Little Change in Prices in Fiscal 2019 City Pairs Contracts
GSA has awarded fiscal 2019 city pairs contracts for official government air travel with eight major carriers, providing pre-negotiated and …More
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The House Veterans Affairs Committee has approved HR-6066 to enhance the tracking of VA medical care providers’ productivity, saying it …More
GSA Oversight of Contractor Employee Clearances Found Lacking
The Federal Acquisition Service did not ensure that more than a dozen contract employees had received favorable background investigation determinations …More
IG Council Calls for Tighter Controls over Purchase Cards
A review by the IG offices of 20 agencies of purchase card transactions identified as high risk of being improper …More
OGE Proposes Changes to Financial Disclosure Forms
The Office of Government Ethics has proposed changes to the two financial disclosure forms required of federal employees, the Form …More
OMB Defines Role of Senior Real Property Officers
OMB has ordered each federal department and independent agency to designate or re-designate within one month a “senior real property …More
House Passes Bills on Leave, Management Issues
The House has joined the Senate in passing S-899, which would extend eligibility for disabled veteran leave to “Title 38” …More
FDA Moving Ahead with Special Hiring, Pay Authorities
The FDA says that it is making progress toward carrying out a 2016 law, the 21st Century Cures Act, that …More
Safety Issues Persist in Postal Facilities, Says IG
The Postal Service has made progress in addressing safety and security issues at retail facilities but much remains to be …More
Report Cites Budgetary, Leadership Challenges for IG Offices
IG offices have proven to be “vital to bringing accountability to the federal government” but are hampered by leadership vacancies …More
Conflict of Interest Guidance Updated
The Office of Government Ethics has posted a series of updated guidance documents on the most common potential financial conflicts …More
Agencies to Gain More Leeway in Hiring ALJs
President Trump has issued an executive order giving federal agencies more leeway in the hiring of ALJs by ending the …More
Concerns Voiced on Change in ALJ Hiring
President Trump’s order to begin using excepted service hiring procedures rather than OPM’s traditional competitively-based register of applicants to fill …More
Audit Cites Gender Discrimination at Justice Department
“A significant number” of women across components and position types in the Justice Department say they have “experienced gender discrimination …More
Report Cites Lack of Employee Confidence in EEO Process
An IG report on gender equity at the Justice Department found that “staff of all genders, positions, supervisory status, and …More
Role of Whistleblower Protection Advocates Revised
President Trump has signed into law (P.L. 115-192) a bill that recently cleared Congress to make permanent whistleblower advocates in …More
GAO Sees Some Gains in CBP Recruitment, Retention
The variety of approaches the CBP is taking toward its recruitment and retention problems is showing some results but the …More
Big Changes Foreseen in Federal Workplace Due to Artificial Intelligence
Increasing adoption of artificial intelligence will transform workplaces, including the federal workplace, on a scale not seen since the Industrial …More
How Employees, Agencies Can Adapt to Artificial Intelligence
The federal CIO Council has said that the “impending explosion of artificial intelligence and automation will affect people and organizations …More
OMB Launches Implementation of Program Management Act
Improving program and project management as specified in the 2016 Program Management Improvement Accountability Act “will require sustained and focused …More
New Guidance Issued on Improper Payments
Requirements for payment integrity “should be more than a compliance exercise,” OMB has said in issuing guidance that it said …More
OPM Sets Policies on Human Capital Reviews
OPM has sent guidance to agencies on meeting the requirement that took effect in April that they participate in annual …More
GAO Finds Only Partial Compliance with FOIA Revisions
Federal agencies have made only partial progress toward complying with 2016 amendments to the Freedom of Information Act, GAO has …More
Security Clearance Changes Advance in Senate
The Senate Intelligence Committee has approved a package of changes to the security clearance process designed to address longstanding issues …More
Education Department Questioned on Imposing Contract
Two Democratic House leaders active in civil service issues have pressed the Education Department for a justification of why it …More
High Court Case on Union Dues Doesn’t Directly Affect Federal Workplace
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week on a union dues case likely will have little impact on labor-management relationships …More
VA Purchase Card Program Remains at Risk, IG Says
Despite some improvements the VA’s purchase card program remains at medium risk of illegal, improper, or erroneous purchases, an IG …More
OPM Calls Performance Evaluations a ‘Pain Point’
Performance evaluations are “a pain point for everyone involved,” in part because three-fourths of agencies are using decades-old paper-based processes, …More
Postal Employees at Risk from Packages Containing Opioids, Says IG
The Postal Service “has not implemented specific measures to prepare its entire workforce for risks posed by synthetic opioids shipped …More
Senate Rebukes VA in Spat with IG Over Access to Records
In a vote that applies only to the VA but that effectively sends a message to other agencies as well, …More
