The House also is set to vote on HR-5457, to require agencies to inventory the software they currently are using; the pertinent contracts and other arrangements. Image: Frank Fell Media/Shutterstock.com
By: FEDweek StaffThe House is set to vote as soon as this week on HR-5810, setting requirements for training of employees on promotion into supervisory roles, and then every three years.
The training would have to cover matters including: performance goals aligned with agency missions; providing mentorship to enhance productivity; addressing poor performers and utilizing disciplinary options; effectively using probationary periods to evaluate new employees; addressing retaliation and harassment; improving effective recruitment; and covering prohibited personnel practices and employee rights.
Many of those same topics are elements of a mandatory training module on performance management for current and newly appointed federal supervisors recently issued by OPM, as well as in a separate new SES development program and a leadership training series for GS-14 and GS-15 personnel.
The House also is set to vote on HR-5457, to require agencies to inventory the software they currently are using; the pertinent contracts and other arrangements; costs and fees not included in the initial contract or agreement; and the interoperability of the software and restrictions on its use.
Agencies then would have to develop a plan to OMB to consolidate software, develop procedures for cost-effective acquisition strategies, and restrict subordinate entities from using without approval any software subject to use limitations. OMB in turn would have to make recommendations for changes needed to increase the interoperability of software licenses; consolidate licenses when appropriate; reduce costs; improve performance; and modernize the management and oversight of agency software.
Meanwhile, the Senate has passed S-766, to require annual reporting to Congress on agency projects that are more than five years behind schedule, or have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate. The reported information would have to include a description of each project (including acquisitions, construction, clean-up, or other “time-limited endeavor”); an explanation of any change to the original scope of the project; the original and current expected dates of completion; and more.
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