washingtonpost.com - Stephen Barr's Federal Diary (washingtonpost.com)Stephen Barr's Federal Diary column monitors workplace issues for federal government employees.Family-Leave Plan Is Halved- April 16, 2008 A proposal to provide eight weeks of paid parental leave to federal employees was cut to four weeks by a key House Democrat yesterday as Republicans expressed concerns about the benefit's cost.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041502979.html?nav=r... Online Confusion Prompts OPM to Restart Executive Search Process- April 15, 2008 Mix a little electronic confusion with good intentions and here's what you get -- a federal program put on hold.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402485.html?nav=r... A Call for Action On Tax Scams- April 14, 2008 The scam goes like this:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041301979.html?nav=r... Workers Worry About Health at Interior's Headquarters- April 11, 2008 Renovations are never easy, and that's the case at the Main Interior Building.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/10/AR2008041003781.html?nav=r... OMB Gets Tough on Misuse of Government Credit Cards- April 10, 2008 A crackdown on the misuse of government credit cards is underway.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903770.html?nav=r... Labor Trouble Brews at Marshals Service- April 9, 2008 There are some unhappy employees at the U.S. Marshals Service.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/08/AR2008040802913.html?nav=r... Calls About Tax Rebate Keep IRS Busy- April 8, 2008 Nothing like a tax rebate to set the phones ringing.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/07/AR2008040702562.html?nav=r... The Idea Factory That Spawned the Internet Turns 50- April 7, 2008 The best program managers are "freewheeling zealots" with big ideas. The staff has been called "100 geniuses connected by a travel agent." And the boss describes his agency as a home for "radical innovation."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/06/AR2008040601821.html?nav=r... Senator Presses White House on Hiring Veterans- April 4, 2008 It's a never-ending tale -- a stern, workhorse senator has an idea, and a White House aide makes nice, without showing support.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040303852.html?nav=r... Polled and Pushed on Diversity- April 3, 2008 For a member of Congress, there's nothing better than using an agency's own data to make your point about it.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/02/AR2008040203213.html?nav=r... |