New! Time to File Your Form 450
If you have not submitted your annual OGE Form 450 Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, your report is due by Thursday, Feb. 15. Before you submit your report, here's important information to make it easier for you.
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Pre-population: the first time you open your report, you can copy information from your previous report by selecting Import your previous year’s information.
- You only have one chance to do this - it must be selected the first time you open your 2024 report.
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Accountability: review and update all your information before submitting, especially if you import your previous report.
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Legal reminder: An employee who files a false, incomplete or late report may be subject to adverse action; also, an employee who knowingly and willfully falsifies a report may also be subject to criminal prosecution.
Still have questions? Contact your Deputy Standards of Conduct Counselor to ensure you file a timely and accurate report.
Records Management Update
What is a records schedule?
How long do we keep records? What do the record schedules do for us? How many types of schedules are there? Do records schedules help us have the information we need, when in fact we need that information? What are the elements of a records schedule?
If you have any questions, please reach out to Les Painter.
New! The Clock is Still Ticking on the Current Leave Year; Consider Donating Leftover Annual Leave
Saturday, January 13, 2024, marks the end of the current leave year.
If HR Links forecasts that you will have “use-or-lose” annual leave hours - meaning, hours over the maximum carryover ceiling (usually 240 for General Schedule employees) - consider donating them to employees enrolled in the Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (VLTP). The VLTP allows you to donate annual leave to individuals facing personal or family medical emergencies.
New! Pay and Leave Guidance for the Martin Luther King Birthday Holiday 2024
Martin Luther King’s birthday, Monday, January 15th, 2024, is a Federal holiday for pay and leave purposes for all federal employees.
Full-time and part-time employees scheduled to work on Monday, January 15th, are excused from duty and are entitled to holiday pay for that absence.
- Employees on a standard or flexible schedule are provided with 8 hours of holiday pay.
- Employees on a compressed schedule are provided holiday pay for the number of hours they would have been scheduled to work (i.e., 8, 9, 10 or 12 hours).
Full-time employees not scheduled to work on Monday, the calendar holiday, are eligible for a substitute “in-lieu-of holiday.” The in-lieu-of holiday is the scheduled workday immediately preceding the Martin Luther King Birthday calendar holiday. For most full-time employees in this situation, the in-lieu-of holiday will therefore be observed on Friday, January 12th, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact your local timekeeper. You can also contact the Timekeeping Help-Desk.
Update! Mandatory Training for 2024 is Now Live
The 2024 mandatory training refresher course curriculum for employees and supervisors is now live.
Mandatory courses have been automatically assigned to you in GSA’s Online University. You can find a full list of courses on the Mandatory Training InSite page.
If you have questions or need additional information, contact mandatory training program manager Wendy Cobb.
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Save the Date: Agency-wide Town Hall on Jan. 25th
Please plan to join an agency-wide town hall meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, from 2 to 3 p.m., Eastern.
The agenda will focus on reaffirming GSA's goals and spotlighting the successes that will drive our momentum in 2024.
This event will be hosted through Zoom.
Use this form to vote for up to three questions of most interest to you. Top-voted questions will be answered or discussed during the town hall. Voting closes Jan. 17.
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ICYMI: Messages from GSA Leadership
Check out the Messages from Leadership page on InSite, where you can find past messages from GSA leaders.
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 Lisa Carter (BG2ECD)!
Shout out to Lisa Carter for handling multiple quarter-end discount requests from a vendor while I was out of the office. Thank you!
Submitted by: Stephanie Steffensmeier (BG2ECD)
Welcome to the OCFO Analytics Corner! Each week, the Analytics Community of Practice (A-CoP) team will be sharing events, training, resources, and more. If you would like to learn more about the OCFO Analytics Community of Practice, you can sign up for updates here.
Harnessing Open Data to Gain Insights into Service Delivery!
Do you want to know how to harness open data to gain insights into service delivery? Read OCFO's Michael Kelty's blog post on Digital.gov and find out that and more! Get ready to dive with him into an example analysis using survey data collected by High-Impact Service Providers (HISPs).
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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 upcoming offerings below or check out the Online University Events Calendar for a full slate of training opportunities.
Upcoming Enterprise-wide Training
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Google Docs: Inserts & Text with Style
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Tue., Jan. 16
Noon to 1 p.m. Eastern
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GSA Immersion: Communication Styles
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Wed., Jan. 17
12:30 to 2 p.m. Eastern
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Get to Know Google Docs
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Wed., Jan. 17
1 to 2 p.m. Eastern
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OHRM Employee Break Room - DEIA: People, Thoughts, and Information Sharing
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Tue., Jan. 23
2 to 3 p.m. Eastern
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CLJ Facilitated Discussion: GSA's Current and Emerging Critical Skills (check out the current and emerging critical skills portal on OLU for more on this month's continuous leadership journey)
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Wed., Jan. 24
2 to 3 p.m. Eastern
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508 for Google Docs
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Wed., Jan. 24
1 to 2 p.m. Eastern
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GSA Immersion: Gratitude, Productivity, and Personal Accountability
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Mon., Feb. 5
12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Eastern
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Crucial Conversations*
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Tue., Feb. 6–Thu., Feb. 8
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern
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Check out the Online University Events Calendar and GSA's Tech Training page for more training opportunities.
*These courses fill up fast, so register today! If no more seats are available, join the waitlist or register for a later session.
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