FedSmith.com Headline Archives
10 Reasons Supervisors Give for Not Trying to Resolve Employee Problems
The author asks whether a fairly widely held belief is true i.e., that Federal management takes disciplinary action only if it has absolutely no choice and often not even then. Where does this idea come from and, if true, what should Agency leadership do about it?
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story
- Federal Supervisors: Are They Ready, Willing and Able to Manage the Workplace?
- Making a Defensible Discipline Decision (Part One)
- Making a Defensible Discipline Decision – What Every Federal Manager Absolutely Needs to Know
- Ten Questions That Must Be Asked about an Agency's Labor and Employee Relations Program
- Who Is John Berry and What Are His "Bold Ideas" for the Federal Workforce?
Summarizing the Federal Budget Disaster
The director of the Congressional Budget Office writes: "The country faces a fundamental disconnect between the services the people expect the government to provide, particularly in the form of benefits for older Americans, and the tax revenues that people are willing to send to the government to finance those services."
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Medicare and the CSRS Retiree
"Although I am retired under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS), participate in the Federal BlueCross Health Care Program, I am fully vested in the Medicare system...[B]efore my 65th birthday how do I go about enrolling in the Medicare program?" (Go to the 2nd question in this column.)
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
The FLRA's "Covered-By" Cover-Up (Part One)
The Federal Labor Relations Authority owes agencies and unions clear rules that are easy to apply. The author says that has not been done and provides an example of the torturous path the federal labor relations program sometimes follows.
Posted: November 12, 2009 | Full Story
Increase in Dental Plan Premiums
Most of the dental plans for federal employees will see premium increases in 2010. The only exception: Government Employees Health Association Inc. (GEHA) standard option.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Returning to Govt. Work With No Annuity Reduction
There are specific limits on hours a re-hired retiree can work without a salary offset. Recent legislation permits no more than 520 hours during the first six months of service; no more than 1,040 hours in any 12 month period; and no more than 3,020 hours as a lifetime limit.
Posted: November 11, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Placing the Blame--On That Other Agency
Finger-pointing has erupted between federal agencies Tuesday over Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Is EPA Silencing Obama Critics?
The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered two agency attorneys to remove a YouTube video they produced that criticizes climate change legislation backed by the Obama administration.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Fort Hood Suspect Warned of Muslim Threat Within Military
Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, the Army psychiatrist believed to have killed 13 people at Fort Hood, was supposed to discuss a medical topic in a presentation to senior Army doctors. Instead, he lectured on Islam and threats the military could encounter from Muslims conflicted about fighting wars in Muslim countries.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Full Story | Discuss this Story
Disparate Treatment, Federal Taxes and "Conduct Unbecoming of a Federal Employee"
A mailroom worker for SSA got caught up in a fraudulent income tax scheme apparently sponsored by a co-worker. While under investigation, the agency promoted the employee who now had access to a database of Social Security numbers. The employee was fired but a federal court sends the case back to the MSPB for a new decision.
Posted: November 10, 2009 | Full Story
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Total Pages: 7
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