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8/20/10: This morning, the SEC notified all employees that new amendments to 17 C.F.R. Subpart 200.735 are now in effect. These amendments originally included changes to 5 C.F.R. Section 4401.103, which deals with “Outside Employment and Activities.” In recent discussions with management, the Union objected to the SEC’s proposed changes to the outside employment rule on the grounds that they were overly broad and would result in a limiting of SEC employees’ First Amendment rights. As a result, the SEC agreed to narrow the scope of the rule and engage in bargaining with the Union over the changes. Furthermore, the agency has also agreed, at the Union’s urging, not to enforce the new provisions of the rule...

8/27/10, TheHill.com: Federal workers have become a new flashpoint in the fight between Republicans and Democrats on the economy. House GOP...

During the years prior to 2010, the relationship between the front line staff and senior management at the Miami Regional Office had become...

Raymond Titus, a staff accountant in the SEC’s Boston Regional Office, recently returned from an outreach program to help Haitian families...

New Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations Director Carlo di Florio recently took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few...

Since his appointment as the new Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Carlo di Florio has embarked upon an...

The SEC launched its new pay for performance system on July 1, 2010 in the Division of Enforcement and the Office of Compliance Inspections and...

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently released the results of its 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), which was previously known as the Federal Human Capital Survey. According to OPM, the FEVS has been updated to gather more useful data that will help improve the federal workplace and increase productivity. OPM has also announced that the survey, previously conducted every two years, will now be conducted annually.

The survey...

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8/20/10: Click here to review recent guidance from the Office of Special Counsel regarding Hatch Act implications of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites...

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The results from the 2010 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey are in. Click here to review how the SEC fared in this government-wide survey.