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OPM to Agencies: You Decide Whether Or Not a Conference is Legit

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Originally posted on www.govexec.com

The Office of Personnel Management has stopped its long-time practice of reviewing individual agency conferences to decide whether they qualify as employee training under the regulations.

OPM Director Katherine Archuleta said in a May 1 memorandum to the government's chief human capital officers that OPM would discontinue issuing such guidance and wanted "to make clear that agencies are responsible for their employees' training and development as provided by the statute and regulations, 5 U.S.C. chapter 41 and 5 CFR Part 410." Continue reading →

Millennials and the Future of the Federal Workforce

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There has been considerable coverage of the aging federal workforce and the desire to attract millennials (people born from 1980-1994) to a career in public service.

This generation is said to [Tweet "Millennials value a feeling of knowing the work they are doing is meaningful and making an impact."]value a feeling of knowing that the work they are doing is meaningful and is making an impact on the community or world at large. With this in mind, public service jobs seem tailor made for these eager and idealistic workers of the future. Why then, is the government struggling to recruit them? Much of it comes down to a culture change in how the government does business. From reporting across the web on this topic, we've pulled out what we feel are three of the most critical areas for change and focus. Continue reading →

Def Con Hacker Convention to Feds: You’re Not Welcome

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Originally posted by Danny Yadron on The Wall Street Journal

Last year, National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith Alexander keynoted DEF CON, a large annual hacker convention in Las Vegas, in jeans and a tucked-in black t-shirt.

This year, he's not welcome.

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Education Department pressed for conference spending details

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Originally posted by Jamie Dupree on ajc.com

Yet another federal agency is taking heat from the Congress for spending money on conferences, as Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) has asked the Department of Education to explain why it still plans to hold a large gathering in Las Vegas late this year, even as it makes cuts to deal with the sequester.

"The Administration is claiming that over a million students will lose access to support services and special education, but the Department of Education is still planning to hold a conference in December at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Vegas," Coburn said in a news release issued on Thursday.

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U.S. senator introduces bill to ban federal events in top party cities

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Originally posted by the Associated Press

Nevada's congressional representatives don't want the government to blacklist cities because they're too fun.

Republican Sen. Dean Heller introduced a bill Thursday to prevent lists of vacation destinations in which the government isn't allowed to stage an event. He says such policies could hurt tourism-driven cities such as Las Vegas and Reno.

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