OCFO Job Announcements
New! Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, Social Security Administration. Closes Friday, May 13, 2022. Learn more and apply for the program through USAJOBS.
New! Program Analyst (detail, #437), Office of Audit Management and Accountability. Learn more about this detail by reviewing the GSA Opportunity Network Google Sheet. Apply through the GSA Opportunity Network application form.
To feature an opening in the next Week in Review, use the OCFO Week in Review submissions form.
New: May is National Mental Health Awareness Month
During the month of May, OHRM will host health and wellness sessions focused on mental health and mindfulness. These May events are also posted on our GSA Health and Wellness Sessions calendar on InSite.
If you are looking for additional resources, Please use the Employee Assistance Program. Employees can call 800-222-0364 or 888-262-7848 (TTY) from anywhere in the United States; employees assigned overseas can call collect 314-387-4701 to receive immediate assistance, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
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Reminder: Finish Incomplete Training and Download Training Records by Sunday, May 1
GSA's new Online University (OLU) will be launching soon. To ease the transition, it's recommended that you complete any open training courses and download your learning record by May 1.
If you have questions, refer to the OLU FAQs or email the team at gsatraining@gsa.gov.
Reminder! Special CFC Solicitation
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is authorizing a special CFC solicitation period that will open the CFC online donation portal from April 18, 2022, through June 30, 2022. This will provide an opportunity for federal employees, members of the military, postal workers, and retirees to create a new gift or an extra gift to support their favorite CFC-participating charities — including those that aim to ease the burden on people in Europe and refugees around the world impacted by the war in Ukraine — online or through the CFC mobile app.
For more information, please see the OPM official announcement. If you have any questions, please email cfc@opm.gov or call (202) 606-2564.
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Reminder: 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.
ICYMI: This Week's Messages from GSA Leadership
4/29: Chief Administrative Services Officer Bob Stafford provides an update on GSA's process for reporting potential COVID-19 exposures
4/28: The deputy administrator shares the results of GSA's third Employee Voice pulse survey
4/26: Deputy Administrator Katy Kale encourages employees to take the 2022 Internal Partner Satisfaction Survey
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
New Poll: Playoffs?
This week's poll is simple: Are you all in on this year's NBA playoffs?
Respond by Thursday, May 5, then check back the following 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.
Data Literacy for the Public Sector
Are you looking to deepen your data literacy knowledge? Are you interested in learning more about how data literacy is important to the public sector? Check out this paper published by the Data Foundation, the Data Lodge, and Deloitte exploring data literacy in government.
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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 Jennifer Dunham (BGF)!
Jen is always there to push me and others to do better. She has a special knack for helping me achieve what I want. Thank you for being a wonderful colleague and never letting me settle for something less than stellar.
Submitted by: Kathleen Fabrizio-Contrabasso (BGF)
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: Lunch & Learn - Customer Experience at GSA
Join Ana Monroe Fitzner and Katherine Petway on Tuesday, May 10 for a lunch and learn on how to embed customer thinking into daily operations and how to improve customer experiences across business lines. Register through GSA's Online University.
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New: GSA IT Tech Training
Sign up for these upcoming tech training classes.
Get to know Google Drive - Learn what Google Drive is, why you’d use it, and take a tour of its highlights. Covers common features, mysterious icons, view options, and navigating the folder tree. Also covers sorting, stars, and colors. This class prepares you to take our forthcoming, in-depth class named Upload Organize & Share in Google Drive.
Make the most of Google Meet - Maximize your Google Meet experience with mic and camera settings, layouts, full-screen, closed captions, and other attendee options. Google Meet is the standard GSA virtual meeting tool. Class also covers hosting options, controls, and activity features such as polls and Q&A. This class prepares you to take all our other training presented using Google Meet.
Learn how to use Docusign - DocuSign is GSA's Digital Signature Solution (DSS). DSS allows you to efficiently sign, or send documents to be signed. 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.
Find the right tool for virtual meetings - Google Meet, Webex, and Zoom for Government - how do you select the best online meeting tool for your event? While Google Meet is GSA's standard meeting platform, Zoom or WebEx might offer unique tools or features you really need.
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New: Office of Shared Solutions and Performance Improvement Spring Workshop Series
Registration is now open for the 2022 OSSPI Spring Workshop Series. These workshops are offered free of charge to all federal employees who register with a .gov or .mil email address. Registration links for individual sessions are below.
Effective Decision Making - May 17, 2022, 1:30-3 p.m. Eastern
Bethany Blakey from GSA will provide insights on common barriers in decision-making, introduce participants to several decision tools and templates, and share strategies for getting to data-informed decisions.
Partnering with the Evaluation Community - May 20, 2022, 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Kelly Bidwell, Evaluation Officer for GSA, will join colleagues from several different GSA units to explain how your agency's Evaluation Officer can be a resource and partner in your work.
Logic Models as a Framework for Performance Management - May 24, 2022, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Eastern
Chris Heflin from the Department of Commerce and Lenora Stiles from Treasury will share tips for building an effective Logic Model and using it to develop key performance metrics.
Data Literacy and Storytelling for Impact - June 3, 2022, 1-3 p.m. Eastern
Trey Bradley, Neil Miller, Ivan Metzger, and Catie Miller from GSA will present a range of strategies for using data and story to strengthen communications, inform decisions, and motivate action.
Measuring and Managing Risk: A Case Study - June 8, 2022, 1-3 p.m. Eastern
Jill Graham (Chief Risk Officer) and Erica Rice (Deputy CRO) will be joined by Inspector General Deborah Jeffrey to describe how AmeriCorps created a dynamic risk assessment that uses real-time data from multiple sources.
Closed captioning is available for all workshops. If you have questions or need assistance with registration, please email picstaff@gsa.gov.
Reminder: 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!
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