OCFO Job Announcements
No openings this week. To feature an opening in the next Week in Review, use the OCFO Week in Review submissions form.
Reminder: Agency-wide Town Hall March 29
You're invited to join members of GSA’s leadership team for a virtual town hall on Tuesday, March 29, from 2–3 p.m., Eastern.
This event will be streamed on Zoom and live closed captioning will be available.
Video Streaming Tip: Connect to the live stream using your internet connection, not GSA's VPN or VDI.
GSA IT has scheduled four Zoom drop-in sessions to give employees the chance to test the platform and troubleshoot issues before the town hall.
Questions on Zoom? You can check out info on InSite or contact the IT Service Desk for assistance.
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Reminder: Phased Reentry Dates Announced
In late March and early April, GSA employees who are not fully remote will begin returning to the office, and new telework agreements will go into effect. The phased reentry schedule is:
- The week of March 28: Senior executives and appointees return
- The week of April 4: Managers and supervisors return
- The week of April 11: Staff return
If you have any questions, please email SaferGSAWorkforce@gsa.gov.
Visit the Future of Work Learning Resources and Training page for tools and resources to help navigate reentry.
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Reminder: Update Your Telework Agreement
Today is the deadline for updating your telework or remote work agreement. At noon today, OHRM is providing one final session of its Navigating Telework Agreements in HR Links training, which covers the new GSA Telework and Remote Work Policy and walks employees through how to create and submit telework agreements in HR Links. If you have questions about updating your agreement or the new policy, contact GSA’s Telework Program Manager, Michele Daughtry.
If you have changed your pay locality since September 2021, you will need to attach an approved Remote Work Analysis Tool to your telework agreement. If you fall within this group, you should've already been contacted by the OCFO front office and given guidance. If you think you are in this group and have not been contacted, please send an email to Nancy Hon or Erik Dorman.
ICYMI: This Week's Messages from GSA Leadership
3/16: Administrator Carnahan shares an update on her recent visits to GSA Regions, a reminder about the upcoming town hall, and a message of support for Ukraine
3/15: The administrator welcomes two new directors to GSA
3/15: Deputy Administrator Katy Kale shares the Future of Work video series, which provides information on safe reentry
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
New: Submit Questions for the Upcoming OCFO All-Hands
Send in your questions for the March 30 OCFO all-hands meeting.
As a reminder, this event will be streamed on Google Meet starting at 2:30 p.m. Eastern, and live closed captioning will be available.
Video Streaming Tip: Connect to the live stream using your internet connection, not GSA's VPN or VDI.
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Reminder: Article Club - Real Influence: Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In
The OCFO Article Club will be meeting Wednesday, March 23, from 12–1 p.m. Eastern to discuss how to achieve genuine buy-in by fleshing out an enlightened way of approaching situations and people. This month's article is Real Influence - Persuade Without Pushing and Gain Without Giving In.
Join by Google Meet or by phone at (424) 360-0656 (PIN: 371920528).
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New Poll: COVID, 2 Years Later
This month marks 2 years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Since then, so many things about everyday life have changed. This week, we want to know two things: Did you pick up any new skills, hobbies, or good habits? If so, what are they?
Respond to the poll by next Thursday, March 24, to have your vote counted. Then check back next Friday for the results. To share ideas for future polls, send us an email.
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Reminder: Sign Up for Coffee with Mehul
If you haven't already, there's still time to sign up for Coffee with Mehul. During these regularly scheduled small-group sessions, employees across the organization have the opportunity to make introductions, ask questions, and share suggestions with our acting CFO. Interested in participating? Sign up today! Already signed up? Stay tuned for a Google Calendar invite.
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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.
Check Out the Category Management Dashboard!
Did the Datathon get you excited about category management? Did it pique your interest in understanding how federal contracts are categorized? Then check out our new favorite tool! The Category Management Reporting Workbench, or the CMR, is a centralized reporting tool on D2D with quick access links to multiple dashboards and expanded quick analytics views for commonly requested data.
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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 De-Borah Mack (BIS) and Vanessa Plascencia (CSDE1)!
Shout out to De-Borah Mack and Vanessa Plascencia for their work in support of the development of the GSA DEIA Strategic Plan. De-Borah and Vanessa worked closely to develop and refine the narrative for GSA's planning, coming up with a proposed maturity model and action plan to measure and operationalize DEIA efforts across GSA. Your creativity and steadfast engagement was critical to the development of these documents, which will be submitted to OMB later this month.
Submitted by: Josh Vogel (BIS)
Shout out to Gopal Regmi (BR4L)!
Gopal is a true team player in our BR4L team. Gopal is always there to serve customers, has a positive can-do attitude, provides assertive advice and guidance in all kind of different situations, and is always available with his great sense of humor. He is an excellent trainer and leader and genuinely cares for the team, division, and GSA. Thanks, Gopal!
Submitted by: Rebeca Irizarry (BR4L)
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Shout out to Renee Boley, David Sylvester, Steve Taylor, and Willie Lugo (all BGC)!
Renee, David, Steve, and Willie have received exceptional customer service responses from multiple GSA and client agency representatives. These comments are a result of their work on ensuring all employees' state and local taxes have been modified correctly as a result of the enterprise-wide duty station changes recently implemented. This work required significant research and coordination to ensure all impacted employees and the agency were in compliance with all applicable taxing authorities requirements as well ensured employees had the proper withholdings were in place.
Submitted by: Bart Jestel (BGC)
Shout out to Tyler Jones (CSDE1)!
Kudos and thank you to Tyler Jones, an EELP-er who rotated through the RPA CoP team. Tyler’s last day was March 11. She did an outstanding job creating engaging and well-designed content for the community of practice — her copy writing skills are top notch — and she has been instrumental in helping ensure our events go smoothly! Tyler brought a creative and cheerful approach to all of her tasks. She also helped produce video content with our intern. Tyler will be missed and we really enjoyed having her on the team (and we learned a lot from her, too!). Hopefully, we will see her back in OCFO someday!
Submitted by: Gabbie Perret (BGR)
GSA will be transitioning Online University to a new platform in May 2022. OHRM and GSA IT will provide updates as the process unfolds. Because of the transition, some mandatory training refresher courses will be delayed. These courses will have due dates of August 31 or October 31. The mandatory supervisor refresher training is still available and is due Tuesday, March 22.
New: Join Brian Mooers and the RPA Community of Practice to Learn About Process Mapping
Join Brian Mooers, a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from OCFO's very own Robotics Process Automation Division, to learn the art and science of process mapping.
Participants will gain a basic understanding of what process maps are, common shapes and their uses, as well as when they could be useful.
Join the webinar on March 30 at 2 p.m. Eastern via Zoom.
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Reminder: Register Now for the Intro to Budget Forum
Registration is now open for the first ever Intro to Budget Forum, scheduled for April 4, 5, 6, and 7! Join the Budget LoB for an annual governmentwide conference dedicated to introducing professionals to the budget process. Check out the session descriptions on the Agenda page or view all the RSVPs on the roll-up page to register for sessions of interest.
If special accommodations are necessary for you to attend the Forum, please send an e-mail to BudgetLoB@ed.gov by Friday, March 18. Please specify your particular need in the e-mail.
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