Firing poor performers: Federal Times wants to hear from you
Everybody’s heard the urban legend that it’s impossible to fire a government worker, but Federal Times wants to take a closer look at the federal firing process and find out what’s really going on. And...
View ArticleFEMA knows what kids want: proofreading photo captions!
The FEMA for Kids website is an endless source of entertainment for me. There’s no other site that so perfectly encapsulates how clueless the government can be when it attempts to pander to children,...
View ArticleLibya sanctions: Three days to freeze $32 billion
The Washington Post just posted a great story looking inside the Treasury Department’s mad dash to freeze $32 billion in assets held by Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi. Treasury employees worked nearly...
View ArticleOPM’s Berry: ‘We are close to the edge of the cliff’
As we reported yesterday, the members of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations sounded a red alert Wednesday on the state of the federal government’s recruiting and retention...
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