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Working From Home on Labor Day

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Access to fast Internet speeds that make working from home and on-the-go easier seem to be on the rise nationwide, just in time for Labor Day.

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Inside the libraries of federal leaders

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With Labor Day ahead of us and many folks heading out of town, I thought it would be the perfect time to share the leadership books recommended by some of the federal leaders I've recently interviewed

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Fighting the Flu with Your Cell

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Last year's response to the pandemic H1N1 flu was mired by delays in manufacturing what was supposed to be the most powerful tool for preventing widespread fatalities: a vaccine.

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Finding Work for Space Shuttle Workers

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Nextgov reported on Wednesday that NASA is launching a program to help those highly skilled - and highly paid - employees working on the soon-to-be-shuttered space shuttle program in Florida's "spa

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Learning to 'be a risk-taker'

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Aaron S. Williams is the director of the Peace Corps and a former volunteer who served in the Dominican Republic.

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More on Cloud and Job Loss

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Nextgov has written before about how cloud computing means fewer jobs, but that isn't talked about much in the federal government.

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The Exercise-Intelligence Link

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It's pretty much understood that sitting in front of your computer all day without routine exercise can lead to some unhealthy outcomes.

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Taking stock of agency performance

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I am a big fan of the Ohio State Buckeyes and with the pre-season college football rankings just released - and OSU ranked number two in the nation - my hopes for the season are sky-high.

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Got a Deficit? Outsource IT Jobs

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Could what is happening in West Virginia (and other states already) be an omen for what could happen for federal information technology workers?

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Showing your team you've 'got their back'

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This week the Center for Government Leadership held a seminar on how to motivate and lead people.

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Poor Tech Hampers Applicants

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The nonprofit Partnership for Public Service and PDRI, a human resources consulting firm, issued a report on Thursday that "found government doe

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What Will Make Telework a Success?

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Government Executive posted on Tuesday the second of a four-part series on telework.

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Balancing protection and access at the Pentagon

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Doug Wilson is the assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. In this role, he leads a worldwide public affairs community of military and civilian personnel.

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Addressing the Retirement Wave

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Dice.com has an interesting article about how the coming retirement wave of 76 million baby boomers over

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More on IT Jobs Registers

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The Office of Personnel Management is looking to revamp its centralized hiring register program to make it easier for agencies to search for specific skills.

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Three schoolyard lessons in peer leadership

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Every Friday during the summer, my wife and I have a massive pizza party with our neighbors - it's as much for the adults as for the kids.

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More Feds Receive Student Loan Help

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Federal employees benefited more from student loan repayment programs in 2009, according to a new report

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Making the case for new technology

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Thank you for your very thoughtful - and in one case incredibly funny - emails on repairing relationships at work.

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HR Chiefs Not Happy With IT

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The federal human resources community is hampered by a lack of robust information technology systems, forcing many HR leaders to rely on outdated manual processes, according to a new

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HR Chiefs Find Lots to Worry About

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The federal government continues to struggle with a number of dysfunctional policies and practices that hamper its ability to recruit and retain a high-quality workforce, according to a new

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'Capitalizing on your aces'

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Anh Duong is the director of the Borders and Maritime Security Division in the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate.

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OPM: Feds Underpaid 22 Percent

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The debate over whether federal employees are paid significantly higher than their private sector counterparts has made headlines recently.

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Insourcing Tech Jobs

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Federal agencies still have the green light to bring contractor jobs in-house, despite the Defense Department's recent announcement that it will abandon such efforts, Government Executive

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Preventing your Steven Slater moment

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Last week, JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater had a very bad day at work when - after a conflict with a passenger - he activated the emergency evacuation chute, grabbed two beers, slid down the ru

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Two Takes on Federal Pay Debate

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Derek Thompson, a blogger at theAtlantic.com (part of Atlantic Media, Nextgov's parent company as well) tries to add more insight into the ongoing (and confusing) debate about whether federal worke

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Managing up vs. managing around

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Thank you for all of your great comments and questions this week on topics ranging from managing your "young guns" to dealing with indecisive managers.

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Going Beyond a Resume

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The average number of resumes viewed by technology hiring managers and recruiters is up 50 percent this year, according to this month's issue of the

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DHS Team to Evaluate Cyber Workforce

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The Homeland Security Department has stood up a special task force to evaluate the needs within the federal and private sector cybersecurity workforce.

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Teaching humility and service at the Kennedy School

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David T. Ellwood has been the dean of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government since July 2004.

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More Attacks on Federal Pay

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Another article in USA Today again claims that federal pay is significantly higher than private se

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DHS Scraps Automated Hiring Tool

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The Homeland Security Department has abandoned a technology platform that the agency hoped would simplify and accelerate its recruiting and hiring activities.

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Bill Seeks to Downsize Government

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A Republic senator late last week introduced a bill that would reduce and limit the number of civilian federal workers to February 2009 levels.

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Gen Y Shakes Up Government

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The Washington Post on Saturday had a great article ab

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Managing your young guns

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Lately, I've noticed a lot more young professionals with federal agency badges commuting to and from work. It made me wonder: Am I just getting older or is there something to this trend?

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Launching Your Own IdeaHub

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The Transportation Department on Tuesday launched IdeaHub, an online community where its 55,000 employees acr

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Delegating authority: Learn to let go

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Thank you for all of your great comments and questions this week on topics ranging from being a young government leader to dealing with micro-managing supervisors and delegating tasks effectively.

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DOT Appeals to Gen Y Online

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The Transportation Department is using a variety of technology tools to attract and retain the younger generation of workers, and the

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Performance Pay for Cyber Pros?

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The government must institute some type of performance-based pay system in order to retain the expertise critical to combating cyber threats, an expert on cybersecurity human capital said Thursday.

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Reaching Gen Y

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When it comes to attracting the younger generation to the federal workforce, the federal government can look to some of the best practices in the private sector for ideas.

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Strategic leadership and learning to 'fail forward'

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Martha Johnson is the administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA.) In this role, Johnson oversees an agency of 13,000 people and manages more than 11 percent of the government's total p

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DOT Launches Online IdeaHub

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The Transportation Department on Tuesday launched an online community where its employees can share and collaborate on new ideas.

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IT Workforce Diversity

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Last week, I blogged about the importance of ensuring diversity in the federal information technology workforce, par

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Young government leaders: Lessons for the next generation

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Facebook recently marked the 500 million user milestone. With this accomplishment, the social networking website has more people than the populations of the United States, Indonesia and Brazil.

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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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