Archive: May 10, 2009 - May 16, 2009
Group Picked to Examine Pay-for-Performance
The Obama administration's review of the Pentagon's pay-for-performance system is getting underway with the naming of a task group to examine the National Security Personnel System. The group's report could have a significant impact on the future of NSPS. It...
By Eric Pianin | May 15, 2009; 1:55 PM ET | Comments (0)
New DHS Headquarters Could Generate 38,000 Jobs
The planned Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Southeast Washington will generate 38,000 jobs, including some in the private sector, over the next eight years, according to Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.). Some of those jobs will be part of...
By Eric Pianin | May 13, 2009; 12:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Is Uncle Sam Printing Too Much Stuff?
A company that makes printers has released a study that essentially says federal government employees print too much. The official sounding “2009 Government Printing Report — A Closer Look Costs, Habits, Policies, and Opportunities for Savings,” was released today by...
By Eric Pianin | May 12, 2009; 12:30 PM ET | Comments (0)
Whistleblowers Seek Job Restoration From Obama
A group of national security whistleblowers is asking President Obama to consider "making us whole" by restoring them to their old or similar positions, with back pay and interest, after they quit or were fired or lost security clearances because...
By Eric Pianin | May 11, 2009; 2:40 PM ET | Comments (2)
