More Hiring Leeway Needed, Senate Report Says
Despite the availability of special hiring authorities aimed at bringing new graduates into the federal workforce, more leeway still is …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersAgencies Could Do More to Help College Emergency Preparedness, Says GAO
Colleges have only “mixed awareness” of DHS, Justice and Education emergency preparedness resources pertinent to them despite efforts by those …More
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
Report Details Dollar Value of SES Ratings
Performance evaluations are especially important for SES members because they do not receive the standard salary increases for federal employees …More
Executive Boards Continue Focus on Preparedness, Training
Federal executive boards in 2017 continued their focus on emergency preparedness and other security-related issues, along with workforce development and …More
GAO, Committee Concerned about Upcoming Census
Bipartisan leaders of a House panel are pressing the Census Bureau on the status of preparations the 2020 headcount, saying …More
Report Offers Advice, Cautions on Using Viewpoint Survey Data
Federal employees need to see that management is using their feedback on the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is to …More
Justice Department Policy Could Suppress Whistleblowing, Senator Says
A Justice Department policy regarding employee communications with Congress has raised concerns from a key advocate for whistleblowers that the …More
Open Platforms Can Speed up Government Shift to Cloud
The White House has ordered federal agencies to accelerate the adoption of cloud usage in 2018, and that has many …More
More Cooperation among Agencies on Hiring Urged
The results of an interagency IT job fair conducted last fall “demonstrated the necessity of operating as a unified federal …More
Excess Property Going Unaddressed, GAO Says
Federal agencies are required by law to continuously assess their personal property–such as office furniture, scientific equipment, and industrial machinery–to …More
Federal Employees Often Violate Personal Device Security Policies, Study Finds
A security firm has said that “major mobile security gaps remain in the federal government” in part due to employees …More
Mixed Results Seen in SSA Customer Service Efforts
The SSA has seen some short-term positive results from efforts to better manage customer service in its field offices but …More
Still Room to Improve SES Onboarding, Says OPM
Agencies have ramped up onboarding programs for newly appointed SES members to enable them to succeed from the outset but …More
Access Controls at DHS Called Lacking
DHS is in only partial compliance Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 12, which requires the use of a standard, secure, …More
DoD Following Most Acquisition Workforce Management Best Practices, Says GAO
DoD generally is following industry best practices in its management of its acquisition workforce, although it is falling short in …More
GSA Awards Government-wide Acquisition Contract
The GSA has awarded to 81 small businesses a 10 year Alliant 2 Small Business Governmentwide Acquisition Contract, a multiple …More
IRS Still Paying Awards to Employees with Disciplinary Problems
The IRS continues to pay awards to employees with disciplinary and tax compliance problems, an IG report has said, despite …More
Several Management Bills Advance in Senate
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved: S-2178, to require the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity …More
Upcoming Management Agenda Previewed
The Trump administration has said it expects to release in March a management agenda reflecting an executive order and an …More
OPM Solicits Rank Awards Nominations
OPM has asked agencies to submit nominations by March 30 for the annual Presidential Rank Awards, the top honors for …More
Report Lists Promising Agency Personnel Practices
OPM’s recently released Federal Workforce Priorities Report lists what it calls promising agency practices “intended to serve as a sample …More
OPM Finds Four Keys to High Performance
During work on its newly issued Federal Workforce Priorities Report, OPM found certain common characteristics of workplaces places where agency …More
Budget Shows Federal Workforce Growing, Contrasts It with Private Sector’s
The Trump administration’s budget proposal projects an increase in federal employment in fiscal 2019, what would be the second year …More
DoD Drops Base Closings Bid
The Pentagon has dropped, at least for this year, its long-running request to conduct another round of base realignment and …More
It’s Time for Another Major Civil Service Reform, Says White House
The White House’s budget proposal, noting that “the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 turns 40 this year,” says that …More
Budget’s Attention to Civil Service Policies Gets Some Praise
While the reaction to the White House’s latest budget proposals on federal pay and benefits was largely negative, the response …More
Intelligence Community Takes Step toward More Use of Artificial Intelligence
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has taken another step toward incorporating artificial intelligence into its analytics, awarding …More
Much Work Lies ahead for DHS on Cybersecurity Skills Gaps, Says Report
DHS still has much to do just to assess its cybersecurity workforce as a step toward addressing its shortage of …More
Additional Focus on Improper Payments Proposed
Bipartisan bills offered in Congress (S-2374 and HR-4929) would expand the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act by widening access …More
