Homeland Security Turnover Hurts Morale, Officials Testify

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He noted that 8,000 managers have undergone training on MaxHR and that 6,000 more will be trained by the end of this year.

"We are doing what Fortune 500 companies have been doing over the last 15 years," Prillaman said.

But two union presidents, John Gage of the American Federation of Government Employees and Colleen M. Kelley of the National Treasury Employees Union, testified that some department bureaus have created unnecessary friction, such as adopting new rules for shift assignments regardless of an employee's seniority or family considerations.

In addition, Gage said, inconsistent treatment of employees regarding overtime pay and foreign-language proficiency pay "need to be cured right away."

Talk Shows

Robyn Kehoe , Washington representative for the Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund, will be the guest on "FEDtalk" at 11 a.m. today on Federalnewsradio.com and WFED radio (1050 AM).

Gary M. Bald , executive assistant director for counterterrorism and counterintelligence at the FBI, will be the guest on "The IBM Business of Government Hour" at 9 a.m. Saturday on WJFK radio (106.7 FM).

Stephen Barr's e-mail address isbarrs@washpost.com.

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