OPM Sets Human Capital Evaluator Training Sessions
OPM has set four three-day training sessions for employees who participate in evaluations associated with their agency’s Human Capital Framework …More
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OPM Moves to Ease Direct Hire for IT Positions
OPM has proposed rules to pave the way for more use of “direct hire” authority in IT positions by delegating …More
Direct Hire Authority for IT Would Continue Trend of Loosening Policies
OPM’s move to allow agencies to decide whether use of direct hire authority is justified in IT positions is the …More
Employee Views of Leaders Decline with Each Higher Level
This year’s Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey once again revealed that employee views of their leadership decline with each successively higher …More
Survey Shows Improvements in Workplace Management Indicators
Government-wide results of the 2018 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey show improvements in employee views of a number of indicators of …More
OMB Issues Guidance on FISMA Compliance
OMB has issued guidance to agencies on reporting and deadlines under the Federal Information Security Act in a memo that …More
GSA FASt Lane Program Gets Mixed Assessment
GSA’s FASt Lane Program to provide customer agencies quicker access to vendors with new and emerging technologies appears to be …More
OPM Seeks Information on Program, Project Management
OPM has started gathering information on program management and project management positions to comply with the Program Management Improvement and …More
DoD Benefitting from Intergovernmental Support Agreements, Report Says
The military services are seeing both financial and non-financial benefits from using intergovernmental support agreements for certain services on their …More
Improving Customer Experience Requires Culture Shift, Report Says
Making real progress in improving customer experiences with federal agencies will not only require agency leaders to “untangle a complicated …More
NASA Losing Track of Historic Items, Says Report
An IG audit has called on NASA to improve control of the “numerous items of historical significance, large and small, …More
OPM Seeking Data on Agency Telework Use, Employment Demographics
OPM has sent a notice of an upcoming call for data on telework in fiscal 2018, saying it “is an …More
GAO Sees Potential for Savings in DoD Document Costs
DoD has taken steps to achieve savings by centralizing printing and other document-related costs but responsibility remains scattered among the …More
Study Points to Positives on Modernizing Agency IT
Federal finance, IT and procurement leaders largely agree on the importance to agency missions of upgrading agency IT and that …More
Impact of Reorganization Bill Hard to Judge, Says CBO
The Congressional Budget Office says there is “no basis to estimate” the impact of a bill that has cleared a …More
CFO Council Releases Antifraud Playbook
The CFO Council released a publication it produced in conjunction with the Treasury Department titled Program Integrity: The Antifraud Playbook, …More
Government-University Collaborative Project Launched
The Volcker Alliance, a good-government group, has launched a Government-to-University Initiative, focused on “building connections between government and universities to …More
OPM Posts Reminder on Domestic Violence Policies
In conjunction with Domestic Violence Awareness Month, OPM has posted a reminder to agencies of guidance it issued in 2013 …More
Procurement Rules Loosened Due to Hurricanes
GSA has raised the micro purchase threshold, the simplified acquisition threshold, and the simplified leasing acquisition threshold in response to …More
OMB Seeks Agency Input on Federal Data Strategy
OMB has provided an update on the development of the Federal Data Strategy, while asking agencies to provide feedback within …More
GSA Begins eBuy Pilot Project
GSA has started a pilot project aimed at increasing competition and providing more transparency into how the federal government buys …More
CIO Bill Would Help Improve Spending on IT, Says Report
A bill now pending a House vote (HR-6901) would improve federal agency IT spending in several ways, according to a …More
IG Warns of Cyber Skills Shortage at Treasury
A Treasury Department IG report has raised another of many warnings across government about shortages of employees with cybersecurity skills, …More
Plain Writing Grades Slip Overall
Agency compliance with plain writing standards slipped overall from a B to a C in a watchdog organization’s latest assessment, …More
Postal IG Cites Risks to Employees of Illegal Drugs in the Mail
An IG report has highlighted risks to employees of exposure to potentially highly dangerous substances as among the issues related …More
Leave Transfer Authorized Due to Hurricane Florence
OPM has authorized agencies to establish emergency leave transfer programs related to Hurricane Florence. In those programs, employees may donate …More
Senate Backs Bill to Boost CBP Hiring
As one of its last actions before recessing through the elections, the Senate passed S-1305, designed to boost hiring at …More
Prepare to Act on FEVS Results, Agencies Told
OPM guidance to agencies on responding to the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results–some agencies have been getting data already …More
Limited Excused Absence Is Allowed for Voting
Ahead of major elections such as the mid-term congressional elections coming up, questions typically arise in federal workplaces regarding excusing …More
OPM Grants Direct Hire Authority in Many STEM Fields
OPM has granted government-wide direct-hire authority in many science, technology, engineering and math related fields where the government has a …More
