Showing posts with label Government Accountability Office (GAO). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Government Accountability Office (GAO). Show all posts

Saturday, March 4, 2023

Federal employees lack mission critical skills needed to do their jobs

Federal employees lack mission critical skills needed to do their jobs

Snippet of Article: "Skills Gaps Within OPM’s Own Workforce Could Make It Less Able to Help Others. ...But OPM’s efforts to help agencies close their skills gaps could be endangered by skills gaps within the HR agency’s own workforce. Of the 11 objectives within OPM’s current strategic plan dedicated to addressing governmentwide skills gaps, GAO found that the agency’s existing skills gaps imperil nine of them. And thus far, OPM has not established an action plan to deal with that risk..."

Source: www.govexec.com

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Thursday, May 21, 2015

Democrats foil attempt by the U.S. Department of Labor to cut workers' compensation benefits

Article Title: Democrats Reject Proposal to Cut Benefits for Injured Federal Workers

Snippet of Article: "...“I am disappointed that the Department of Labor would come forward for the third time in the past five years with a proposal to cut benefits for injured workers that is not evidence-based, and whose justification has been completely debunked by the Government Accountability Office,” said Scott. “I find it incomprehensible that we are now considering whether to take $500 million from middle class workers – and their families ..."
Source: ehstoday.com