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Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA), Dennis Ross (R-FL), and Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) have introduced a bill that would aim to cut the federal workforce by 10% by 2015 through…
OPM director John Berry says agencies are asking the agency for guidance on how to deal with the issue of transgendered employees in the workplace. The result is…
OPM says that "dramatic progress" has been made in modernizing the federal government's hiring process in the past year.
The greatest barrier in providing quality service can be working within a bureaucratic system that rewards mediocrity, avoids accountability, is susceptible to corruption, minimizes risk, encourages avoidance, rewards…
The author examines the failure of the 1978 civil service reform statute in labor relations and human resources generally and suggests a plan to encourage responsive Agency management,…
The author poses the question, with all the noise around shrinking government and making federal employees out to be the "bad" guys, what would the real effects of…
Personal hygiene issues and personal behavior in the workplace can be a problem. From bad breath, too much perfume or people who don't like to take a shower…
Rep. Tom Marino (R-PA) has introduced legislation that would freeze federal hiring for most agencies until the federal deficit is eliminated.
Many jobseekers hesitate to apply for federal jobs because they are afraid they won't qualify, but the truth may surprise you.
Almost everyone outside of labor union activists wants to make removing government's worst employees easier or less complicated. Such was the intent of the last major civil service…