Big Federal HR Conference Scheduled for Fall
Continuing his streak of making news with speeches, OPM Director John Berry just told the audience here at the Coalition for Effective Change that he's asked former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, Laszlo Bock, Google's Vice President for People Operations, and David Ellwood, Dean of Harvard's Kennedy School, to chair a major conference on human resources operations in the federal government in September. Berry says he's met with all the heads of the major public policy schools and gotten their agreements to participate in the conference, and he's inviting labor leaders and the Coalition for Effective Change member groups as well. The conference will be open, Berry says, and focus on the question of how the federal government can become a model employer.
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the key is where will it be held , already we have had a bunch of conferences in Las Vegas contrary to what barak has slung mud at private companies
dan m ketter Posted Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:58 PMMr. Berry has probably the most important, and most difficult job in the government, after the President. People (competent civil servants) are the key to our success. I hope he succeeds in fixing our hiring processes and our other issues with HR.
A good start would be to create a policy under which the Government could do, as many private sector organizations do, and pay for advanced and graduate level training and education for its employees. The Government is a very different operating environment from the private sector, as it should be. Unfortunately, this means that it takes a long time to train and grow federal employees. We ought to promote more from within and graduate training would help us in this effort. (witness the shortage of procurement professionals) It also rewards those ambitious and smart enough to qualify, and helps to retain them.
KMMcdonld Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:07 PMMore money down the drain. Stop experimenting with the workforce. Find a real job. Leave us alone.
Wise Old Owl Posted Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:50 PMIs there more information on this conference such as where its being held and the dates?
Skpw Posted Monday, June 29, 2009 7:36 PM