Code Challenge Being Tried for IT Recruitment
The CIO Council has launched a “code challenge” as a new tool for recruiting IT specialists, one of the fields …More
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GSA Proposes Changes to Payment Reporting Requirements
GSA has proposed to change its rules so that a waived or discounted registration fee provided by the non-federal sponsor …More
Legislation Targets Improper Payments
Bipartisan legislation (S-2550) has been introduced to provide agencies with fuller access to the SSA’s database of deaths and requiring …More
Executive Boards Recount Training, Preparedness Activities
Federal Executive Boards continued to concentrate in 2018 on emergency preparedness, employee safety and security as well as development and …More
GAO Cites Staffing Issues at Ginnie Mae
The Government National Mortgage Association–Ginnie Mae–a government owned corporation that is part of HUD, relies “heavily” on contractors to make …More
OPM Issues Final Call for Executive Allocations
OPM has issued the second and final phase of its biennial call for agencies to make their cases for adding …More
Agencies Hazy on Cloud Computing Costs, Savings, Says GAO
Sixteen major federal departments and agencies report that over 2016-2019 they increased spending on cloud-based services by $1 billion, resulting …More
OPM Seeks Data on Pathways Program
OPM has told agencies to report by the end of May on their use of the Pathways Program, including expected …More
Report Criticizes Inventory Management at VA; Hearing Planned
Leaders of the House Veterans Affairs Committee have said that they will explore in an upcoming hearing issues raised in …More
Initiative for Purchasing through Commercial Portals Advances
OMB and GSA have released an implementation plan for the second phase of an initiative to better enable agencies to …More
GAO Questions VA’s Facilities Rating System
The VA has not followed through on issues raised in its own reviews of its system for rating its Veterans …More
Finalists for Sammies Award Announced
The Partnership for Public Service has chosen 26 federal employees or teams from across 20 agencies as the finalists for …More
OPM to Take over Much of DoD Employee Training
OPM will take over much of DoD’s employee training functions, under an agreement between the two designed to consolidate the …More
Senate Backs Rotational Program for Cybersecurity Employees
The Senate has passed S-406, aimed at better developing and retaining federal employees with cybersecurity skills, one of the occupations …More
DATA Act Pilot Flew Only Halfway to Goal, GAO Says
An OMB pilot project conducted under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act, or DATA Act, for developing recommendations for reducing …More
Administration Again Stresses Retraining of Employees
The administration’s revised policies aiming increase centralization of common services across agencies such as HR, financial management and cybersecurity does …More
VA Health Care Branch Sets New Integrity Code
The VA’s health care branch, the Veterans Health Administration, has set a new employee integrity code covering ethical standards and …More
Guidance on Information Quality Act Updated
OMB has issued updated guidance on agency responsibilities for complying with the Information Quality Act to address “changes in the …More
Public Service Recognition Week Coming Up
Public Service Recognition Week is May 5-11, an annual opportunity to highlight the value of government service on the federal, …More
OMB Revamps Shared Services Program
OMB has revised the shared services initiative, saying that despite years of efforts to consolidate services that agencies have in …More
HHS Imposes Contract, New Challenge Filed
HHS has imposed a contract affecting employees there in a dispute that has become something of an example of strained …More
Dispute Erupts over Proposed Hiring Policy Change
Several senators of both parties have raised objections to a proposed hiring policy rule change that would require applicants to …More
Improvements Needed in Disaster Relief Spending, Says GAO
The government lacks a full accounting of what it spends on disaster relief contracts and agencies further are not fully …More
Report Warns of Drone Threat to Federal Facilities
In a report whose warnings apply to other facilities of other agencies as well, the IG of the Energy Department …More
GSA Forming Robotics Community of Practice
GSA is forming a community of practice for robotic process automation to “allow federal government leaders to explore opportunities, share …More
USAGov Describes Use of AI to Improve Customer Service
The USAGov site has described an approach to applying artificial intelligence for improving the government’s customer service, through creation of …More
DoD Summarizes Policies on Accepting Free Attendance
DoD’s central ethics office, the Standards of Conduct Office, has summarized policies on accepting gifts of free attendance at outside …More
Report Describes ‘Ethical Failures’
The DoD Standards of Conduct has updated its “Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure.” While it’s presented tongue-in-cheek, it stands as a …More
Second Phase of Cyber ‘Reskilling Academy’ Launching
Applications are now being accepted for the second class of the “Federal Cybersecurity Reskilling Academy” which involves training current federal …More
DHS Data Stewardship Program Held Up as Model
A DHS initiative is a model for agencies dealing with common data management problems–such as diffusion of responsibility for managing …More
