How the Shutdown Affects Pay and Benefits
Not sure how the shutdown impacts your pay and benefits? We’ve done the research to answer common questions about unemployment, retroactive pay and more.
Human Resources
Making Ends Meet During the Shutdown
With the shutdown’s future remaining uncertain, many people are in the dark about when they’ll receive their next federal paycheck. Here are some tips for navigating the confusion.
3 Tips to Turn the Federal Government’s Workforce Woes into Staffing Success
Here are three tips for the federal government that look at how agencies can address their growing workforce shortages by supporting the professional growth of current employees.
Federal Worker Diane R. Williams: Blazed The Trail For The #MeToo Movement
Diane R. Williams, who once served as the Legislative Chair for the Coalition For Change, Inc. (C4C), became the first person in America to take a sexual harassment into a U.S. District Court and to obtain a ruling that sexual harassment forms sex discrimination under the Civil Rights Act.
#ShutdownStories: How the Federal Shutdown Is Impacting America
Federal employees and their families have taken to social media to voice their frustration about the budgetary impasse in government.
Government Shutdown Talk Slows Down: Momentum Turns Toward Resolution
As the midnight Friday deadline draws closer, the cards are falling into place for a surprise resolution to the long-term federal budget impasse that has threatened a shutdown.
Effective Techniques for Managing Understaffed Cybersecurity Teams
The government has a great need for managers to recognize the downstream impact of running an understaffed team. Managers face the challenge of balancing organizational goals, maintaining morale, prioritizing work efforts and reducing attrition.
The Impact of Shutdowns on Workplace Efficiency and Morale
It is my concern, over a period of years, there have been a series of events which are affecting the attitudes of those workers we depend on to keep our country operating.
Retaining and Recruiting Top Talent in Government
Retaining and recruiting top talent in government is a significant issue. Agencies want to be successful in providing government services and in order to do that, they need qualified contributors. Human resource departments are experiencing challenges in building stable staff within budgets that are continually stretched. Recruiting and retaining talent has become a significant issueRead… Read more »
6 Ways the Government is Trying to Reskill Its Workforce
The government IT workforce is rapidly approaching a retirement tsunami, and a potential crisis in hiring, retainment and recruitment.