Even as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was preparing a strategic plan designed to improve its problem-plagued federal retirement program, the Army was informing its annuitants of yet another setback — delayed interim payments. Read full article > >

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Even as the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) was preparing a strategic plan designed to improve its problem-plagued federal retirement program, the Army was informing its annuitants of yet another setback — delayed interim payments. Read full article > >

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If acknowledging a problem is the first step toward fixing it, the Office of Personnel Management took a step Tuesday when it sent a Strategic Plan for Retirement Services to Congress. OPM’s retirement services operation is not known for providing service, at least not good service, to federal retirees. Tales of long waits for full annuity checks and unanswered calls to OPM are legendary. The first line of the strategic plan makes the fundamental problem clear: Read full article > >

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Federal Diary: OPM has plan to fix retirement program

If acknowledgment of a problem is the first step toward fixing it, the Office of Personnel Management took that step Tuesday when it sent a Strategic Plan for Retirement Services to Congress. OPM’s current retirement services operation is not known for providing service, at least good service, to federal retirees. Tales of long waits for full annuity checks and unanswered calls to OPM have become legendary. The first line of the strategic plan makes the fundamental problem clear: Read full article > >

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OPM sends Congress its plan to fix retirement services

President Obama has tapped Jeffrey D. Zients to serve as acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House announced Tuesday. This will be Zients’s second turn as acting director of the agency responsible for crafting the White House federal budget proposal and handling various government management concerns. Though Zients has no federal budget-writing experience, he led last year’s review of plans to reorganize federal agencies and the drafting of contingency plans ahead of last year’s threatened government shutdown . Read full article > >

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Jeffrey Zients tapped to lead Office of Management and Budget

Management at troubled shoe chain Barratts strike a deal to buy 89 shops, although more than 50 will close with a loss of 680 jobs.

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Barratts deal to save 1,100 jobs

Michael C. Woodford, the ousted chief of Olympus, said on Friday that he would halt his three-month battle to replace the management of the scandal-tainted Japanese company.

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Former Olympus Chief Ends Bid to Replace Management

The director of Afghanistan’s orphanages is trying to improve their management but must confront pervasive corruption and political favoritism.

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Defender of Orphans Contends With Afghan Corruption

A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China’s showcase transportation system.

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China Blames 54 Officials for Bullet Train Crash

Bestowing the gifts from “The 12 Days of Christmas” would cost 3.5 percent more than in 2010, according to PNC Wealth Management.

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For $101,000, the 12 Days of Christmas Are Covered

The Post asked John Palguta , vice president for policy at the Partnership for Public Service , to weigh in on the year for federal workers and what 2012 may bring. Palguta had a 34-year career in the federal government as a human resources and policy specialist, as a senior official with the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Personnel Management , among other agencies. Read full article > >

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Federal workers: 2012 could be as tough as 2011

RBS nearly collapsed in 2008 because of poor management decisions and poor regulation, a report from its regulator says.

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RBS woes caused by poor decisions

One thing about raising cattle — cows do what they are supposed to do when they are supposed to do it. Unfortunately, John W. Wendt, who works with his herd every day, can’t say the same thing about the Office of Personnel Management . Until almost a year ago, Wendt also labored for Uncle Sam. The retired federal employee now works on his cattle and grain farm in Ledger, Mont., a sparsely populated place about 50 miles south of the Canadian border. He put in 16 years with the government before retiring as a heavy equipment operator from Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation last December. Read full article > >

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Federal retirees wait months for payments, as OPM backlog drags on

The Catholic Bishop of Raphoe apologises for “poor judgements” in the management of priests accused of “horrific acts of abuse” against children.

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“What keeps you up at night?” is a standard question asked by management consultants. What if we asked that same question of the campaign managers of the leading candidates in the presidential race? How might they respond? I tried to put myself in their shoes, or rather, in their sheets. Mitt Romney’s team might toss and turn over today’s Union Leader endorsement of Newt Gingrich . The paper usually takes one of two paths; it either endorses strongly or all-out.  In the latter scenario, it has been known to run daily front-page editorials trashing their candidate’s opponents — essentially becoming a communications arm of their favored candidate’s campaign. From the tone of their endorsement, I would bet on shock and awe for Romney from New Hampshire’s leading newspaper. Read full article > >

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Thoughts that go bump in the night