to conduct training on veterans' preference and special appointing authorities for veterans, I ran across a case where an application was treated unfairly by the agency to which he applied, and then by the Board - twice - only to be rescued by the Court.
Posted: October 20, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
"All hope abandon ye who enter here"
This retired federal human resources expert says that the quote in the title of the article from Dante Alighieri, the great 14th century Italian poet who penned the "Divine Comedy," should apply to federal workers who apply for worker's compensation.
Posted: October 4, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
When Mediocre is Good Enough
Does it make sense for a supervisor to say, in effect, to an employee - "Your performance this year was truly atrocious, but with some hard work on your part and my assistance you may be able to achieve genuine mediocrity."? That is the result of achieving a "Minimally Acceptable" performance rating.
Posted: September 15, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article
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Steve Oppermann completed his Federal career on March 31, 1997, after more than 26 years of service, virtually all in human resources management. Steve rose from a basic personnel management trainee at Fort Riley, Kansas, to Regional Director of Personnel for General Services Administration (GSA) in Denver in less than 10 years.
In the latter position, he managed, through four subordinate supervisors, the functions of position classification, position management and pay administration; external recruitment and internal placement, including administration of the agency's Merit Promotion Plan; labor relations, including contract negotiations and day-to-day contract administration with three different labor organizations with exclusive recognition; employee relations, including performance management, conduct and discipline, and benefits administration; employee development and training; affirmative action, including special emphasis programs; and personnel action processing. After moving from GSA to the National Park Service (NPS) in 1985, Steve served as Chief of Personnel Operations for nearly nine years.
In addition to 25 years as a first-, second-, and third-line supervisor and program manager, Steve gained experience in every human resources function, as well as in equal employment opportunity (EEO). He also represented agency management in a wide variety of third-party settings, and worked effectively with top agency management and with supervisors and non-supervisory employees at all levels of the organization.
In 1993, Steve won a Congressional Fellowship sponsored by the American Political Science Association, spending from November of 1993 through October of 1994 working as a Legislative Assistant in the Washington, D.C., office of U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii. He spent the last 2 ½ years of his Federal career serving as a senior consultant to the NPS on the most complex third-party cases in employee relations and EEO. For the last four years, Steve has served as president of the board of Volunteers in Prevention (VIP), a registered Colorado non-profit organization that mentors at-risk youth.
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