John Berry

We Paid Dead People Using Paper, Pencil and a Whole Lot of Spit

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Congressional Oversight, Office of Personnel Management, Federal-Retirement-Funds, Federal Employees Retirement System, John Berry, Politics News

The technology to fix the Federal Employees Retirement System isn't a pipe dream. It's ready to use, right now. It's time to solve this problem once and for all for federal employees, its retirees and the American taxpayer.

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PHOTOS: LGBT Pioneer Honored At Poignant Memorial

Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: LGBT Rights, Frank Kameny, Robert Dodge, Frank Kameny Memorial, Gay Rights, Frank Kameny Death, John Berry, Civil Rights, Gay Voices News

An Obama administration official, three members of Congress and a Yale Law School professor were among the many high-profile figures who attended a po...

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USAJOBS 3.0 Jumps the Shark

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Google, Office of Personnel Management, Obama Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, Linkedin, Federal Jobs, John Berry, Usajobs, Technology News

When the Obama administration needed real, proven innovative skills -- in this particular case to address the problem of veterans' unemployment -- it was not surprising to see that it had finally turned to private sector professionals for the solution.

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Government Claims It's Getting Easier To Apply For Federal Jobs

AOL Jobs | Wyatt Kash | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Job Announcements, John Berry, Hiring Practices, Job Applicants, Unemployment Crisis, Office of Personnel Management, Jobs, Hiring Reform Initiative, National Press Club, Business News

The director of the federal government's Office of Personnel Management reported new figures today indicating that agencies are making it easier to hi...

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Is 2011 the Year of Telework?

Josh Sawislak | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Office of Personnel Management, Telework, John Berry, 2011, Telework Exchange, Technology News

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011. I believe this is going to be a banner year for a number of reasons. First, it kicks off the second decade of the ...

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John Berry: The Man Who Can Shut Down The Government

The New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Dressed in flannel-lined blue jeans to guard against the chill, John Berry was in the second-floor bedroom of his Dupont Circle townhous...

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Berry: Why Obama Admin Is Denying Lesbian Couple Benefits

Bil Browning | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Klenart, Domestic Partner Benefits, Opm, Obama Adminstration, John Berry, Tammy Baldwin, Golinski, Politics News

Much has been made of the Obama administration's decision to defy a California judge's order that they enroll a lesbian federal employee's partner as her health-insurance beneficiary.

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Obama's Speech (TEXT): Transcript Of President Obama's Speech About Gay Rights

Posted 05.25.2011

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The official transcript of President Obama's address at The Human Rights Campaign's 13th Annual National Dinner on Saturday, as released by the White ...

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Four Reasons for Hope on LGBT Rights and the Obama Administration

Carlos A. Ball | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 2010 Census, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Lgbt, Gay Rights, John Berry, Nancy Sutley, Obama Gay Rights, Fred Hochberg, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

I want to find reasons to still believe that the Obama Administration will do the right thing for LGBT people, and do it relatively soon.

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Sweet Speech, Mr. President - But Where Was the Apology? And Where's the Action?

Karen Ocamb | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LGBT at the White House, Democratic Congress, John Berry, Don't Tell, Sam Nunn, Eric Holder, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama, LGBT Politics, Victor Fehrenbach, Dadt, Rachel Maddow, Gays in the Military, Dan Choi, Frank Kameny, Doma, Don't Ask, Mike Lux, Politics News

If "equality" is a founding principle for freedom -- how do you justify withholding "equality for all" from LGBT people for any amount of time?

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Gay Benefits Call With Berry Reveals...Very Little

Jennifer Vanasco | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, Gay Rights, John Berry, Employment, Breaking Politics News, Health Insurance, Gays, Gay Marriage, Barack Obama, Politics News

"This is a first step, not the final step," Berry said. "It's practicing before preaching." I wish the White House would stop practicing and would start moving on gay civil rights issues for real.

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Obama's Choice for OPM Director Faces Daunting Challenges

Max Stier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Office of Personnel Management, Politics News, Federal Workforce, President Obama, Human Capital, John Berry, Federal Government, Human Resources, Politics News

President Obama has named National Zoo Director John Berry to lead the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Berry's new job will make getting giant pandas to reproduce look easy.

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