OCFO Job Announcements
New! Financial Management Analyst (serving as a team lead; GS-14, 501 series): Office of Financial Management (BGP). Location negotiable after selection. Internal to GSA. Closes Thursday, January 27, 2022.
To feature an opening in the next Week in Review, use the OCFO Week in Review submissions form.
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New: Take the Annual IT Survey Today!
By completing this year's survey, you are providing GSA IT with information to help understand and improve information technology services at GSA. The 10-minute survey closes on Friday, February 11, 2022, so share your feedback today.
Check your inbox for the link and contact GSAITSurveys@gsa.gov if you have any questions about completing the survey.
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ICYMI: This Week's Messages from GSA Leadership
No new messages this week. Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
New: OCFO Article Club - Etiquette and Conduct While Working From Home
The OCFO Article Club will be meeting next Wednesday, January 26, from 12–1 p.m. Eastern to discuss etiquette and conduct while working from home. This month's article is To-Not-Do List: The Working From Home Edition.
Join by Google Meet or by phone at (956) 752-6749 (PIN: 763485745).
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Welcome to the OCFO Analytics Corner! Each week, the Analytics Community of Practice (A-CoP) team will be sharing events, training, resources, and more. Complete this Google Form to receive more information about the A-CoP or to get involved.
Are you Digitally Savvy?
A recent article by NextGov reports that the U.S. workforce is becoming less digitally savvy compared to those of other nations, with American employees broadly lagging in skills like basic computer literacy and using messaging tools. Stay ahead and brush up on your technology skills by taking advantage of GSA resources, like the FM101 Training Library, A-CoP events, Data Science Practitioners training, or the myriad offerings on OLU!
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Every week we will feature OCFO colleagues who have been recognized by their peers for their great work and character. This is a quick, easy, and fun way to acknowledge and thank one another. To recognize one (or more) of your peers in the next Week in Review, use the OCFO Shout Outs Google Form. |
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Shout out to Nina Wirth (BGF), Donna McGonagle (BGF), and Michelle Gatto (BGF)!
FAS Assisted Acquisition Services (AAS) Region 4 reached out to the FAS Financial Services Division (BGF) to let us know that they had a special need that would require weekend support. AAS Region 4 had a very high profile, time sensitive, White House initiative to roll out support for the new COVID home test website. Financial manager Nina Worth volunteered to assist supervisor Michelle Gatto and branch chief Donna McGonagle to be available to assist AAS in the review and acceptance of the customer's interagency agreement and to certify the funds, all so that AAS Region 4 could make the contract modification over the weekend.
While most of us were off to observe the MLK holiday weekend, AAS and BGF successfully modified the contract to add "where can I get COVID 19 test kits" information. The team did a great job of getting a very short notice requirement sorted out, a path established, and a positive outcome achieved. It was not easy, and they accomplished this much faster than anyone could have predicted.
Submitted by: Kathy Hammer (BG)
New Sessions Added: Overcoming Burnout and Re-Engaging Virtual Connection
Due to overwhelming interest, more sessions of the “Overcoming Burnout and Re-Engaging Virtual Connection” training have been scheduled.
This session will focus on understanding the challenges of burnout, connecting with ourselves and each other on how burnout may be affecting us, and sharing ideas and best practices for addressing these challenges as individuals, teams and as a workforce. This training will use a combination of polling, small group break-out sessions, and larger group presentation and discussion.
Register for the Thursday, March 24 session (or join the waitlist for the Wednesday, February 16 session) through GSA's Online University.
Reminder: Training Opportunities from the Office of Civil Rights
Civil Treatment for Employees: This training explores how we can create an inclusive work environment by building trust and showing mutual respect despite our personal differences.
February 8, 10, 16, 22 or 23 | March 3, 8, 15 or 24
A Glimpse of Civil Rights: During this training, participants will gain a basic understanding of what EEO is and how the federal EEO complaint process works.
March 10
Identifying and Interrupting Unconscious Bias: This enlightening training uses research to help participants recognize unconscious biases and provides strategies for mitigating their effects.
February 24 | March 23
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Reminder: GSA-wide Communities of Practice
GSA's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Community of Practice will host its kick-off meeting on January 26 at 1 p.m. Eastern. Register through Zoom to attend.
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