USPS Beginning to See Results in Regional Consolidations, Says IG
USPS is making progress consolidating operations in regional processing and distribution centers – RPDCs, in particular at the Richmond VA …More
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Put Employees Involved with ‘Gender Ideology’ on Leave, Agencies Told
OPM has told agencies to review positions that involve “inculcating or promoting gender ideology” and place employees on administrative leave …More
Legal Questions Raised After 18 IGs Fired Without Notice
A key Senate Republican, Charles Grassley of Iowa, has joined Democrats and good-government groups in questioning President Trump’s orders last …More
‘Critical Actions’ Needed on Management of Agency IT, Says GAO
The GAO once again has sounded a warning regarding agency IT, saying that “critical actions” are needed in the acquisition …More
Casino ATMs, Subscriptions and More: Audit Seeks Tighter Controls over DoD Travel Card Use
An inspector general audit has called on the DoD to tighten controls over travel charge cards in the hands of …More
Start Sending RIF Notices Now to Employees in DEI Positions, Agencies Told
OPM has told agencies to begin issuing RIF notices to employees of DEIA offices under President Trump’s first-day executive order …More
CBO Sees Mix of Possible AI Impacts on Federal Agency Programs
Greater use by federal agencies of AI holds the potential for cutting personnel and other costs, a Congressional Budget Office …More
Report Calls on Agriculture Department to Boost Oversight of EEO
The Agriculture Department has increased its EEO staff since 2022 but it still lacks oversight of many indicators of how …More
GAO: DHS Well Along on Cyber Workforce Efforts; Other Agencies, Not So Much
DHS fully carries out 14 of the 15 key workforce planning practices applicable to cybersecurity positions and partially implements the …More
Access to SSA Records Helpful in Reducing Fraud, Treasury Says
An initial five-month program of Treasury Department access to a SSA file of deaths resulted in preventing and recovering more …More
Agency Use of AI More Than Doubled in 2024, Says CIO Council
Federal agencies more than doubled their publicly reportable uses of AI in 2024 to more than 1,700, according to the …More
OSC Ratchets Up Attention to Delayed Agency Responses to Whistleblower Disclosures
The Office of Special Counsel has acted to further increase attention to delayed responses by agencies to whistleblower disclosures, by …More
Key House Panel on Government Oversight Reorganizes, Adding DOGE Subcommittee
The key House committee on oversight of the federal government has been reorganized for the current Congress, formally adding a …More
Agencies Told to Create Internal DOGE Compliance Offices
Among the early agency-management related initiatives from the Trump administration was to require each agency to establish a “department of …More
Biden Administration Leaves Parting Message on OPM, Federal Workforce Management
The outgoing Biden administration left a parting message—since taken off the OPM site—on its initiatives regarding OPM and the federal …More
Last-Minute Biden Management Directives Left for Trump to Review
The Biden administration in its waning days issued a series of orders and OMB directives that, while mostly routine, now …More
Audit Cites Potential Improper Locality Pay for Some ESIM Bank Offsite Workers
In a report that likely will be used as fuel by opponents of offsite by federal employees, the IG’s office …More
GSA Proposes Rules on Conflicts of Interest, Other Contracting Issues
GSA has proposed rules to carry out the 2022 Preventing Organizational Conflicts of Interest in Federal Acquisition Act, which requires …More
Guidance Issued on Child Care Subsidies, Domestic Violence Policies
OPM has issued separate new guidance to agencies on the payment to certain employees of subsidies for child care costs …More
Performance.gov Closes the Book on Agency Priority Goals under Biden
In what it said is “the final round of progress updates to be released until new goals are established,” a …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Improving Reliability, Resiliency of Agency Data Centers
OMB has issued guidance on standards for agencies to use for the “effective acquisition, design, and management of data centers …More
OPM Calls Attention to Updated Handbook on Childbirth, Adoption and Foster Care
OPM in a memo on chcoc.gov has called agency attention to an update to its Handbook on Leave and Workplace …More
Update ‘Significantly Improves’ Federal Program Inventory, Says OMB
OMB has announced an update and expansion of the Federal Program Inventory on the first anniversary of its launch that …More
OGE Explains Raise’s Impact on Thresholds under Ethics Policies
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance on the impact on certain ethics policies of the federal employee raise …More
Hearing on Telework to Kick Off House Panel’s Work in New Congress
In the latest sign of the importance of telework in the agenda for Republicans in the new Congress, the House …More
Bills on Telework, Agency Relocations Reintroduced in Senate
Several bills have been reintroduced in the Senate to restrict telework and require relocations of federal jobs, measures that made …More
EEOC Provides Overview of Asian Americans in Federal Workplace
The representation of Asian Americans in the federal workforce “has remained relatively consistent” in recent years at a rate higher …More
GAO Cites Overlap, Fragmentation of Agency Programs for Older Adults
Programs administered by HHS under the Older Americans Act overlap with 36 other programs of nine other departments and agencies …More
Office Space ‘Use It’ Act Provisions Included in Water Resources Bill
Among the late actions in the 2023-2024 Congress was adding to an unrelated water resources bill (S-4367) language of a …More
OMB Touts Workforce, Other Actions under President’s Management Agenda
In what likely will be the last word from the Biden administration on its President’s Management Agenda, OMB has touted …More
