GSA Proposes to Update Agency Property Disposal Policies
GSA has proposed an update of policies applying to agencies seeking to dispose of unused or underused property, an issue …More
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Action Plan on Space Initiative Includes Focus on Workforce
The White House has issued an action plan under a 2022 policy on supporting research and development in space and …More
Agencies Find It’s Not Easy Going Green with Fleets, GAO Says
A sampling of 11 federal agencies fell about 40 percent short of their self-set targets to procure zero-emission vehicles for …More
OPM Moves to Boost Combined Federal Campaign
OPM has moved to boost participation by charities in the annual Combined Federal Campaign, which has seen a decline in …More
Agency Assessments of AI Risks Fall Short, GAO Says
While federal agencies with leading roles in protecting critical infrastructure met a deadline of earlier this year of submitting initial …More
Congress Clears Bill Designed to Widen Pool of Candidates for Federal Jobs
The House has joined the Senate in passing S-59, which aims to widen the pool of candidates for federal jobs …More
Auditors Ask VA Employees for Help with Identifying Fraud against Veterans
The inspector general’s office at the VA is asking the department’s employees to help identify scams involving outside treatment of …More
61 Percent of Government Employees Haven’t Used Artificial Intelligence at Work
Only eight percent of U.S. government employees are utilizing generative artificial intelligence (AI) on a daily basis for their jobs, …More
Congress Passes Bills on Transparency of IT Spending, Grant Awards
The Senate has joined the House in passing HR-7524, which seeks greater transparency in spending on federal IT, in particular …More
GAO Asked to Review Background Investigations Program
Bipartisan leaders of the House federal workforce subcommittee have asked GAO to review the status of the program for background …More
Transition Guide Includes Reminder on SES Get-Acquainted Period
OPM has issued the latest version of the guide to Presidential transitions that comes out every four years, including information …More
GAO Cites Workload, Hiring Process as Key Issues for DHS Acquisition Workforce
The GAO has cited as key challenges to the DHS acquisition workforce issues that other reports have raised regarding other …More
Senate Passes Bill Downplaying Educational Credentials in Hiring
The Senate has passed S-59, aiming to broaden the potential pool of federal job candidates by downplaying the role of …More
Status Report Issued on ‘Digital Transformation’
OMB has issued a status report on the government’s “digital transformation,” with outgoing federal CIO Clare Martorana saying in a …More
Report Raises Options for Increasing Focus on Improper Payments
A Congressional Research Service report has laid out options for increasing the focus on improper payments, including requiring greater attention …More
GAO Asked to Continue Scrutinizing DoD’s Financial Management
The chair of the House subcommittee on government operations has asked the GAO to continue to scrutinize the Defense Department’s …More
Bills to Improve Federal Building Security Advance
The House has joined the Senate in passing a bill (S-3613) to require facility security committees in federal buildings to …More
White House Cites Sustainability Steps for Federal Buildings, Fleet, Procurement
The White House has cited a variety of steps taken by federal agencies in the three years since an executive …More
VA Still Working to Get a Grip on Risks to Health Care Services, Says GAO
Nearly a decade after GAO put VA health care on its high-risk list the department still is working on identifying …More
Report Calls for More Attention to Filling Mission-Critical Jobs at DoD
A report by House and Senate conferees on the annual DoD authorization bill raises concerns with several aspects of employment …More
Performance.gov Touts Actions under Biden’s Management Agenda
A posting on performance.gov touts actions taken under the Biden administration’s President’s Management Agenda, while recognizing that the incoming Trump …More
OSC Pushes Back on Agency Findings in Whistleblower Cases
In an unusual response to agency findings in two whistleblower cases the Office of Special Counsel referred for investigation, the …More
House Passes Bills on GPRA Requirements, Software Licenses, Custom Code
The House has joined the Senate in passing S-709, to update requirements for agency performance priorities under the Government Performance …More
GSA Starts Process to Dispose of Eight Federal Buildings
The GSA has started the process under which eight federal buildings can be transferred, exchanged, or sold to a federal, …More
Broadened Mission, More Natural Disasters Stressing FEMA Workforce, Says Report
A combination of a broadened mission and a growing number of natural disasters requiring FEMA’s response has stressed the agency’s …More
GAO Sees only Partial Progress on Internet of Things Security
Federal agencies are only part way toward strengthening cybersecurity in the acquisition and use of Internet of Things technology, which …More
Improper Payment Rate Falls below 4 Percent, OMB Says
The federal improper payment rate fell below 4 percent in fiscal 2024, OMB has said, a decline it attributed to …More
Report Stresses Need for Boosting Federal STEM Workforce, Offers Suggestions
A report by a study commission convened by the White House on building up the nationwide workforce of those with …More
GSA Issues Contract for New Travel Management System
The GSA has issued a 15-year contract to IBM for the new travel management system called ETSNext, with a transition …More
White House Cites Steps to Boost Small Business Portion of Contract Spending
The White House has announced steps to boost small businesses’ ability to compete for prime contract and subcontract opportunities. “OMB …More
