Monday, February 23, 2009

Unions praise acting chairwoman of labor board


Article Title: Unions praise acting chairwoman of labor board
Snippet from Article: "...Carol Waller Pope, President Obama's choice to becoming acting head of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, is popular with government employee unions, at least two of which recommended her for the job...."
Source: www.govexec.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Anti-Terrorism: Evaluating Federal Air Marshal Service Difficult


Article Title: Anti-Terrorism: Evaluating Federal Air Marshal Service Difficult
Snippet from Article: "...Because the number of air marshals is less than the number of daily flights, FAMS's operational approach is to assign air marshals to selected flights it deems high risk -- such as the nonstop, long-distance flights targeted on September 11, 2001. In assigning air marshals, FAMS seeks to maximize coverage of flights in 10 targeted high-risk categories..."
Source: www.hawaiireporter.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Pentagon's Personnel System Under Fire


Article Title: Pentagon's Personnel System Under Fire
Snippet from Article: "...personnel system has resulted in "widespread distrust and discontent within the ranks of the hundreds of thousands of dedicated DOD employees." The NSPS has long had a bull's-eye on it back. Federal employee unions have..."
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Thursday, February 19, 2009

500 more at Yucca face layoffs


Article Title: 500 more at Yucca face layoffs
Snippet from Article: "...The latest round of reductions will bring the project's population to fewer than 900, from a high of about 2,750 three years ago, DOE officials said. Besides the prime contractor and Sandia National Laboratories, there are about 250 federal workers and smaller groups of support personnel. ..."
Source: www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com

Monday, February 16, 2009

FERS Redeposit Act


Article Title: Ex-Workers Could Retain Credit for Federal Service
Snippet from Article: "..."This legislation is about enticing experienced federal employees to return to government service at a time when our nation needs its best and brightest the most," said Rep. James P. Moran Jr. (D-Va.), who introduced the bill on Tuesday. ..."
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
FERS Redeposit Act

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Monday, February 9, 2009

F-22 Design Shows More Than Expected


Article Title: F-22 Design Shows More Than Expected
Snippet from Article: "...Hoping to win support for F-22 production beyond the current 183 aircraft, Lockheed Martin is revealing proprietary data that show performance in several areas is better than baseline requirements...."
Source: www.aviationweek.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Unions press to suspend outsourcing


Article Title: Unions press to suspend outsourcing
Snippet from Article: "...The government’s largest union will press Congress this week to suspend government outsourcing studies until rules are narrowed for what work can be contracted out...."
Source: federaltimes.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]

Monday, February 2, 2009

Federal Employee Performance Evaluations


Article Title: Quotes taken from actual (U.S.) Federal Employee Performance Evaluations
Snippet from Article: "...10. "This employee should go far, and the sooner he starts, the better." 11. "Got a full 6-pack, but lacks the plastic thing to hold it all together." 12. "A gross ignoramus - 144 times worse than an ordinary ignoramus."..."
Source: ohmygov.com

[tag]Federal,Government,Military,Retiree, [/tag]