Archive: November 16, 2008 - November 22, 2008
Fighting Worker Suspensions
The president of the National Treasury Employees Union has declared war on a proposed regulation she says will greatly expand the government’s power to suspend employees indefinitely without pay. In a response to the proposal, Colleen M. Kelley told the...
By Steven E. Levingston | November 21, 2008; 12:05 PM ET | Comments (4)
Unions See Chance to Push Agenda
Here's today's column: What a difference a transition makes. Federal employees are looking forward to what they believe will be the biggest change under Barack Obama: a boss-in-chief who likes them more than their current one. The National Treasury Employees...
By Terri Rupar | November 20, 2008; 10:31 AM ET | Comments (1)
The Overseas Pay Gap
Here's today's column: Michael Keller has worked on five continents during his 15 years in the foreign service. He's been in Germany, where the standard of living is pretty good, and the Central African Republic and Cambodia, where he could...
By Terri Rupar | November 19, 2008; 10:14 AM ET | Comments (8)
Will Congressional Allies Leave Posts?
Here's today's column: Joe Lieberman and Danny Davis are proven allies of federal workers and each chairs congressional panels affecting them. But maybe not for long. One could have his chairmanship snatched away by Senate colleagues. The other would relinquish...
By Terri Rupar | November 18, 2008; 9:46 AM ET | Comments (0)
Engaged in Your Job?
Hey Frank and Flo Fed. Are you really into your job? Maybe you’re kind of so-so about your agency. Or perhaps you simply don’t give a damn? Wherever you fall on that scale, your feelings probably are represented by the...
By Steven E. Levingston | November 18, 2008; 3:01 AM ET | Comments (0)
Toughest Jobs in Obama Administration
You’ve had the plums, now come the prunes. As the Federal Diary reported last week, the Council for Excellence in Government is publishing the Prune Book, which lists the toughest management jobs in government. The book had a “soft...
By Steven E. Levingston | November 17, 2008; 11:46 AM ET | Comments (0)
