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The Office of Personnel Management announced early departure guidelines for federal employees late last night, but commuting feds are mad they may have to fight the snow on their way home.
The National Background Investigations Bureau will have its own director, who will report to the Office of Personnel Management. The administration says it doesn't have a specific timeline for implementing the new security clearance program or standing up the new agency, but changes will come in incremental stages.
AFGE President J. David Cox joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive to talk about the ongoing contract negotiations for TSA employees.
The Office of Personnel Management says employees should leave four hours before normal, but no later than 12 p.m.
Postmaster General Megan Brennan told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Congress needs to pass legislative reforms to her agency, now.
A call of the Metropolitan Council of Governments will help determine when and if the federal government should open, close early or not close early ahead of the impending blizzard.
Federal employees in the Washington, D.C. area took their commute frustrations out on the Office of Personnel Management Thursday morning, citing the agency's decision to keep federal agencies open without a two-hour delay or allow unscheduled telework.
The Architect of the Capitol is responsible for clearing about 14 miles of sidewalks, 7 miles of streets and drives, and more than 20 acres of parking lots and plazas of snow and ice.
Cost effective management of human capital is what Congress wants from the Defense Department. It used section 955 of the 2013 Defense Authorization Bill to get it. But DoD still has a ways to go in complying. Brenda Farrell, the director of Defense Capabilities and Management issues at Government Accountability Office, joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with more.
While the presidential campaigns in both parties seem to prattle on endlessly, one thing we know for sure. Come Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, someone new will enter the Oval Office. Probably with sore feet after a day of inauguration parades and galas. The real business of transition is already underway. Dan Blair, president and CEO of the National Academy of Public Administration, fills in Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack took part in the opening ceremony Wednesday for the Great Green Fleet, a year-long initiative that demonstrates the sea service’s efforts to transform its energy use.
With one year left until Inauguration Day, the Partnership for Public Service's new Center for Presidential Transition is encouraging candidates and federal employees to begin preparing now for the next administration. Career feds should be prepared to tell incoming new leaders what their agencies do and how they can help.
The Navy launched its year-long green initiative that will use alternative fuels and procurement practices to make the service more fuel efficient.
The National Treasury Employees Union joined the nation's largest federal workers union in endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.