The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Wednesday the 22nd of August President Obama told Congress he is going to order a small pay increase for federal employees. But the raise won’t take place until next spring at the earliest. The Associated Press says it will be a modest raise, averaging 0.5 percent. InRead… Read more »
Happy Tuesday! Chris Dorobek is off celebrating his birthday this week. So I will be filling in. We are going to do the show a bit differently this week. Each day we will feature a Dose of Dorobek — a shorter five minute interview that focuses on helping you do your job better and navigateRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Tuesday the 21st of August, 2012 Afghan militants fired rockets into a U.S. military base in Kabul, damaging the plane used by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey. The Associated Press reports the general was not near the aircraft at the time of the attack. ARead… Read more »
Happy monday! I’m a bit under the weather today so you will have to bear with me. Chris Dorobek is off celebrating his birthday this week. So I will be filling in. We are going to do the show a bit differently this week. Each day we will feature a Dose of Dorobek — aRead… Read more »
The threat of sequestration is making federal leaders and employees very nervous. Sequestration is the $109 billion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to take effect on January 2 unless Congress reaches a compromise budget deal. So how should agencies prepare? Tim McManus is the Vice President for Education and Outreach at the Partnership forRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Monday the 20th of August, 2012 Federal IT could see big cuts in the next few years. The Office of Management and Budget is calling for a 10 percent cut in IT spending for fiscal 2014. NextGov says the reduction would take down the budget back toRead… Read more »
You know I love the Mars rovers and earlier in the week, we highlighted NASA workers on the NPR quiz show, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me! And you have to check out the NASA Mars rover team’s parody of We’re Sexy and We Know It — yes, it is We’re NASA and We Know It!Read… Read more »
Welcome to GovLoop Insights Issue of the Week with Chris Dorobek where each week, our goal is to find an issue — a person — an idea — then helped define the past 7-days… and we work to find an issue that will also will have an impact on the days, weeks and months ahead.Read… Read more »
On today’s program Times are changing — and that is true for chief human capital officers. What are the challenges ahead? Click here for the full recap. And everybody has been there — where you feel like nothing is going right. How can you take your organization from so-so to WOW!? We’ll talk to theRead… Read more »
The SEVEN stories that impact your life for Thursday the 17th of August, 2012 The Washington area has survived the recession fairly well, but that could change if the across-the-board spending cuts happen in January, that could change. That according to new analysis by the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University. The WashingtonRead… Read more »