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The author says that many people don’t consider the possibility of having performance appraisals that actually improve performance. He says that having a system designed to improve performance would be an appraisal system actually worth having instead of being just about the performance rating.
Now that the country has gone through a polarizing election and billions of dollars and untold hours have been spent to determine the will of the American people, what has changed and what will be the impact on the federal government and federal employees?
A major new change is coming to Flexible Spending Accounts in 2013.
An MSPB survey found that 13% of federal employee respondents observed a violent incident in 2010. According to the report, BLS reported a result of 5% relating violent incidents in industry, state and local government asking similar questions. If the survey sample is valid, nearly 300,000 Feds observed violent incidents at work as there are about 2.3 million Federal employees.
The trick to using your annual leave effectively is knowing what the rules are that apply to you. A little advance planning may go a long way in helping plan your use of annual leave and making sure you have enough leave to allow you to do some of the things you want to do away from the office or your job site without taking a cut in pay while you are not working.
The government’s need for people who can be trusted with sensitive information is not abating. The ranks of federal employees and contractors who held a security clearance rose by 3.3 percent in FY 2011 according to a new report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
According to a recent analysis by federal employment law firm Tully Rinckey PLLC, the Executive Branch is getting better at hiring disabled individuals, but there is still room for improvement.
The COLA increase for some federal retirees in 2013 will likely be between 1.5 and 1.7%. Here is an explanation.
The November elections are almost here, and federal employees may have questions about whether they can be granted time off to vote. OPM has provided some answers.
The president has signed another continuing appropriations resolution to fund the government for another few months. It means that the existing pay freeze for federal employees will continue.
