New! DEIA Speaker Series - Native American Heritage Month Event
GSA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Speaker Series offers a special recorded conversation in honor of Native American Heritage Month. Lance Green, OHRM DEIA Program Manager, meets with Florence Francis, a Region 9 FAS Customer Service Director with Navajo heritage. Florence provides an engaging learning experience for the GSA community to raise awareness of the modern Native American experience. ASL interpreters and closed captioning are available in the event recording to improve accessibility. A transcript is available upon request. You can find this interesting video anytime on InSite.
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Update! Join Your Colleagues for an In-person CFC Event on Dec. 8
New! Join your colleagues for a CFC event on next Thursday, December 8 at 2 p.m. in the newly renovated Jess Larson Auditorium at 1800 F. This will be a great opportunity to talk to local charities that will be in attendance, catch up with your coworkers, and celebrate the season overall.
About the Combined Federal Campaign
The Combined Federal Campaign is the official workplace giving drive for federal employees and retirees.
Since its inception, the CFC has raised more than $8.6 billion for charities and people in need. CFC pledges make a real and meaningful difference to a countless number of individuals throughout our communities, the nation, and the world.
The online giving system is open! It's safe, green, and makes it easy to renew your pledge each year. The CFC also offers a mobile giving app. Reach out to our organization’s keyworker for more information.
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The Clock is Ticking on Open Season
Federal Employee Health Benefits Program Open Season ends on Monday, December 12.
Your current health, vision, and dental benefits will automatically carry over into the new plan year. Your flexible spending account enrollment expires at the end of the current plan year and you must re-enroll to roll over any unused contributions. Update, change, or re-enroll through the links below:
Health benefit plans (FEHB): HR Links Open Season Tile
Vision and dental plans (FEDVIP): BENEFEDS.COM
Flexible spending accounts (FSAFEDS): FSAFEDS.COM
Long Term Care Partners will host their annual Virtual Benefits Fair through December 12, where you can log in anytime to get information about health and dental programs, health benefit plans, flexible spending accounts, and long-term care insurance. Register now to attend the fair at any time during open season. Upon registering, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to access the fair.
Visit the fair from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on December 8 to participate in the final live Q&A.
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ICYMI: Messages from GSA Leadership
11/29: Deputy Administrator Katy Kale provides an update on the Combined Federal Campaign
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
New! Let's Meet for Coffee
Join us for an informal coffee hour next Wednesday, December 7, at 11 a.m. Eastern. Sign up via Zoom and come prepared to meet new colleagues and catch up with old friends.
Registration is limited to the first 20 people to sign up. If you can't make this coffee hour or registration fills up, you'll have an opportunity to join us for future coffee hour events.
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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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No shout outs this week. Recognize one (or more) of your peers in the next Week in Review by filling out the OCFO Shout Outs Google Form.
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 Future of PBS Data
Want to know what's going on with PBS data? Join us Thursday, December 15 at 11 a.m. Eastern to hear Matt Crothers, director of data analytics in the PBS Office of Strategy and Engagement, talk about the PBS Future State Model.
Add the event to your calendar.
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Visit the Mandatory Training page on GSA's InSite for mandatory training deadlines and watch the GSA News & Info section for training reminders.
Looking for enterprise-wide training? You'll find a selection of the month's offerings below or check out the Online University Events Calendar for a full slate of training opportunities.
New! December Enterprise-wide Training
Check out the Online University Events Calendar for more training opportunities.
Update! Sign Up for Upcoming GSA IT Tech Training Classes
Google Docs: Inserts & Text with Style (Dec. 7) - Learn how to create and navigate tables, use paragraph styles to format text, insert images and charts, and more.
Google Slides: Shapes, Pics & Vids (Dec. 13) - Learn how to wow your audience with animations and transitions; insert text, shapes, images, and videos; crop and mask, add WordArt, and more.
New! Get to Know Google Slides (Dec. 14) - Are you a Google Slides beginner? Learn how to create presentations from scratch or from a template, navigate menus and toolbars, present and share, and more.
Get to Know Your Google Drive (Dec. 15) - Are you a Google Drive beginner? Learn how to navigate the folder tree, find your files, use stars and colors to organize, and more.
Get to Know Google Sheets (Dec. 21) - Are you a Google Sheets beginner? Learn how to create spreadsheets and workbooks, navigate the menus and toolbar, share sheets with your colleagues, resize rows and columns, and more.
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