Federal Daily - April 1, 2008
Most OPM Employees Like Their Jobs, Survey says
According to results of the 2007 OPM Employee Survey, 93 percent of Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) employees said they feel that the work they do is important, while 84 percent said they like
their jobs. The agency-wide survey, released March 28, was conducted online in October and November
2007. Of those surveyed, 88 percent said they feel they are held accountable for achieving results
and 86 percent know how their work relates to the agency's goals and priorities. OPM noted in a statement
that the areas showing the greatest overall increase in positive responses include the assessment of
employee training needs (up 14 percent); organizational satisfaction (up 12 percent); satisfaction
with training received (up 11 percent); and satisfaction with employee recognition (up 11 percent).
Also, the survey noted that of those polled, 59 percent said that prohibited personnel practices are
not tolerated in their workplace and 51 percent said they could disclose a suspected violation of any
law, rule or regulation without fear of reprisal. To see more, go to: www.opm.gov/surveys/2007EmployeeSurveyResults.asp.
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NNSA Launches Pay-For-Performance Project
The Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) last week launched
a five-year demonstration project that will replace the GS schedule with a pay-for-performance system
that puts more pay-raise authority into the hands of NNSA managers. About 2,000 of NNSA's 2,500 federal
workers are involved in the project, the agency said in a statement, noting that, if successful, pay-for-performance
will become a permanent alternative to the traditional system. The project collapses the traditional
15 GS pay grades into broad pay bands. The new structure features comprehensive career paths covering
professional, technical, administrative and support occupations, NNSA said. Under the new personnel
administration plan, NNSA’s managers will have greater flexibility to set higher pay for employees
through appointments, promotions and performance evaluations, the agency said. To see more, go to: www.nnsa.doe.gov/docs/newsreleases/2008/PR_2008-03-26_NA-08-17.htm.
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NTEU, HHS Agree on Employee Awards; Talks Continue
The National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) on March 28 said it reached an agreement with the Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) on distribution of employee performance awards. The awards, which
were in limbo while the parties negotiated a labor agreement, were to be finalized by March 31 and
distributed to all employees based on a timetable set by each HHS operating division. Talks about the
overarching labor contract continue, but NTEU leaders said they were hopeful the HHS decision to release
the awards paves the way for a final agreement. NTEU President Colleen Kelley said she is “hopeful
that this movement signals a greater willingness to reach agreement on the remaining term contract
issues. Many already have been settled.” An arbitrator is expected to report by mid-April on
recommendations concerning remaining issues between the parties, NTEU said. To see more, go to: www.nteu.org/PressKits/PressRelease/PressRelease.aspx?ID=1241.
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