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Description
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Agencies Can Use Referral Bonuses
To Support Recruitment and Hiring (Spring 2001)
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Explains how agencies can use referral bonuses to help recruit
and hire new employees.
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Awards Recognize Travel Savings
(2/98)
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Describes the government program that allows some Federal employees
who frequently travel on Government business to participate in agency
awards programs that reward employees for savings earned through
use of frequent flyer miles and reduced lodging costs.
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Choosing the Best Course Using
Strategic Compensation (fall/00)
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Describes why agencies must rethink the way they use compensation
to attract, retain, and reward employees.
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Criteria for Determining Award Items
(6/95)
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Describes criteria for the kinds of items that can be used as honorary
awards and informal recognition awards.
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Debit Cards: A New Way to Pay
(Spring 2001)
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Describes how two agencies in Department of Treasury use a debit
card to quickly get cash award payments to employees.
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Emerging Issues in Employee Incentives
and Recognition (10/98)
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Summarizes conference presentation on uses of and latest developments
in Federal employee awards.
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Gainsharing Links Performance Management
Processes (2/95)
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Describes how gainsharing can link performance management processes.
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Good Performance Management
Aids Retention and Productivity (4/99)
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Presents the results of three studies on retention and productivity
describing the critical factors for creating a productive work environment
and retaining good employees.
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Grossing Up Awards: Why and Why
Not (12/98)
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Defines "grossing up" award amounts, addresses whether
it's a good idea, and discusses monitoring and managing the true
value of awards.
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How to Order Career Service and Retirement
Certificates (4/96)
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Describes the process for ordering career service and retirement
certificates.
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Lessons Learned from Awards
Study (4/99)
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Describes the findings, employee preferences, and recommendations
found in an OPM study on Federal awards programs.
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Locality Pay and Performance Awards
(4/94)
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Describes the calculation of performance award amounts when an
employee is also receiving locality pay.
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Paying Awards Made Easy
(4/99)
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Explains how the Debt Collection Improvement Act affects the disbursement
of cash awards.
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Performance Management Mailbag:
Communicating About Awards Programs (4/00)
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Answers an often-asked question on how agencies can let their employees
and supervisors know about the agency awards programs.
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The Performance Management
Mailbag: Cash Incentives for Completing Customer Surveys (Winter
2001)
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Explains whether an agency can give prizes to Federal employees
as an incentive for completing customer satisfaction surveys.
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The Performance Management
Mailbag (double award) (Spring 2001)
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Explains whether an employee can receive two awards for the same
accomplishment or contribution.
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Plan Awards Programs with SMART Moves
(4/98)
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Looks at finding the right incentives to help employees become
more customer focused and results oriented.
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Quality Step Increases: Timing
Matters (4/99)
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Explains why timing does matter and the factors involved when granting
an employee a quality step increase.
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Reinvention and Suggestions: How Do
They Fit? (12/93)
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Discusses how agencies deal with the newer role of employee involvement
and traditional suggestion programs.
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Reporting Awards with Ease:
Simplified Nature of Action Codes (8/99)
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Explains and lists the new nature of action codes and how they
affect award reporting requirements for agencies.
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Time-off Awards: Reviewing
the Basics (6/99)
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Explains who's eligible to receive them, the advantages and disadvantages
of using time-off awards, the Governmentwide limitations, and how
they may be combined with other forms of awards.
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Trends and Shifts in the Use
of Awards Governmentwide (12/99)
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Describes trends, shifts, and consistencies in Governmentwide awards
spending and explains changes in the type of awards granted by agencies.
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Using Balanced Measures as
a Basis for Managers' Incentive Pay (4/99)
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Provides three examples of how agencies can use current award authorities
to provide incentives that reward managers who achieve organizational
goals.
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Work and Rewards in a Reengineered World
(10/95)
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Describes the new world of rewards in employee performance and
compensation.
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You Asked About This - Must
agencies still file Standard Forms 50 (SF50) for awards in employees'
Official Personnel Files (OPF)? (6/99)
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Explains the new filing requirements that prohibit agencies from
filing award documentation in employees' Official Personnel Files.
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