OPM Provides Tool to Better Track Offsite Work
OPM is establishing a tool for agencies to better track use of offsite work that it says “will provide agencies …More
OPM is establishing a tool for agencies to better track use of offsite work that it says “will provide agencies …More
A review of inspector general audits over the last five years has found common issues with agencies’ use of “other …More
GSA has finalized rules to tighten controls over leases for high-security federal office space as required under the Secure Federal …More
Three years into a HUD initiative to use robotic process automation, or RPA, the effort is “not efficient or effective” …More
Two congressional Democrats have joined in asking the inspector general offices of eight agencies to review the financial disclosures of …More
OMB has announced a set of nine projects under the President’s Management Agenda focus on improving customer service to the …More
OPM has extended through May 11, the date that the national emergency and public health emergency related to the pandemic …More
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee has scheduled a hearing Thursday on OPM, a session that could set the tone …More
The National Archives and Records Administration has said that the expansion of telework capacity for employees working at its National …More
Concerns about the impact of technology on the workforce are nothing new, going back to the advent of weaving machines …More
The “highly specialized” nature of its work has left the National Institutes of Science and Technology with additional recruiting and …More
Among the bills that have been recently introduced or reintroduced in the new Congress are: HR-1235, to credit mandatory overtime …More
The Defense Department has finalized rules to update and revise employee ethics policies unique to that department. Like a recent …More
Agencies continue to close data centers and generally are achieved the savings that were projected, the GAO has said, while …More
The OPM-led government-wide effort in for “skills gaps” in agencies has yielded some results but it may be hampered by …More
A Partnership for Public Service report has identified what it calls the four pillars of innovative government as the leadership, …More
The GAO has called on the VA to better document whether it has completed required onboarding steps for newly clinical …More
The AFGE union has asked Congress to reject the potential imposition of hiring restrictions of civilian employees at DoD, saying …More
Recent legislation proposed by House Republicans has reignited the debate about teleworking’s role in the federal workforce. If this bill …More
Workforce-related issues including shortages of employees have contributed to the EPA missing most of its deadlines for reviewing existing and …More
Companion bills (HR-1106, S-487) newly offered in the House and Senate would impose new restrictions on relocating agency offices in …More
An inspector general report has called on GSA to more closely monitor “periodic” services—basic cleaning and maintenance, repainting, window washing, …More
OPM has opened a new central portal for internship and recent graduate internship-type opportunities, the latest in a series of …More
OMB has issued further guidance under the administration’s “diverse and resilient federal marketplace” initiative aimed at increasing contracting opportunities for …More
The chair of the House committee overseeing the VA has urged the agency to appeal a recent MSPB decision that …More
President Biden has issued an executive order reinforcing and expanding on a 2021 order on “Advancing Racial Equity and Support …More
OPM’s recent report diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in federal agencies shows that the percentage of women in the SES …More
In its third iteration an IRS program of using private collection firms to collect overdue tax debt continues to criticized …More
National Institute of Standards and Technology facilities in Gaithersburg, Md., and Boulder, Colo., are in “alarming” physical condition, according to …More
GSA contracting personnel “are not ensuring that the government receives the services it is paying for” in performance-based service contracts, …More