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GAO Testimony: Aligning Senior Government Executives' Performance with Organizational Results

16 pages. "This testimony addresses [1] the performance management system's regulatory structure, [2] OPM's certification process and agencies' views of it, and [3] OPM's role in monitoring the system, and the number of agencies that have been certified to date." [GAO-06-1125T, published Sept. 26, 2006, released Sept. 26, 2006]

Wall Street Reform Provisions Relating to Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Disclosure (PDF)

Excerpt: Under Dodd-Frank shareholders of U.S. public companies will have a nonbinding 'say on pay' vote for named executive officers, new standards relating to the independence of compensation committees and compensation advisors are mandated, current and former executive officers may be forced to return compensation if a restatement of financial statements triggers a 'clawback'[.]

New Corporate Governance, Executive Compensation and Proxy Voting Provisions Apply to All Public Companies

Excerpt: [M]any of the Financial Reform Act's provisions require rulemaking either by the SEC, the national securities exchanges or both, and some provisions include deadlines for the promulgation of SEC rules. The table ... summarizes the actions needed to effect each of the provisions ..., the deadline (if any) for those actions to be taken and any available exemptions.

Text of Executive Order: Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's 'Department of Government Efficiency' Regulatory Initiative

"Agency heads shall, in coordination with their DOGE Team Leads and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget [OMB], initiate a process to review all regulations subject to their sole or joint jurisdiction ... Within 60 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall, in consultation with the Attorney General as appropriate, identify the following classes of regulations ... Within 60 days of the date of this order, agency heads shall provide to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the [OMB] a list of all regulations identified by class.... The Administrator of OIRA shall consult with agency heads to develop a Unified Regulatory Agenda that seeks to rescind or modify these regulations, as appropriate." [Also see accompanying Fact Sheet]

Executive Order Requires Paid Sick Leave for Employees of Government Contractors

"The requirement will take effect for covered contracts entered into after January 1, 2017.... [An] employee may use the leave for his or her own physical or mental illness, injury, medical condition, treatment or diagnosis as well as that of a spouse, child, parent, 'or any other individual related by blood or affinity whose close association with the employee is the equivalent of a family relationship.' An employee may also use the leave for absences from work resulting from domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking ... or to obtain additional counseling, seek relocation, seek assistance from a victim services organization or to take related legal action. The leave for domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking is available for the employee and for the employee to assist a related individual[.]"

Finding Resilience: Avoiding Executive Burnout and Staying at the Top of Your Game

Excerpt: One of the most cited work-life balance programs, telework, often is assumed to universally reduce stress. But William Bransford, general counsel of SEA, says proper teleworking requires thoughtful, thorough implementation by managers.

Tricky Compliance Issues for Companies When an Executive Terminates Employment: Executive Severance Plans

"This article discusses what constitutes an ERISA-governed executive severance plan, what an ERISA-governed severance plan requires from the plan administrator, and why you may want your plan to be governed by ERISA."

How It Would Work: Government Proposal to Borrow from Federal Employee Pension Plan

"Since 1987, the federal government has tapped the Thrift Savings Plan's G Fund five times to avoid hitting the federal debt ceiling. Each time, the government has made good on the requirement that it repay the G Fund for its temporary losses as soon as possible. Now the G Fund may be tapped again."

Benefits Are a Big Reason Employees Want to Work for the Federal Government

"[M]ore than two-thirds of those surveyed said that the availability of Federal Employees Health Benefits, the Thrift Savings Plan and the retirement annuity greatly or moderately influenced their decision to take a federal job. Similarly, more than three-quarters of employees reported that the trio of benefit programs influenced their decision to remain in a government job."

One Federal Government Agency Finds a Way to Provide Paid Parental Leave, and More

"Beginning in January 2020, all FDIC employees will be eligible for six weeks of paid time off per year related to the birth, adoption or fostering of a child. New employees will qualify for the program immediately upon their hiring.... FDIC's budget comes from financial institutions' insurance premiums, not congressional appropriations."