Posts By Terrence Hill

Leadership

Here’s Your Opportunity to Give Your Opinion of How Effective the Obama Administration Has Been

Feds – Federal News Radio needs your help. Give us your opinion on how effectively the Obama administration has managed the government by taking their online survey. http://www.federalnewsradio.com/145/2953500/Survey-Obama-Administration—4-years-later It will be interesting to see the results of this survey, which looks back to the last 4 years to assess the progress the administration has makeRead… Read more »

Human Resources

Fall Telework Town Hall Meeting – September 25, 2012

Telework Exchange is a great advocate for telework. They sponsor a free telework town hall meeting in the Spring and Fall. You can register for the Fall Town Hall meeting, and get the full agenda, at https://www.teleworkexchange.com/events/town-hall-meeting/home/1706. The cool thing about this conference (besides being free for Feds) is that there are two tracks –Read… Read more »

Human Resources, Leadership

Fall Excellence in Government Conference – September 6 in DC

I received this e-mail yesterday and thought I’d share. I know that most of you are attending the NextGen conference, but for those who are not able to attend, this is also a great experience for DC area Feds and is sponsored by GovExec. You can request an invitation, by going to http://www.cvent.com/events/excellence-in-government/event-summary-3b91ffcb68b7446192ded2231f778f66.aspx. Excellence inRead… Read more »

Human Resources

Fourth Annual SAVE Awards

Another year, another opportunity to tell the Obama Administration how to save money. Federal employees can submit their efficiency ideas in the 4th annual SAVE Award competition. The winner will be invited to the White House to present his or her idea to the President and the top ideas will be included in the Administration’sRead… Read more »

Human Resources

2012 Feds Feed Families Campaign Begins on June 1, 2012 – Will You Help Those in Need?

The 2012 Feds Feed Families Food Drives, sponsored by the Office of Personnel Management and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council, will launch on June 1, 2012. There continues to be a need to feed the hungry accross the country, particularly in the summer months, when there are increased shortages in food banks and anRead… Read more »

Human Resources

Wanted: A Few Good Women and Men to Serve as Presidential Innovation Fellows

This has got to be one of the coolest initiatives of the Obama Administration! They just launched a new Presidential Innovation Fellows program. This new initiative will bring top innovators from outside government for focused “tours of duty” with our best federal innovators on game-changing projects. Combining the know-how of citizen change agents and governmentRead… Read more »

Human Resources, Miscellaneous

Presidential Proclamation – National Volunteer Week (April 15-21, 2012)

April 9, 2012 –President Obama issued his annual Presidential Proclamation for National Volunteer Week. The President declared that, ” Service is a lifelong pursuit that strengthens the civic and economic fabric of our Nation. With every hour and every act, our lives are made richer, our communities are drawn closer, and our country is forgedRead… Read more »

Human Resources

CBO Weighs in on Federal Pay and Benefits – What Do You Think?

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office just released its comparison study of Federal vs. Private Sector Pay and Benefits (http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=12696). After all these years of thinking that we have a pay gap of about 26%, it turns out that we are overpaid and have substantially better benefits than the private sector. It’s hard to argue withRead… Read more »

Career, Tech

Ask President Obama a Question – On January 30th He Will Answer It!

On January 30, President Obama will answer your top-voted questions in a special post-State of the Union interview from the White House. To participate, visit www.youtube.com/whitehouse and submit your question. YouTube videos you submit will drive the interview and will be used to select a few lucky people to join a live Google+ Hangout withRead… Read more »