Senator chairs the twohour hearing. Good morning and welcome. Ideas for more effective federal work force. This subcommittee will work to find consensus solutions to recognize challenges that prevent federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants protect our communities, keep our airports running safely and smoothly and military running extremely effectively. We are grateful for their diligence. Were interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is obstructed by a culture that rewards attendance over initiative, one that does not differentiate between poor performers and those who excel. In fact, it is the high performing often complain that under performing count parts harm work place moral and raise concerns that compensation is not appropriately related to performance. For i
Federal agencies employ some of the best and brightest individuals this country has to offer. Every day federal Civil Servants provide essentially care for veterans, keep airports running safely and smoothly. We are grateful for their diligence and are interested in their ideas and concerns. The important work of our federal employees is obstructed by a culture that rewards attendance over initiative, one that does not differentiate between poor performers and those who excel. In fact, it is the high performing often complain that under performing count parts harm work place moral and raise concerns that compensation is not appropriately related to performance. For instance, the office of Personnel Management 2016 federal Employee Viewpoint survey found that a mere 22 of employees agreed with this statement. Pay raises depend on how well employees perform their jobs. While the government fails to appropriately compensate employees based on performance managers and Agency Executive face
Coming across montgomery county. We think right in the North Potomac area, there could be strong winds and maybe hail being reported. With the first batch that came through, we got a report of almost hail to the size of dimes, if not quarters near american university, so plenty of hail there. We do have another warning now, this is for, getting prince georges county. Thats this new one popped up a few minutes ago. Fairfax and did i miss one . Prince georges county, as we follow this line, lets go to pennsylvania. Could we be in for a long night with all of this activity continuing to stream from south to north . Be aware of that. Aware that its really doing a number on these temperatures too. Weve gone from 94 to 80 in the did district. Dropped to 73 in gaithersburg. 78 in hagerstown. She dont that is the up side of a thunderstorm. It will really cool you off. Unfortunately on a hot and humid day like this, it can also be damaging and we have heard about trees and limbs coming down. He
This week with George Stephanopoulos begins now. And we have lots to get to this morning. New developments in that amtrak crash, the fbi on the case. But first that daring Delta Force Raid deep inside syria, they set out to capture abu sayyaf, he was killed in the fire fight but u. S. Forces did capture his wife and key intelligence and terry moran reporting onnen the raid and terry, this was a risky operation. Reporter it certainly was, good morning george it was highrisk operations sending these american troops deep into the heart of isiscontrolled territory in syria. The intelligence was good enough, the target valuable enough and the delta forces lethal enough to roll the diagnosisdice here. The daring raid happened overnight friday. The delta forces taking off from iraq. Heading deep into syria. Capture and interrogate abu sayyaf. Former special forces officer. This is not just another person. Reporter counterterrorism official tells abc news sayyaf is believed to be the isis lead
The night belonged to taylor swift at the Billboard Music awards. She won eight awards including one for top artist. The evening capped off by a hard to see and hard to hear performance by kanye west. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, may 18th. From abc news this is world news now. Good morning. We begin this half hour with that Severe Weather stretching some 1200 miles across the middle of the countries. As storms here dumping torrential rains and spawning dozens of tornadoes, this morning flash flooding is still a major concern. Lets start our coverage with rob marciano. Violent storms bringing rain and rescues. This man and this woman are in this home that is totally surrounded by water. Including this one in Johnson County texas. Unfolding on live tv. First responders using a drone to send a rescue line to a stranded couple. Then paddling toward them in a rescue raft. Homeowner bill talking to dallas station wffa. Theyre trying to figure out how to get the boat over