MSPB Identifies ‘Building Blocks’ of Good Employee Performance
Giving work units adequate resources, training supervisors in performance management, and having accurate measurements of employees’ performance are key “building …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersMost Poor Performers Who Leave Aren’t Fired, Report Finds
An MSPB report on elements of good performance management found that even among poor performers who left a workplace, only …More
Public Relations Spending Generally Supports Missions, GAO Says
The $1.5 billion a year that agencies spend on public relations mostly focuses on educating the public about their programs …More
Management Issues Raised for OPM, GSA Nominees
The nominees to lead OPM and GSA committed to continued efforts on several management-related issues at their confirmation hearing last …More
DoD Again Reports that it Has a Fifth Too Much Capacity
The Pentagon has issued the latest in a series of reports, this one ordered by its fiscal 2016 budget law, …More
BRAC-Like Process for VA Under Consideration
The VA’s difficulties in both opening new facilities and closing outdated ones to better match its structure to the needs …More
OPM Offers Training Course on Performance Management
OPM has made available a new web-based training course titled Performance Management Plus—Engaging for Success, designed to support agencies in …More
IG Issues Alert on Data Security Practices at EPA
The IG’s office at the EPA has issued a management alert regarding the agency’s security practices for contractor personnel, saying …More
GAO Cites Concerns with Physical Security of NIST Facilities
Issues of internal communications and divided responsibility have raised the GAO’s concerns about physical security at National Institute of Standards …More
Acquisition-Related Bills Advancing in House
The House has passed HR-3243, to make permanent some otherwise-expiring provisions of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act, which …More
MSPB Ruling Would Hamper Whistleblower Protections, OSC Says
The Office of Special Counsel has intervened in a case pending before a federal appeals court that it says would …More
Reprisal Investigations Drag Out at DoD, Report Says
The Defense Department’s IG office did not meet statutory or internal timeliness goals for more four-fifths of the civilian and …More
Employee Views of Leaders Fall as Level Rises
Results of the latest Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey show a slight general increase in views of management at all layers …More
DoD Should Better Track Executive Agents, GAO Says
GAO has said that DoD does not accurately track its executive agents, management arrangements in which one component coordinates efforts …More
Audit Finds No Political Interference in FOIA Responses at DHS
A DHS policy giving political appointees advance notice that the department is about to release information under a significant FOIA …More
Policies on Legal Defense Funds Updated
The Office of Government Ethics has clarified its interpretation of how ethics laws and rules apply to federal employees benefitting …More
IG Finds Issues with Collection of IRS Employee Debt, Treatment of Taxpayers
Separate IG reports focusing on the IRS workforce—which for years has been under especially tight scrutiny from Capitol Hill among …More
Agencies Collaborate to Recruit Cyber Employees
In what is being billed as the first event of its kind, about 20 agencies will conduct a joint career …More
OMB Instructs Agencies on Disaster Response Funding Requests
OMB has told agencies to provide by October 25 their estimates for additional funding needed related to recovery and rebuilding …More
Report Suggests Possible USPS Uses of Driverless Vehicles
The Postal Service should push ahead with tests that have already started regarding potential uses of driverless vehicles, an IG …More
OGE Tells Top Officials to Set Proper Tone for Ethics
The Office of Government Ethics has sent a memo to top agency leaders stressing that they are “ultimately responsible” for …More
Groups Join to Push Personnel Policy Reforms
Two good-government groups have joined to push for civil service reforms that would involve changes in recruiting, hiring, paying, rating …More
Report Documents Recruitment, Retention Issues at VA
The VA has the most difficulty filling jobs in “critical need” occupations including medical officer, nurse, psychologist, physician and medical …More
Organizations Lament End of Labor-Management Council
Both the management and the labor side of the National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations have expressed regret, although not …More
Report Suggests Possible USPS Uses of Driverless Vehicles
The Postal Service should push ahead with tests that have already started regarding potential uses of driverless vehicles, an IG …More
OPM Asks Agencies to Help Counter Opioid Abuse
OPM has told agencies that they “have an important role in fighting” the opioid abuse epidemic, saying that “the first …More
Drug Shipments Raise Concerns about Postal Employee Safety
The bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked the Postal Service IG for an assessment …More
Report Recommends Changes to Insider Threat Program at FBI
The Justice Department IG has recommended strengthening the insider threat detection program at the FBI, where it said protection of …More
Execs See Problems with Recruitment, Career Development
SES members are concerned about their agencies’ ability to attract and keep top talent as well as about the level …More
Panel Approves Bills on Hiring, Other Issues
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved several hiring-related bills including: S-1887, to allow direct-hire of college …More
