OCFO Job Announcements
Analysis Team Lead (GS-14, 501 series): Office of PBS Financial Services, PBS Analytics Division (BRC). Location negotiable after selection. Closes today (Friday, May 13, 2022).
Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, Social Security Administration. Closes today (Friday, May 13, 2022). Learn more and apply for the program through USAJOBS.
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: Take the Internal Partner Satisfaction Survey Today!
You're invited to participate in the 2022 Internal Partner Satisfaction Survey (IPSS).
Your response is important in helping GSA identify and prioritize process improvements across the agency. The IPSS supports our 2022-2026 Strategic Plan and helps us advance our internal customer experience priorities, helping us better understand how employees perceive their interactions with staff offices.
If you haven't already, please provide your feedback via this anonymous survey (link searches your inbox for your unique survey link) by Tuesday, May 24. The survey should take 5-10 minutes.
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Reminder: Applications Now Open for the CXO Fellows Program
The CXO Fellows Program is now accepting applications. The program is a virtual professional development program that engages the next generation of federal leaders (grades GS-9 through GS-13) in acquisition/procurement, financial management/budget, human capital, information technology, and data. It's open to federal employees. There is no cost associated with this program. Apply online at cfo.gov/cxo-fellows/. Applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern on Friday, June 10, 2022.
Questions? Email cxofellowship@gsa.gov.
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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 Tuesday, 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.
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Reminder: Streamlined COVID-19 Exposure Reporting
GSA has simplified the process for reporting potential COVID-19 exposures that occur in GSA-owned or leased facilities.
Similar to the current process, employees will remain responsible for notifying their supervisor or Local Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator (LRAC) if they test positive for COVID-19 after any time they visited a GSA facility. In an update to the current process, the supervisor or LRAC will now be able to fill out a simple GSA COVID-19 Incident Reporting Form, which will collect all the needed details for the reporting party so notifications can be sent to tenants and affected individuals as quickly as possible.
For questions or comments regarding this new process, email safergsaworkforce@gsa.gov.
Reminder: 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.
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: AAPI Employee Spotlights
In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, OCFO is collecting stories of our AAPI colleagues. If you'd like to share your story through next week's Week in Review, reach out to Mia Drane-Maury in the OCFO front office.
In this morning's all-employee message, we referred to Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by its former name — Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. We apologize for the error.
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New: OCFO Article Club
The OCFO Article Club will be meeting Wednesday, May 25, from 12–1 p.m. Eastern. This month's topic will be announced soon.
Join by Google Meet or by phone at 318-373-3790 (PIN: 997106977).
New Poll: Very Superstitious?
Today is 2022's only Friday the 13th. That made us wonder: Are you superstitious? While you ponder your response, listen to Stevie Wonder perform Superstition on Sesame Street from April 1973.
Respond to the poll by Thursday, May 19, 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.
The Analytics Hub is Here!
The Analytics Hub is a centralized space to share insights and resources -- making our knowledge visible, accessible, and usable. It acts as a “one-stop shop” for finding data, training and analytics resources, and helps connect community members.
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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 Sandy Braudaway (BGF), Michelle Lofton-Foster (BGF), Carolina Molina (BGF), and Jennifer Dunham (BGF)!
I want to thank this team for their hard work and tremendous progress on getting a lot of older telecom orders reconciled and closed out. This clean up project is years in the making and the team is tacking issues and working closely with the program and the shared service provider to make this happen! Excellent team work and thank you all!
Submitted by: Francie McCabe (BGF)
GSA will be transitioning Online University to a new platform in late 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: BIC is BACK with Additional Training Courses!
Just about every movie made these days has a sequel. In this case, the sequel comes in the form of additional training offerings from the Data Delivery and Management Division (BIC). We offered a variety of courses during the first half of FY 2022, with such topics as Introduction to Business Intelligence, Introduction to PBS BI, Business Objects: Building Reports and Filtering in 15 (minutes), Understanding Financial Data, and Coding Tips from SSO Code Request. Recordings are available in the OCFO Training and Resource Library. We will also recap what we learned in the upcoming edition of the OCFO Quarterly Newsletter. However, based on your feedback and attendance at those events, we wanted to provide additional opportunities this summer.
We realize summer is a time for vacations and, with year end right around the corner, we decided to keep the courses and the content light; however, that does not mean you will not have the chance to learn something new. BIC will conduct two virtual courses and two open office hours from June through August. In addition, we are considering developing a series of 5-minute learning videos that we hope to produce and post on the OCFO Training and Resource Library. Here are the dates and times for the summer sessions.
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Thursday, June 16, 11:00 a.m.-noon Eastern - Business Objects Open Office Hour
These courses and detailed descriptions can be found under the Training Events Tab within the Library. You will need to register for the Financial InSite and OCFO Financial Taxonomy classes. You can click on those two courses above to register or you can do it from the Training Events tab on InSite. We are using a Google Form for registration this time since OLU is undergoing an upgrade and unavailable for course registrations at the moment. Calendar invites will be sent a few days before the event for those that sign up. For the PBS BI and Business Objects Office Hours, we will be sending a calendar event to current users of those systems. Anyone can pop into those open office hour sessions, but we will include a link in the calendar invite to submit any topics you wish to discuss.
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Reminder: Trainings from the Office of Civil Rights
The Office of Civil Rights provides monthly training opportunities that are critical to GSA’s ongoing effort to create and foster a more equitable workplace. Register today for upcoming training opportunities. If you have questions or need to request an accommodation, contact OCR at ocr@gsa.gov.
All Employees
Civil Treatment for Employees: May 24
Identifying and Interrupting Unconscious Bias Training: June 16
Fundamentals of Environmental Justice: May 25
Supervisors
Civil Treatment for Supervisors: May 18, May 24
A Lesson in EEO for Supervisors: June 7
Reminder: Lunch & Learn - Customer Experience at GSA
Join Ana Monroe Fitzner and Katherine Petway on Tuesday, May 17 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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Reminder: Learn More About GSA's Toastmasters Club at a Virtual Open House
Join the GSA Toastmasters Club for a virtual open house on Wednesday, May 18, from noon–1:00 p.m. Eastern.
Observe the positive environment for growing your communication skills. Open to all! Fill out this interest form for more information.
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Reminder: 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.
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