Forget the traditional office pool to buy a coworker who is expecting a baby a car seat or stroller. The new trend is to give a pregnant coworker some of your own vacation time to add days to her maternity leave. Angela Hughes, of Kansas City, Missouri, was less than a year into her job …

Government bureaucracy doesn’t intimidate Jason Jackson. His background in the military and technology has taught him how to be an agent of change in virtually any situation, and he’s doing just that as the State of Nebraska’s chief human resources officer. “What I enjoy in this role most is how visible the results of your …

A review last year of the Nebraska State Patrol prompted Gov. Pete Ricketts to request the Legislature to correct a number of issues that cropped up during that assessment. The resulting bill (LB792), introduced by Sen. Laura Ebke at Ricketts’ request, would expand the duties and authority of the Nebraska Crime Commission to track officers …

Gov. Pete Ricketts’ office released an end-of-the-year update on the Nebraska State Patrol reform, which indicated the agency’s progress in investigations into officer misconduct, policy and procedure deficiencies, and needed legislative reforms. Following the NSP reform release, Governor Pete Ricketts issued the following statement, “Under Col. Bolduc’s leadership, the State Patrol has already taken significant …

Jason Jackson invited to join lineup of top HR executives in sharing best practices on customer driven innovation in HR. More information here.

Local state employees who have recently reached a milestone in years of service with the state were honored today in a brief ceremony at the Panhandle Research and Extension Center. Governor Ricketts Chief Human Resource Officer Jason Jackson handed out the awards. Jackson told KNEB News the Ricketts administration values the 18,000 state workers across …

LINCOLN — A probe of the Nebraska State Patrol has substantiated claims that members of the command staff, including then-Col. Brad Rice, improperly meddled with and manipulated internal investigations and downplayed reports of excessive use of force and sexual harassment within the agency. Rice, who was fired last month as head of the patrol, interfered …

LINCOLN, Neb. (Press Release) — Thursday afternoon, Governor Pete Ricketts and his Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Jason Jackson released a report detailing findings and recommendations resulting from Jackson’s internal review of the Nebraska State Patrol (NSP). In June, the Governor asked CHRO Jackson to conduct a review of NSP to examine the totality of …