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You Were Not Forgotten: Unknown Soldier Honored after 70 Years
On the 4th of July — in Vine Grove, Kentucky — Private Stanislaw J. Komla will be eulogized. It was in 1939 the 49 year-old was laid to rest. For 80 years, he was know only as the Unknown Soldier — until a local family decided 80 years was just too long.

Posted: July 2, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Use the Proper KSA Format To Improve Your Chances of Obtaining the Federal Job You Want
The last thing you want to have happen is spending all day on your KSA responses, only to find you submitted them in the wrong format and that they didn't even get reviewed. Here are suggestion to improve your prospects of obtaining the job you want.

Posted: July 2, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Honest Herman - GM Salesman and Union Steward...
General Motors, the symbol of American capitalism, is now being run by a combination of the same managers who ran it into bankruptcy and the United Auto Workers union. Perhaps the "new GM" will be like the "labor-management partnership" days under the Clinton-Gore administration where the union sometimes became involved in making management decisions.

Posted: July 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

HR'S Station Stop Called "Disapproval"
The author contends that Agency heads should either not exercise their review in favor of challenging clauses in a negotiated collective bargaining agreement when their enforcement is an actual issue for management or they should delegate the power to the managers at the bargaining table. He says, "they need to get off the tracks so that agencies can bargain for immediate implementation of mid-term agreements upon execution, not upon approval."

Posted: July 1, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Forget the Sacrifice: Bumping Up the 2010 Pay Raise
Earlier this year, President Obama asked that federal employees do their part during an economic downturn with a average 2010 pay raise of 2%. That isn't a bad raise with unemployment around 10% but there may not be any sacrifice after all with the possibility of a average pay raise of 3.4% in 2010.

Posted: June 30, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

Helping Horses--And Their Owners
A horse owner in Florida needed medicine quickly for her injured horse. A local Postmaster worked with the owner to ensure the horses got the medicine in time.

Posted: June 30, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

The Persistence of Pay-for-Performance in Government
Pay-for-performance may prove a boon to government, but experiences to date indicate much groundwork must be laid before assumptions translate into proven successes. "As someone who looks forward to Director Berry's tenure at OPM, I urge him and his staff to temper their enthusiasm for PFP with the cool-but-conclusive data at hand."

Posted: June 28, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

FERS Sick Leave Credit and Locality Pay for Some Federal Employees Passes in House
The bill that would provide credit for unused sick leave for federal employees under the FERS retirement plan and change the pay system for federal employees outside of the continental United States has been passed by the House.

Posted: June 26, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Article

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