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The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent federal agency responsible for ensuring protection for federal employees against abuses by management.
Condolences to the Partnership for Public Service - Fedblog
November 09, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
The Partnership for Public Service announced last night that Samuel Heyman, the philanthropist who founded the non-profit good government group, had died unexpectedly over the weekend. Obviously, Heyman's death is a huge loss for the organization. But his life also includes a template for...
OPM Expands Information Sharing - Fedblog
November 03, 2009
| Alyssa Rosenberg
At Wired Workplace, Brittany Ballenstedt highlights an Office of Personnel Management memo on improving information sharing between folks who work on human capital issues in the agencies, state and local government, tribal authorities, and the private sector. All of which makes me wonder if...
IT Job Simulations - Wired Workplace
October 30, 2009
| Brittany Ballenstedt
A new report by the Merit Systems Protection Board touts the use of job simulations in helping certain agencies select the best candidates for federal jobs. The report also notes that such simulations are being used by agencies to identify top candidates for information technology positions and/or to pinpoint specific technical skills. In these simulations, agencies present applicants with realistic, job-related situations and document their behaviors to help determine their qualifications for the job.
Moving Up - Wired Workplace
August 18, 2009
The Merit Systems Protection Board recently conducted a survey of career federal employees asking them what they believe are the top 10 career accelerators. In its July 2009...
Feds Misusing Federal Systems - Tech Insider
September 20, 2007
| Allan Holmes
News that a special agent with the Commerce Department's Office of Export Enforcement was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury for accessing a government database to track the travels of a former girlfriend raises the question: Just how often do federal employees misuse...
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