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OPM Suspends Hewitt Retirement System Contract

By Mark Stelzner | Published: May 30, 2008
First announced in a report yesterday afternoon by Government Executive, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has halted it’s $290 million contract with Hewitt to deploy the highly touted RetireEZ program for electronic retiree processing.  This was corroborated by a press release issued by OPM announcing the suspension publicly.  Per the release: “OPM issued a stop work [...]
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The Merits of Alternative Work Schedules

By Mark Stelzner | Published: May 19, 2008
It started with the oil crisis of 1973, this simple idea that work week compression could make a positive impact on both our planet and pocketbook.  It never really captured the nation’s attention in a systemic and sustainable way, but like oversized sunglasses, bell-bottom jeans and dance competitions, some things from the 70s are bound [...]
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FedPitch – Exiting Stage Right

By Mark Stelzner | Published: May 15, 2008
  (Don’t worry, I promise that this will be the last post on FedPitch…*grin*)  The first annual competition to improve federal workforce management was held last week on the National Mall in Washington, DC.  It was a hot and sunny day and the sixteen contestants looked strange in their dress clothes when compared to the thousands of tourists [...]
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