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NEWS: Oct. 31, 2016
14% of Feds Might Leave If Trump Is Elected President, 9% If Clinton Wins, Survey Finds Fourteen percent of federal workers say they would definitely consider leaving their government jobs if Donald Trump wins the presidential election, while 9 percent would definitely consider leaving if Hillary Clinton is elected, according to a Government Business Council/Government Executive survey. Nearly half who say they would leave are eligible for retirement, but the outcome could cause them to retire earlier than planned. >> Government Executive Clinton's Lead Among Feds Widens Dramatically Clinton has dramatically increased her lead over Trump among the federal workforce from the five-percentage-point margin she held in July, according to a new poll, with 53 percent saying they would vote for her compared to just 34 percent for her opponent. >> Government Executive Ex-Prosecutors Slam FBI Chief over Email Announcement Clinton's campaign sent out a letter signed by former attorney general Eric Holder and nearly 100 other former prosecutors and Justice Department officials slamming FBI Director James Comey over his announcement of an examination of newly discovered Clinton emails. >> The Hill Public Workforce | California Report: State Workers' Gender Pay Gap Wider than Private Sector's, Federal Workforce's California's bid to end workplace pay disparities faces one of its widest gender wage gaps among its own employees. A new state report shows that women in the state workforce earn about 79.5 cents on the dollar compared to men--a greater disparity than in both California's private sector and in the federal workforce. >> Sacramento Bee Federal-Private Pay Gap Is 34%, Salary Council Says Federal workers earn 34.07 percent less, on average, than private-sector employees doing comparable work, according to the government's official--although not universally accepted--tally of how salaries compare announced Friday by the Federal Salary Council. >> Washington Post Fired Workers Can Appeal, Arizona Governor Says Responding to news reports about questionable firings at the Arizona Department of Economic Security, Gov. Doug Ducey announced that workers who believe they were wrongly fired will be permitted to appeal their dismissals to the state's human-resources division. >> Arizona Republic Indianapolis Police Union Approves Contract Deal Ninety-seven percent of Indianapolis Fraternal Order of Police members voted to approve a four-year agreement with the city that includes base salary increases and a minimum staffing agreement. >> Indianapolis Star
Transit Chief's Budget Proposal Would Raise Fares, Cut 1,000 Jobs Metro General Manager Paul J. Wiedefeld is proposing higher fares, substantial service cuts and significantly more money from the jurisdictions the regional transit agency serves to make up for flagging ridership and rising costs that have put the system into a deep financial hole. Wiedefield's budget proposal also would cut 1,000 jobs, including those of 300 bus and train operators, mechanics and supervisors. >> Washington Post Public Pensions | Illinois Pension OK's State Contribution Hike of 14.5% The board of Illinois' biggest public-worker pension fund gave initial approval to a state contribution of $4.56 billion in fiscal 2018, a 14.5 percent increase over the current fiscal year. But the Teachers' Retirement System said the higher payment would still fall $2.31 billion below what the state should be contributing to the pension. >> Reuters
LAPD Chief Breaks Pelvis in Off-Road Motorcycle Accident Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck fractured his pelvis Saturday after he fell off his motorcycle on a rocky mountain trail. Beck, who has competed in off-road motorcycle racing for more than 40 years, may require surgery, but the department said he is expected to return to work within the next week. >> Los Angeles Times Efficiency | The Nation 15 Feds Named Leadership Development Fellows The Obama administration announced the second class of White House Leadership Development fellows, 15 employees at the General Schedule-15 level from 12 different federal agencies across the country, who will be spending the next year working on management priorities and goals across government. >> Government Executive Pentagon Creating Chief Innovation Officer Position The Defense Department is creating a position of chief innovation officer who will be a senior advisor to Secretary Ash Carter and "serve as a spearhead for innovation activities," Carter announced. >> FedScoop
CIA Moving 11 Million Pages of Documents to Public Website The Central Intelligence Agency is in the process of migrating more than 11 million pages of previously declassified documents to its public CIA.gov website, an action that open-government proponents have been advocating for years and that will provide search functionality. >> Federal Computer Week >> Follow GovManagement on Twitter >> Share this edition:
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VIEWPOINT Politics and Elections | David Alpert Why Term Limits Are a Bad Idea Here's a plan that is sure to improve the quality of a hospital: Fire all the doctors and nurses with nine to 12 years of experience. Or why don't we fire every Apple software engineer who has been at the company that long? That'll surely yield better iPhones. No? Sound crazy? I agree. Those are terrible ideas. For some reason, though, a lot of folks do seriously entertain term limits, which Montgomery County, Md., will vote on next week. It's a bad idea, and voters should say no. >> Washington Post PLUS: John Rennie Short on American government's "legitimation" crisis. >> The Conversation | More commentaries
“I. Am. Your. Chief.” Jeri Williams, the former Oxnard, Calif., police chief and Phoenix police veteran who last week became the first woman to head the Phoenix force, emphasizing each word to a mixed crowd of uniformed officers and civilians as she pledged to build on the legacy of her predecessors in the job >> Arizona Republic | More quotes DATAPOINT 37% Percentage of 295 members of the International Public Management Association for Human Resources surveyed by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence who say succession planning, which state and local government human-resources officials identify as a top workforce issue, is not a leadership priority for their organizations, while significant percentages of respondents also report a lack of internal expertise and financial resources for succession planning >> SLGE.org | More data CORRECTION: The Datapoint in Friday's edition did not make clear that the more than 24,000 phone calls by federal retirees to the Office of Personnel Management that encountered a busy signal was a daily average.
UPCOMING EVENTS Brookings Institution Discussion: "Nuclear Arms Control Choices for the Next Administration" Today, 2-3:30 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Urban Institute, Duke University, The New School and Insight Center for Community Economic Development Report release and discussion: "The Color of Wealth In the Nation's Capital" Nov. 1, 11 a.m.-1:15 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. Heritage Foundation Address by Joao Carlos Espada: "The Anglo-American Tradition of Liberty: a View from Europe" Nov. 1, noon-1 p.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Society for Public Administration Webinar: "Recent Changes and Pitfalls in Federal Grants" Nov. 2, 1 p.m. ET Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Research Conference Nov. 3-5, Washington, D.C. Center for American Progress Book discussion with John B. Judis: "The Populist Explosion" Nov. 3, 10-11 a.m. ET, Washington, D.C. American Society for Public Administration Webinar: Public Safety Applicant Testing and Assessment" Nov. 3, 1 p.m. ET >> Full events listings |
