More than Half of SES Rated ‘Outstanding’
Above half of career SES members were rated as “outstanding,” the top of their five-level rating system in 2016, continuing …More
Above half of career SES members were rated as “outstanding,” the top of their five-level rating system in 2016, continuing …More
Performance evaluations are especially important for SES members because they do not receive the standard salary increases for federal employees …More
Federal executive boards in 2017 continued their focus on emergency preparedness and other security-related issues, along with workforce development and …More
Bipartisan leaders of a House panel are pressing the Census Bureau on the status of preparations the 2020 headcount, saying …More
Federal employees need to see that management is using their feedback on the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is to …More
A Justice Department policy regarding employee communications with Congress has raised concerns from a key advocate for whistleblowers that the …More
The White House has ordered federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud usage in 2018, and that has many …More
The results of an interagency IT job fair conducted last fall “demonstrated the necessity of operating as a unified federal …More
Federal agencies are required by law to continuously assess their personal property–such as office furniture, scientific equipment, and industrial machinery–to …More
A security firm has said that “major mobile security gaps remain in the federal government” in part due to employees …More
The SSA has seen some short-term positive results from efforts to better manage customer service in its field offices but …More
Agencies have ramped up onboarding programs for newly appointed SES members to enable them to succeed from the outset but …More
DHS is in only partial compliance Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, which requires the use of a standard, secure, …More
DoD generally is following industry best practices in its management of its acquisition workforce, although it is falling short in …More
The GSA has awarded to 81 small businesses a 10 year Alliant 2 Small Business Governmentwide Acquisition Contract, a multiple …More
The IRS continues to pay awards to employees with disciplinary and tax compliance problems, an IG report has said, despite …More
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved: S-2178, to require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity …More
The Trump administration has said it expects to release in March a management agenda reflecting an executive order and an …More
OPM has asked agencies to submit nominations by March 30 for the annual Presidential Rank Awards, the top honors for …More
OPM’s recently released Federal Workforce Priorities Report lists what it calls promising agency practices “intended to serve as a sample …More
During work on its newly issued Federal Workforce Priorities Report, OPM found certain common characteristics of workplaces places where agency …More
The Trump administration’s budget proposal projects an increase in federal employment in fiscal 2019, what would be the second year …More
The Pentagon has dropped, at least for this year, its long-running request to conduct another round of base realignment and …More
The White House’s budget proposal, noting that “the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 turns 40 this year,” says that …More
While the reaction to the White House’s latest budget proposals on federal pay and benefits was largely negative, the response …More
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has taken another step toward incorporating artificial intelligence into its analytics, awarding …More
DHS still has much to do just to assess its cybersecurity workforce as a step toward addressing its shortage of …More
Bipartisan bills offered in Congress (S-2374 and HR-4929) would expand the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act by widening access …More
An IG report has raised numerous issues regarding management of relocatable buildings by the Navy and Marine Corps, concluding that …More
In unusually harsh terms from the chairman of a congressional committee to the leadership of a federal agency of the …More