Tag: Federal Employment
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The interview
This blog is principally a written work, but today you can hear my voice if you want. Simply click on the audio player and listen to the MP3 recording. The interview is 24:09 and is 34.8MB in size. (Download) I was interviewed by NetRoots Radio as a voice in the federal shutdown. The interview was…
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Healthcare.gov and the problems with interactive federal websites
Today’s Washington Post highlights problems with the new healthcare.gov site, the website used by citizens to get insurance under the Affordable Care Act. The article also talks about the problems the federal government is having in general managing information technology (IT). As someone who just happens to manage such a site for the government, I…
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America begins its death throes
My federal salary has been frozen for two years by law because previous administrations and congresses failed in their duty as national stewards. I am not happy about it, but a frozen salary beats unemployment. Republicans are anxious to do a whole lot more than just freeze federal salaries. They want to cut government, not…
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USGS: a great place to work
For about two years now, I have been working for the U.S. Geological Survey. I work at their headquarters building in Reston, Virginia. I am a civil servant with twenty-three years of federal service. The USGS is actually the fourth federal agency where I have hung my hat. For me there is absolutely no question…
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The True Size of Government
My agency is going through another one of its periodic, politically required, staff reductions. My agency is hardly unique. Cutting the number of federal employees has become the key metric for demonstrating that government itself is smaller. In 1996 when President Clinton declared the era of big government was over there were approximately 1.9 million…
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