Doris Tirone

According to Gov Exec, a sophisticated cyberattack on the computer of a third-party Thrift Savings Plan contractor compromised the personal information of tens of thousands of TSP participants.
The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board and Serco Inc., a contractor that provides services to the TSP, learned in April of the breach of a Serco…[Read more]

Be smart … just say “No”!
According to John P. Mahoney, a partner and chair of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group at Tully Rinckey PLLC, the recent GSA scandal has agency supervisors on the lookout now for anyone who wastes tax dollars. “Employees who leave work early before a holiday weekend are easy targets.”
Related article: Leaving…[Read more]

We’re starting to hear from employers who jumped on the Telework wagon early in its infancy; they’re telling us about the successes they’ve realized from their pilot Telework programs.
But now-a-days it’s natural to wonder what measures they’re using to base their claims … and to wonder if the returns from Telework can really be…[Read more]

They solicited suggestions for possible regulatory changes from staff, they created an internal working group to review staff suggestions and propose a few possible changes. Then they sought written input from 30 stakeholders, receiving comments from 15 who were then invited to make additional, in-person comments to them.
If you’re even slightly…[Read more]

Just in time for the 2012 Primaries, here’s how Feds view senior government leadership….The 2012 Federal Leadership Challenge, just released by the Partnership for Public Service, found that leadership by its senior officials was one of the lowest ranked categories in this government workplace study.
This year’s study produced the lowest ratings…[Read more]

… the White House is asking!
Nominations are open for the 2012 Presdiential Citizens Medal so if you know someone, check out the criteria and get busy!
The White House says they’re “looking to honor a new group of heroes”. Personally, I think the real heros are here, within the walls of Federal government; the day-by-day, hard-working federal…[Read more]

OPM began distributing it’s annual job satisfaction survey this month.
What will we find out this year about how govies view their organizations?
Having just learned how CareerCast rank ordered 200 jobs from best to work: What do you think about your job? Your organization? Working with elected officials? Etc.?

What’s good for the goose isn’t always good for the gander and this definitely applies to today’s workforce. The “perfect fit” workplace isn’t the same for everyone.
A recent study found that the more seasoned workforce tends to embrace an offsite, telecommuting workplace while millennials gravitate to the more social and professional…[Read more]

Study findings by MBO Partners surprised many when their results showed that seasoned workers were more likely to prefer flexible work options than their next generation colleagues.
Even though touted as an excellent recruitment tool for fresh-outs and upcoming professionals, “hoteling” (also known as telework), was the path most boomers chose to…[Read more]

For as long as I can remember, the notion of employee turnover has carried a very negative connotation. However, in a recent GovExec article by Aliya Sternstein, she suggests that employee turnover can have an upside too.
Have you ever viewed Employee Turnover as a good thing?