OCFO Job Announcements
New! Deputy Director (GS-15, 510 series): Office of Financial Management, Accounting and Financial Reporting Division. Location negotiable after selection. Closes Thursday, April 21, 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 Organizational Culture, Climate Assessment Survey Today!
If you haven’t already, please take the organizational culture and climate assessment survey by Monday April 18. The survey will help the agency succeed in carrying out the DEIA Strategic Plan. This internal effort to advance inclusion and belonging for our workforce is critical, so take some time to complete the survey today.
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New: It's Time for Mid-year Reviews
As we reach the mid-way point of the fiscal year, it is time for mid-year performance reviews. Your review provides an excellent opportunity for two-way communication with your supervisor. Use it to assess your performance against expectations and goals described in your performance plan. Take this opportunity to have a productive discussion with your supervisor about your performance and priorities — it is a learning experience and one that will only improve our ability to accomplish the mission.
Please acknowledge your mid-year in HR Links by May 31, 2022. Use this job aid for step-by-step instructions on acknowledging your mid year progress review in HR Links.
For more performance management training and resources, check out this Google Doc.
You can also reach out to your servicing HR office for more help.
New: Be Sure to Code Your Timesheet Correctly
Get to know the telework codes!
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Code 092 - Routine Telework: telework performed as part of an approved, ongoing, and regular telework schedule.
- If you telework every Monday and Wednesday, use Code 092 for those days;
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Code 093 - Remote Work: telework performed on a full-time basis. The employee’s duty station is his/her home.
- Use Code 093 everyday that you work from home.
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Code 091 - Situational Telework: telework approved on a case by case basis not part of an ongoing, regular telework schedule.
- When you request to telework an additional day one week, use Code 091.
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Code 090 - Emergency Telework:- telework performed in response to an emergency situation.
- If federal offices are closed due to a winter storm and you telework on a day that is outside of your normal telework schedule, use Code 090.
Instructions on recording telework participation in HR Links are available through the Create Base Schedules and Create a Timesheet job aids.
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ICYMI: This Week's Messages from GSA Leadership
4/14: Administrator Robin Carnahan announces GSA's new Equity Action Plan (Check out GSA's new DEIA page to learn more about how the agency is advancing equity both within the federal government and across the communities we serve)
4/12: As part of the Future of Work series, OMA Deputy Associate Administrator Bob Shaw shares a short video on GSA's covid testing program
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
Reminder: Article Club - Continuous Learning
The OCFO Article Club will be meeting Wednesday, April 20, from 12–1 p.m. Eastern to discuss continuous learning. This month's read is the first article in the MIT Sloan Management Review on Continuous Learning, "Who’s Building the Infrastructure for Lifelong Learning?"
Join by Google Meet or by phone at 405-349-3127 (PIN: 405373536).
Poll Results: What's Your Alma Mater?
A huge thank you to everyone who participated in last week's poll! By sharing your alma maters and volunteering to help with OCFO's university outreach, you're making a difference in the office's recruitment efforts. Stay tuned for opportunities. Didn't have a chance to take the poll before April 14? There's still time. Share your alma mater and sign up to help today!
The schools represented include: The College of William & Mary, Washburn University, Salem State University, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas State University, University of Richmond, Pennsylvania State University, La Salle University, Villanova University, University of Delaware, University of Notre Dame; University of Minnesota, MIT, University of the District of Columbia, Mount St. Mary's University, Stockton University, NYU, and Syracuse University.
Thanks so much for participating in the Week in Review poll. To share ideas for future polls, send us an email. Check back next week for another one and have a great weekend!
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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.
Evaluation Skills Training
Do you want to use evaluation and evidence more in your work but don't know where to begin? On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, join OMB and GSA's Office of Evaluation Sciences for a free training class on Evaluation 101. Get introduced to evaluation as a method to answer important questions, including what it is, what questions it can and cannot answer, and how it can help agencies better understand their programs, policies, and operations. Register now!
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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 David Na (BIA) and James Geoghegan (BB)!
The Google Script workshop is complete and was only possible with David and Jim. Jim was crucial in thinking through how we approach the workshop and ensured we enlisted the right expertise to ensure the effort wasn't the blind leading the blind. I so greatly appreciate Jim's thoughtfulness and willingness to jump in and help for the benefit of the community.
Finally, I thank David Na for sharing his masterful knowledge of Google Scripts. We are going to miss David when he goes to NASA next month. Thank you for guiding us through the concepts in sessions 1-4 and for then demonstrating the concepts in application through sessions 5 and 6. Thank you and I can't wait to hear what you do in the coming years!
Submitted by: John Rich (BR2B)
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.
New: Register Now for the Budget Line of Business Spring Forum
The spring Budget Line of Business virtual forum will be held from Monday, May 2, to Thursday May 5, 2022. Session registration pages are now open!
The Budget LoB Forum is a semi-annual conference dedicated to bringing together budget professionals and others interested in the work and products of the Budget LoB, with a focus on growing your individual skills and making your organization more efficient and effective. Our line-up features a number of budget trainings, career development discussions, and demos of budget community solutions from Budget LoB partners.
If you've attended our in-person forums in the past, this virtual forum will be a little bit different. Because we've gone virtual and are able to spread the sessions across four days, each session has its own time slot. Which means you can sign up for as many sessions as you'd like!
If special accommodations are necessary for you to attend the forum, please send an e-mail to BudgetLoB@ed.gov by Friday, April 22. Please specify your particular need in the e-mail.
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New: Continuous Leadership Journey - Public Service Motivation
This month’s CLJ provides resources to help you get and stay motivated as you serve in the public sector.
Videos
Meaningful Motivators (7 minutes):
When team members choose which word gives them the most meaning at work—“me,” “team,” “customer,” “company,” or “society—about 20 percent choose each word. This means that you as the leader must tell five stories at once, one for each group.
Motivate by Satisfying Psychological Needs (3 minutes):
High-quality motivation comes from satisfying the three psychological needs that are foundational to all human beings.
The Neuroscience of Motivation (3 minutes):
The brain responds to stimuli as threats or rewards. The threat response is five times stronger than the reward response, so threats get more attention, but also reduce creativity and collaboration. Rewards produce better, faster, and more sustainable results.
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Managing Motivation during Organizational Change (40 minutes):
A key challenge for managers is motivating and engaging employees during times of organizational change. To survive and grow in volatile markets, organizations have to embrace change; they have to innovate and adapt. In this course, you'll learn change management techniques to help you recognize and manage employee stress, as well as your own stress, during periods of change. You'll also learn about common reactions to change, and strategies for managing change to enable you to engage, motivate, and support employees.
Register to attend the April 27 facilitated discussion on public service motivation through GSA's Online University.
Reminder: GSA IT Tech Training
Sign up for these upcoming reentry-related tech training classes.
Get the Most from Meet - Google Meet is the standard GSA meeting tool, but are you getting the most out of your virtual meeting experience? Whether you're a meeting host or an attendee, you'll learn something new in this beginner's course!
DocuSign - This introductory, instructor-led training consists of a slide presentation, DocuSign sending and signing demonstrations, and Q&A. Any GSA employee is welcome to attend.
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