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Get a Life: Baseball, public service and retirement
The Washington Nationals and Partnership for Public Service are offering discounted tickets to express appreciation to federal employees, writes blogger Judy Welles. Plus: SSA to develop Retirement Estimator.
(Posted May 14, 2008)
The Lectern: Now THAT's procurement reform
A senior official battling corruption in Nigeria reminds blogger Steve Kelman how lucky the United States is to have a procurement system in which honesty often can be taken for granted.
(Posted May 13, 2008)
Get a Life!: More about telework
Blogger Judy Welles says the government's new telework is a good resource for current or prospective teleworkers and their managers.
(Posted April 30, 2008)
Klossner: IBM's double secret probation
The recent story about IBM's temporary suspension brings to mind a scene from the movie Animal House, writes FCW cartoonist John Klossner.
(Posted April 24, 2008)
Get a Life: Feds help food banks
Food banks are running short of food and more people are lining up for food these days. Some retired feds and other employees are pitching in to help and you can too.
(Posted April 21, 2008)
Klossner: The Good Old Days
FCW cartoonist John Klossner points out that the Census Bureau's decision to limit the use of technology in the 2010 count is part of larger cultural fascination with the 1980s.
(Posted April 14, 2008)
Get a Life: Airline misery
There may be no data on how many federal employees were stranded at airports last week, but certainly there must be stories to tell. Blogger Judy Welles knows your pain.
(Posted April 11, 2008)
Get a Life: How well do you get along?
A survey found that the Millennial Generation gives bosses and fellow employees the hardest time in the office, writes blogger Judy Welles. Which generation to you think is the hardest to manage?
(Posted April 9, 2008)
Klossner: Accidents happen?
FCW cartoonist John Klossner explains his thinking behind this week's cartoon about the loss of an NIH laptop on which data had not been encrypted.
(Posted April 8, 2008)
Get a Life!: Federal jobs have appeal
The benefits of government work that attract upper-level professionals from the private sector could also appeal to the younger generation of college graduates, writes blogger Judy Welles.
(Posted April 2, 2008)
The Lectern: The IBM shocker
Blogger Steve Kelman is concerned that the IBM suspension could exacerbate shaky relations between government and industry.
(Posted April 2, 2008)
FCW Insider: The talk of FOSE Day 1 -- IBM
There were some really remarkable presentations at the first day of the FOSE trade show and conference on Tuesday, but the talk of the show today was IBM being suspended from government work.
(Posted April 2, 2008)
Work in Progress: Kids these days
FCW Cartoonist John Klossner reminisces about life as a struggling cartoonist and suggests eight steps agencies could take to retain younger employees.
(Posted March 25, 2008)
Get a Life!: How are your brackets?
A survey shows employees will spend office time on March Madness and some companies even organize employee pools to build morale. Blogger Judy Welles wants to know: Do office pools help or hurt productivity?
(Posted March 24, 2008)
The Lectern: New book on innovation in government
The book, published by the Brookings Institution Press, is a fresh reminder of how innovation is so much more difficult in government than in industry, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
(Posted March 18, 2008)
Get a Life!: Family leave revisited
As one generation retires, paid family leave might be one of the benefits needed to attract a new generation of workers.
(Posted March 18, 2008)
The Lectern: Silly season hits contract management group
Blogger Steve Kelman finds it absurd that some federal contracting officials have declined to serve on the National Contract Management Association Board of Advisors due to the presence of contractor representatives.
(Posted March 13, 2008)
FCW Forum: Too much training — or not enough?
In a letter to the editor, one reader suggested that feds spend way too much time in training. Another reader disagreed, saying training opportunities are scarce. What do you think?
(Posted March 12, 2008)
The Lectern: Vendor coupons and other losses
The fact that vendors no longer offer temporary discount prices off the GSA schedule reflects the loss of innovation in the current procurement environment, writes blogger Steve Kelman.
(Posted March 11, 2008)
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