We would like to welcome the eight new members to the Broadcasting Board of Governors: Chairman Walter Isaacson and Governors Victor Ashe, Michael Lynton, Susan McCue, Michael Meehan, Dennis Mulhaupt, Dana Perino and S. Enders Wimbush.
The results of the 2010 OPM government-wide employee survey have been released and the results for this Agency are the same. According to Ed O’Keefe and Joe Davidson of the Washington Post:
“Like two years ago, the Broadcasting Board of Governors was last in all categories…”
When AFGE Local 1812 participated in the Agency Task Force on Money Awards we were shocked to learn how many management officials were given cash awards the previous year.
Three years after a federal arbitrator had found that the Broadcasting Board of Governors violated the Negotiated Labor Management Agreement and the United States Information and Exchange Act of 1948 (Smith-Mundt), the same arbitrator has told the Agency what it must do to “make things right.” In a ruling dated June 15, 2010, Arbitrator George E. Marshall has ordered the Agency to open all vacancy announcements to U.S. citizens ONLY and, if no suitably qualified applicants are found, the vacancy announcement can then be advertised for U.S. citizens and non-U.S. citizens. The ruling said, in part, “If any U.S. citizens are deemed suitably qualified for a position (even if a non U.S. citizen is also qualified) … the U.S. citizen must be hired.”
Whether in the public or private sector, change is a difficult thing. Invariably, it creates tension and insecurity, or exacerbates existing insecurities among employees. It's a challenge for managers, and the “rank and file”. The methods managers use to clearly communicate objectives, and the reactions of those who are being asked to implement the changes, can determine whether the venture succeeds, or fails, or falls somewhere in between.
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