National Academy of Public Administration

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2013, file photo, just cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Everyone knows the tech industry is big, but it can be challenging to get your head around just how big it is. At least until you look at it from a different angle and realize that Apple makes more money in a day than 2500 average U.S. households can expect to see in a year. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Agencies would have an easier time approving pay bonuses under OPM proposal

A new proposed rule from OPM aims to offload a bit of transactional work and let the agency focus more on governmentwide human capital policy.

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This Air Force technologist has helped spread the internet everywhere

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Divide over Schedule F reveals deeper need for federal workforce reform, Partnership says

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Meet the guy who makes sure FEMA arrives at a disaster fully prepared

Behind the visible efforts though FEMA, there is a mission support function that ensures the right money, equipment and people are in place.

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An influential Congressional staffer is now a NAPA fellow

Among this year’s fellows added to the National Academy of Public Administration are several still-working, senior federal employees. One of them is prominent…

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Meet the legislative branch diversity officer who’s the latest NAPA fellow

Among this year’s class of new fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration, are a few people from the legislative branch. Among them, Zina Merritt, the chief diversity management officer at the Government Accountability Office.

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