The Department of Defense is beginning its move towards paying department employees on the basis of individual employee performance, Stephen Barr reports in the Washington Post.  Government employee labor unions and advocacy groups have raised numerous objections to transition, which could end up affecting up to 200,000 people.  See Barr's ...

There are new survey results to ponder.  A plurality (45%) of federal employees disagrees with the statement: “Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs.”

 

Read Stephen Barr’s Federal Diary column today [The Washington Post, Feb. 12, 2007].  Do you get the sense that ...

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has concluded that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must strengthen its ability to provide effective training support for those charged with developing and implementing personnel systems reform.

 

With all the controversy surrounding pay-for-performance reward systems, the balking National Security Personnel System (NSPS), ...

There’s a definite pattern regarding the topics of greatest interest to Understanding Government readers:  pay and use of contractors.

At first blush, there would appear to be little correlation between the two.  One involves employees’ individual levels of compensation and the other encompasses the philosophical question of how and ...

News out of the Commerce Department reminds me of the fabled man-bites-dog news story.

Just when the pay-for-performance concept is being buffeted and battered in the courts, some Union members at the Commerce Department expressly voted FOR inclusion in the agency’s demonstration project.  This report, by Karen Rutzick ...

See today's Federal Page in The Washington Post (Monday, Nov. 7 page A15) where Christopher Lee collects comments from top government and union officials on NSPS.  The issue:  will managers slant annual evaluations to reward favored workers under the proposed pay for performance standards at DOD and DHS?  Answers from:  ...

Re: NSPS and Pay for Performane by humble10101 on 2005.10.31 03:20AM EST  |  IP:  In all agencies of federal employment the pay for performance plan is a concept that reeks of favoritism, good old buddy system, and cutbacks from budgeting which allows for promotions and bonuses to friends and top management. It allows ...

NSPS Law, Regulations, Collaboration, and a Judge by Joe on 2005.10.27 01:14AM EDT  |  IP:  Following the advice in one of the memos I received in the email today concerning the NSPS Regulations about to be published I decided to learn as much as I could about the new system. In general I think it ...

Re: NSPS and Pay for Performane by snipe on 2005.10.20 09:23PM EDT  |  IP:  NSPS will work just like the 3 and 5 tier evaluation systems. Boss; "I would like to give you an outstanding but we only have award money for 2 outstanding." What is unsaid is; and my 2 buddies are getting ...

Re: NSPS and Pay for Performane by Anonymous on 2005.10.13 06:35PM EDT  |  IP:  I hope for all Defense wmployees' sakes that NSPS is aborted, just as I hope DHS' proposed system is - just a note, though - it is my understanding that a significant difference between the two is that the Defense ...