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Improving Your Agency's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Ranking

Tom Fox | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Fdic, Opm, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings, Office of Personnel Managment, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Pto, Bep, Department of Treasury, Partnership for Public Service, Politics News

Organizations struggling to improve their rankings would be wise to understand what successful agencies have done, and then adopt those strategies to build a more engaged and, ultimately, a more effective workforce.

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The District of Cognitive Dissonance

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Job Skills, Federal Workforce, Office of Personnel Management, Opm, Government Employees, Politics News

Despite a dire economic situation with enormous odds stacked against us, our government is seriously dumbing-down its own financial prowess, as evidenced by the recent minimum qualification standards set by the Office of Personnel Management.

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When Words Aren't Enough, Numbers Help Define OPM's Conflict of Interest

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Office of Personnel Management, Opm, Federal Budget Deficit, U.S. Debt, Office of Personnel Management Budget, Federal Debt, OPM Budget, Politics News

Tell the average person that intragovernmental funds transfers are the root of an institutional conflict-of-interest problem in Washington, D.C., and ...

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The War on Ponzi-Style Government Waste

Linda E. Brooks Rix | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Ponzi Scheme, Opm, Bernie Madoff, Federal Government Spending, Federal Government, Office of Personnel Management, Politics News

Given the current budget and deficit crisis, government needs to find savings fast and in large sums. A good place to start is to cut off all franchise and working capital funds. Put the money back in the programs they were appropriated to support.

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OPM Addresses Potential Affect Of Government Shutdown On Federal Employees

Posted 06.06.2011

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The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a statement addressing what a government shutdown would mean for federal employees should lawmakers fa...

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DOMA: What Will Congress Do?

Jon Davidson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, Lgbt, Opm, Gay Rights, Golinski, Doma, Lambda Legal, Eric Cantor, Obama, Newt Gingrich, Doma Congress, Obama Doma, Defense of Marriage Act, Politics News

The political backlash has already been furious -- and inaccurate. Instead of using time and taxpayer money to defend discrimination in court, Congress should put this bad law to rest by repealing it.

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Federal Government Operating Status For Thursday

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Federal Government is open for business -- but it's too bad their Facebook status can't say "it's complicated." With the Washington D.C. metro ar...

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People Are the Center of Gov 2.0

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Platform, Tim O'Reilly, Gov2Expo 2010, Technology, gov30, You2gov, Government 2.0, gov20, Opm, People, Mobile, gov20la, Alan W. Silberberg, Data, Opensource, gov20tv, Technology News

Without people, there is no technology that works beyond a few days or so. Without people, data has no meaning. The gravity of the situation rests now and will always rest with the people.

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Federal Government Closed Thursday: OPM Status Reveals Federal Closings For Fourth Day

Posted 05.25.2011

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The federal government will be closed again Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010, according to a new status update from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OP...

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OPM Federal Government Operating Status: Wednesday CLOSINGS Announced For Washington, D.C.

Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Once again, the OPM site is suffering from outage, and once again the Federal Government will be CLOSED tomorrow, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 -- ...

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What's Next for Health Reform?

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Opm, USA Today, Senate Health Care Bill, Stupak Amendment, Diana DeGette, Health Reform, Health-Affairs-Journal, Kaiser Family Foundation, House Health Care Bill, Politics News

As you chat with friends and family over the holiday, do you know what is in these bills and what might emerge in the final version?

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Obama Administration Denies Lesbian Spousal Benefits Despite Judge's Finding

The Advocate | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opm, Gay Rights, Obama Administration, Karen Golinski, Office of Personnel Management, San Francisco, Health Care, Gay Issues, Health Benefits, Politics News

The Office of Personnel Management has concluded that it does not have the legal authority to provide benefits to the spouse of Karen Golinski, a staf...

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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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Survey: Federal Government Needs To Hire More Than 270,000 Workers

The Washington Post | Steve Vogel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Opm, OPM Report, Federal Government, Washington D.C., Retirement, Obama, Baby Boomers, Federal Government Hiring, Business News

The federal government needs to hire more than 270,000 workers for "mission-critical" jobs over the next three years, a surge prompted in part by the ...

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The Next FEMA

Max Stier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Human Capital Survey, Airline Safety, OPM, Federal Government, Economy, President Obama, Disaster Preparedness, Health Care, Public Servants, Jobs, Fema, Max Stier, Congress, President-Elect Obama, Mortgage Bailout, Weapons Spending, Politics News

This was originally published as an exclusive commentary for Washington Monthly. Barack Obama must begin rebuilding federal agencies fast--or risk se...

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