Approval of January 20, 2016 minutes (5 minutes) – Ellen Herbst

Ongoing Matters (50 minutes) 

• Status of Action Items from January 2016 Forum meeting – Frank Milman [5 minutes]
• Shared Services
  • Ken Kukovich [10 minutes] 
  • Glenn Davidson [10 minutes]
• Phased Retirement Policy – Kevin Mahoney  [5 minutes]
• Metric for Forum for FY16 – Howard Friedman/Kevin Mahoney [5 minutes]
• Status Results from meeting with OPM on FEVS – Kevin Mahoney/Laurie Schwede

[5 minutes]

• Working Group developments on SORN – Frank Milman [5 minutes]
• Gender Pay Gap/Pay Parity – Kevin Mahoney [5 minutes]

New Business [60 minutes]

• Demonstration of the electronic travel system that is being implemented in the Department – Gay Shrum [30 minutes]
• HR Bulletin on Administrative Leave – Kevin Mahoney [5 minutes]
• Status of Revised Department Administrative Orders (DAO) – Valerie Smith [20minutes]
  • DAO 202-300, Employment
  • DAO 202-301, Overseas Employment
  • DAO 202-302, Employment in the Excepted Service
  • DAO 202-351, Probationary and Trial Periods
• Communication of Forum Achievements – Howard Friedman [10 minutes]

Other Business (5 minutes)
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