Federal Labor-Management Council Holds First Meeting of New Year
January 19, 2012
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations held its first meeting of 2012 on Wednesday (Jan. 18) at the Office of Personnel Management. President Obama reappointed NAGE National President David J. Holway to the council in January 2012.
Tim Curry, OPM Deputy Associate Director began the meeting with an update on the “Metrics Reports on Agency Forums.” Thirty of the 51 agencies have submitted metrics reports, which were due in December 2011. Eight agencies have requested additional time.
Council member William Dougan reported on the status of the (b)(1) pilots. Executive Order 13522 requires the establishment of pilot projects to evaluate the impact of bargaining over permissive subjects. The Council established a workgroup to draft a report to the President evaluating the results of the pilots and recommend appropriate next steps in accordance with Executive Order 13522. The final report to President Obama is due May 1, 2012.
The National Council has created a new performance management system—GEAR (Goals, Engagement, Accountability, Results)—intended to improve performance management. Six federal agencies and their labor counterparts have agreed to pilot the new system to determine how the program can be best implemented government wide. OPM Deputy Director Justin Johnson gave a report on the GEAR system and an update on how OPM is adopting the system. The other five participating agencies—Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Energy, Department of Labor, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Veterans Affairs—also reported on the GEAR pilot at their individual agencies.
The next Council meeting is scheduled for February 15, 2012 at OPM. Read the meeting notice