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Panel Passes 1.4 Percent Pay Raise

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A Senate panel on Thursday approved a bill granting civilian federal employees a 2011 pay raise of 1.4 percent.

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IT Job Search Gets Personal

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Leading IT jobs website Dice has launched a new social networking site that connects IT job seekers with tech recruiters.

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More on OPM's Job Registry

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In following up to Thursday's post, Federal Times

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Help! A subordinate is undermining my authority

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This week's questions come from federal managers and supervisors. Please continue sharing your ideas and questions by emailing me at fedcoach@ourpublicservice.org.

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Nixing Federal Job Registers?

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The Office of Personnel Management is considering ending its centralized hiring register program due to a lack of interest among federal agencies.

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Culture of Innovation

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When it comes to changing the culture at federal agencies to support more innovation, it appears as though federal managers could learn a lot from the example being set at the Veterans Affairs Depa

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Bill Invests in Cyber Jobs

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A Senate panel on Thursday passed legislation that would expand grants to students who pursue cybersecurity careers and create a public-private center for cybersecurity innovation.

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Senior Executive Service: Coaching through the 'fragile year'

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Patricia C. Adams is the deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for civilian human resources.

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Diversity in IT Jobs

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Several demographic groups remained underrepresented in the federal workforce in fiscal 2009, according to a new report by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

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Speedy Hiring for AF Cyber Pros

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The Air Force has authorized federal hiring managers to use a streamlined hiring authority to help speed the process of filling more than 680 cybersecurity jobs.

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IT Job Perks

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Business Insider and Glassdoor.com have teamed up to put together a list of the top 25 technology companies to

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High performers: How to manage your Stephen Strasburgs

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I'm a sports fan, so I often look for the connection between coaching and team performance.

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The Use of GPS to Supervise Offenders in the United States-Radio Transcript

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Federal IT Internships Fall Short

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When it comes to recruiting and retaining entry-level IT employees, federal agencies often struggle with creating effective internship programs that get students in the door and keep them there.

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30,000 Cyber Pros

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It's no secret that the federal government is facing a serious shortage of cybersecurity professionals.

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Who's the right leader for right now?

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This week's questions come from two Washington D.C. federal managers at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

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Improving First-Line Supervisors

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Federal agencies are falling short when it comes to selecting, training and supporting first-level supervisors, according to a new report.

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House Panel Clears Training Bill

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A House panel on Wednesday passed legislation that would establish basic training standards for federal managers and supervisors.

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Embracing Young Ideas

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Allan Holmes on Monday wrote an excellent post on how the federal government is losing t

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Immigration Services head: From Havana to Washington D.C.

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As the Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Alejandro Mayorkas oversees the world's largest immigration service. Mayorkas previously served as the U.S.

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More Tech, Less Balance?

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BlackBerrys, mobile apps and social media may be putting their mark on the federal workplace, but is being constantly connected always a good thing?

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Government's Big Recruiting Problem

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I met last week with about 25 students from Cornell University who took part in the school's annual Summer in Washington program.

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Be the bad guy: Negative feedback and how to deliver it

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For many people, top fears include spiders, heights, public speaking and crowds. For many government managers I speak to, it's delivering criticism at performance time.

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IT Jobs: Fed vs. Private Sector

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The private sector is steps ahead of the federal government when it comes to overall job satisfaction as well as managing, training and rewarding employees, according to data from the

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Top-Dollar IT Skills

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The battle is on for hard-to-find technology talent, and companies are paying top dollar for the most in-demand IT professionals.

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What next-gen gov leaders want you to know

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I received terrific e-mails from some of the young leaders that I talked about in Monday's column. Here is some of their advice for motivating, retaining and fully utilizing their generation.

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IT Jobs Still Pay Premium

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Starting salaries for computer science and computer engineering graduates have taken a bit of a hit this year but still remain significantly higher than starting salaries for other professions, Inf

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Cyber Ambassadors

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The Homeland Security Department on Wednesday announced the winners of a contest designed to garner new ideas to improve the public's cybersecurity awareness and literacy.

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House Passes Telework Bill

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The House on Wednesday passed legislation that would make telework a statutory requirement for every federal agency.

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Younger Feds Happier With Jobs

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Federal workers age 25 and younger are generally more satisfied with their jobs, pay and benefits than workers in other age groups, according to data from the

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Joe Ferrara: Get yourself in the room

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As a career member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), Joe Ferrara held numerous positions within the Department of Defense (DOD).

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Survey Shows Telework Improvements

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Survey results released Monday give the first complete look at the number of federal employees participating in agency telework programs.

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OPM to Overhaul PMF Program

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The Office of Personnel Management is looking to better recruit and retain the younger generation of workers by beefing up the Presidential Management Fellows program.

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No Room for IT?

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I'm in the process of analyzing the results of the 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, and you certainly can expect more posts, particularly on telewor

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Feds Satisfied With Their Jobs

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Federal employees overwhelmingly are satisfied with their jobs and believe the work they do is important, but many believe the government still has work to do when it comes to providing training op

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Young gov leaders: Love them or lose them

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Part of leadership is about creating the next generation of leaders. It's easy to look at the younger generation -- with their high expectations and big demands -- and scoff.

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Walking in another's shoes

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This week's questions come from two Washington D.C. federal managers. Please continue sharing your ideas and questions by emailing me at fedcoach@ourpublicservice.org.

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Gen Y's Social Media Future

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Social media tools will continue to play an integral role in the lives of Millennials, even as they get older, start families and take on more responsibilities, new research suggests.

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Top Chief Challenges

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Establishing guidance and providing training to federal employees on new information technology systems and government 2.0 tools is one of the top challenges for agency chief executives, according

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IRS Recruits on YouTube

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The Internal Revenue Service has become the latest agency to launch a new job search tool on YouTube aimed at recruiting veterans and recent college graduates.

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Rethinking the workplace in the 21st century

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Sometimes the sign of good leadership is an ability to see challenges as opportunities rather than roadblocks to success. Case in point: telework.

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Another Take on Pay for Performance

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A new study by the Heritage Foundation aims to point out that federal workers are paid 30 to 40 percent higher than their private sector counterparts.

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Gov's Next Generation

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The

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Senator Kaufman: 'Your word is your bond'

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Sen. Ted Kaufman is the junior senator from Delaware appointed in 2009 to fill the unexpired term of senator now Vice President Joseph Biden.

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Hurricanes and Telework

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I know this week's posts have been a little telework-heavy, but it's worth noting that the Office of Personnel Management is reminding agency chief human capital officers that telework is an option

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YouCut Targets Federal Pensions

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Republican lawmakers are targeting federal employee pensions this week as part of House Minority Whip Eric Cantor's YouCut program, an

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High turnover: When everyone is jumping ship

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Last week in Washington at the Center for Government Leadership, we trained nearly 190 federal leaders from more than two dozen agencies on business acumen.

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Don't Oversell Telework?

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While establishing telework programs at federal agencies will no doubt help recruit the next generation of federal employees, it's also important that agencies do not "oversell" the benefit to fede

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600,000 Teleworking by 2014?

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The federal government should set a goal of having at least 600,000 federal employees teleworking by 2014, according to a new report by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and Booz Allen H

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Outsourcing Cyber Expertise

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A California lawmaker is questioning whether the Homeland Security Department and other agencies should have more cybersecurity responsibilities, particularly given the shortage of qualified worker

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