Archive: February 22, 2009 - February 28, 2009
Unions Happy to See Fewer Contract Workers in Budget
Federal employee labor leaders are not happy about President Obama's plan to give civilians a 2 percent pay raise in 2010, while military personnel would get 2.9 percent. This is a break with the general practice of giving the two...
By Sara Goo | February 27, 2009; 11:06 AM ET | Comments (0)
Federal Pay Parity Issue Riles Labor
It’s been hard to find any daylight between President Obama and the federal employee unions that worked hard to put him in office -- until now. When he released his proposed 2010 budget summary yesterday, the unions were not...
By Eric Pianin | February 26, 2009; 7:15 PM ET | Comments (2)
Obama's Pay Proposal for Fed Workers Gets Mixed Review
Updated: 2:01 p.m. John Gage, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal employee union, praised the proposed budget President Obama released today, even though it calls for a 2 percent salary increase for civilian workers, while...
By Sara Goo | February 26, 2009; 12:07 PM ET | Comments (0)
How to Address the Federal Brain Drain? Focus On Those Seniors
Youth. Youth. Youth. Does everything have to be for people who have only one prescription in their eye glasses? Sometimes it seems the world of business and employment is totally focused on the under-35 set. That’s a critical demographic, no...
By Eric Pianin | February 25, 2009; 7:20 PM ET | Comments (0)
Will Stimulus Package Lead to Another Contracting Fiasco?
If Uncle Sam wants to avoid the fiasco he wrought when trying to get help to Hurricane Katrina victims, he’d better get his acquisition act together fast. That’s the message from a report issued yesterday by the Professional Services Council,...
By Eric Pianin | February 24, 2009; 6:50 PM ET | Comments (1)
Contractors Tell Feds to Improve Acquisition Process
If Uncle Sam wants to avoid the fiasco he had when trying to get help to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, he’d better get his acquisition act together fast. That’s the message from a report by the Professional Services Council,...
By Sara Goo | February 24, 2009; 4:28 PM ET | Comments (0)
Agency Helps Federal Workers Prepare for Stimulus Package
The Office of Personnel Management plans to help federal bureaucrats prepare for their role in implementing the recently passed stimulus package by hosting a seminar for federal personnel managers. The March 3 inter-agency forum is billed as an "OPM Stimulus...
By Sara Goo | February 24, 2009; 11:13 AM ET | Comments (1)
Naval Enthusiast Loses Out to 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
The law might be called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” but Todd Belok got kicked out of the Naval ROTC at George Washington University because somebody told. Belok is an 18-year-old freshman who has wanted to be in the Navy at...
By Eric Pianin | February 23, 2009; 7:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
