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Federal executives talk a lot about the importance of human capital. The workforce, that is. But not enough of them engage in meaningful workforce planning. That's according to former Homeland Security HR-chief Jeff Neal, now with IFC International. Neal told Federal Drive with Tom Temin that's changing.
November 25, 2015 -
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Salaries barely changed from fiscal 2013. But 12.2 percent more SES members received performance awards.
November 20, 2015 -
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Agencies often go into great detail when they identify the skills and competencies they need for their own employees, then do very little to identify what they need when they use contractors to do the work.
November 18, 2015 -
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Real leadership development takes an agency that is willing to make the investment of time and money needed to build strong supervisors, says Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International.
November 05, 2015 -
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If human resources is so important and HR specialists are a mission critical occupation, why is it so rare to find someone who says they are happy with their HR support?
October 29, 2015 -
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Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International, clarifies a couple of points addressed in his previous commentary on federal pay and addresses a few new ones.
October 26, 2015 -
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Another report says that federal employees are overpaid. The numbers the Cato Institute uses are accurate, but they are not true. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer for the Homeland Security Department, writes at Chief HRO and he joins In Depth with Francis Rose to explain.
October 23, 2015 -
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The Cato Institute has issued yet another report claiming federal employees are grossly overpaid. Their numbers claim feds make 78 percent more than private sector workers and 43 percent more than state and local workers. If true, those numbers would be alarming and cause for immediate steps to rein in federal pay and benefits. The numbers are generally accurate, but they are not true. How can that be?
October 12, 2015 -
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Kathryn Medina, chief talent officer at APCO Worldwide and former executive director of the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, and Jeri Buchholz, strategic business development advisor for FMP Consulting and former chief human capital officer at NASA, count down the week's top federal stories with Francis Rose.
September 29, 2015 -
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If the 2013 government shutdown taught us anything, it's that the impact was felt way beyond federal agencies and their employees, says former DHS CHCO Jeff Neal.
September 28, 2015 -
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By now shutdown planning should be underway at your agency. If it happens, the economic repercussions will be widespread and the private sector will likely feel the biggest impact. Jeff Neal, senior vice president of ICF International, tells In Depth with Francis Rose how agencies can prepare, who will be most impacted and what we leared from the 2013 shutdown.
September 25, 2015 -
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Not all federal job applications are answered truthfully, so it's critical that hiring managers are given the tools and support to keep the list of candidates as honest as possible, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.
September 21, 2015 -
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There is a wealth of government data that could be used to make HR programs far more effective, says former DHS HR executive Jeff Neal.
September 09, 2015 -
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Federal unions and the employees they represent aren't always on the same page. For example, the American Federation of Government Employees recently targeted some leaders at the Department of Veterans Affairs for discipline. And some members of Congress have called for an end to some collective bargaining rights like official time for feds. Jeff Neal is senior vice president of ICF International and former chief human capital officer at the Homeland Security Department. He's also the author of the Chief HRO blog and he tells In Depth with Francis Rose that federal unions come in all kinds of flavors.
August 31, 2015
