FederalDaily - January 12, 2006
MSPB Surveys Job Satisfaction
Federal employees are committed public servants who are motivated by more
than “external rewards,” but they are uncertain about job security
and having enough resources for their jobs, according to the results of the
2005 Merit Principles Survey (MPS). Issues of Merit, a publication
by the Merit Systems Protection Board, said that of the 37,000 civil servants
who participated in the MPS 2005, 95 percent confirmed that they understood
the missions of their agencies, and 94 percent felt the missions of their agencies
were important. In addition, more federal employees are motivated by pride
in their work (98 percent) than cash awards (71 percent) or promotion possibilities
(70 percent). However, only 60 percent of those surveyed were confident in
their job security, and only 40 percent felt they had the necessary resources
to accomplish their work. The survey also noted that a majority of workers
would like additional training opportunities.
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IRS Allegedly Violates Court Order
The IRS is violating a court order by failing to provide statistical information
to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), according to nonprofit,
public interest group called Public Citizen. Susan Long, the co-director of
TRAC, obtained a court order on July 23, 1976, requiring the IRS to provide
information on audit, collection and enforcement activities for Long’s
PhD work at the University of Washington. She joined TRAC—a firm that
maintains information on hundreds of federal agencies—in 1989. Public
Citizen alleges that the IRS has failed to abide by the court order since mid-2004.
Public Citizen, TRAC and other legal representatives have filed a motion to
enforce IRS compliance; the motion can be viewed at trac.syr.edu/foia/irs/20060106/motion.pdf.
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VA Employees Reinstated after Firings
The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) announced that an arbitrator
favored the union in a dispute with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
over the firing of four employees and the downgrading of another employee.
According to AFGE, because the VA did not provide a compelling reason for its
actions, the arbitrator issued a decision reinstating all five employees to
their previously held positions and grades. The employees worked at the VA’s
Pension Maintenance Center in Philadelphia. In the grievance, the union argued
that the firings were unfair and unreasonable. AFGE said the VA disciplined
the employees without notice and without any indication that the employees
were doing their jobs improperly.
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Navy Hiring Tool Back Online
The Navy’s online job search and application tool for civilians—called
the Civilian Hiring and Recruitment Tool (CHART)—was brought back online
and is available for use for the first time since the site was taken down on
Dec. 7 for upgrading. Through an official announcement posted on its human
resources Web site, the Navy advised CHART users that it has extended deadlines
and expiration dates for resume and job announcement deadlines that passed
while the site was unavailable. For more information, visit the Navy human
resources homepage at www.donhr.navy.mil/ or
the CHART homepage at chart.donhr.navy.mil/.
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