Supervisors Find HR More Knowledgeable than Effective
Federal supervisors consider HR staff to be more knowledgeable about federal employment laws and rules than effective in carrying them …More
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The NTEU union has said that in complying with the OMB memo to produce agency reform plans, agencies should concentrate …More
Acquisition, Other Bills Advance
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has approved bills including: HR-3019, to allow exceptions to the “lowest price technically …More
‘Obey Now, Grieve Later’ Weakened, MSPB Says
Enactment earlier this year of the Follow the Rules Act has weakened the federal workplace principle of “obey now, grieve …More
GAO Sees Many Challenges in Diplomatic Security
Funding for diplomatic security has increased substantially over the last two decades, now just shy of $5 billion a year, …More
Audit Finds Some FOIA Compliance Issues at IRS
An IG review of Freedom of Information Act compliance at the IRS raised issues regarding timeliness in informing requesters of …More
Compliance Steps for ‘Ban the Box’ Policy Outlined
The MSPB has outlined steps for agency HR offices and hiring managers to comply with regulations OPM issued late in …More
IG Finds Far More Public Interaction than USPS Measures
The Postal Service’s traditional method of measuring its interactions with the public, a count of transactions, far understates the number …More
Percentage of Veterans in Federal Workforce Continues to Rise
As of the end of fiscal 2016 a year ago, 31.1 percent of the federal workforce were veterans, up by …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Regulatory Costs
OMB has told agencies to prepare a proposed total incremental cost allowance for FY 2018 for its oversight of their …More
MSPB Emphasizes Finding, Making Good Fits in the Workplace
There is a strong correlation between how well employees fit their jobs–or their jobs fit them–and how much effort they …More
GAO Finds Strategic Review Process Helpful to Agencies
The strategic review process ordered by the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 and subsequent OMB guidance has helped agencies make …More
OPM, GSA Extend Hurricane Response Actions
OPM has granted agencies authority to make temporary excepted service appointments of up to one year, with allowable extensions of …More
Senate Panel to Examine Agency Reorganizations
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has set a hearing for tomorrow (Wednesday) on applying the lessons learned …More
Emergency Hiring Flexibilities Announced for Hurricanes Irma, Harvey
OPM has authorized federal agencies to make excepted appointments on a temporary basis for up to one year in support …More
Record-keeping on Telework at VA Faulted
The Veterans Benefits Administration “does not yet have key controls in place to ensure that employees’ telework hours are recorded …More
House Panel to Continue Scrutiny of LWOP for Political Reasons
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee is continuing to press the issue of federal employees taking …More
Report Lays Out IT Modernization Challenges
Federal agencies’ efforts to modernize their IT systems “have been stymied as a result of a variety of factors, including …More
Some IG Recommendations for EPA Left Hanging for Years
The IG’s office at the EPA has said that some recommendations it has made to management have been pending resolution …More
Group Maps Steps to Improving Program Management
The Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act signed into law late last year “provides an excellent foundation on which to …More
GSA Awards SmartPay 3 Contracts
The GSA has awarded contracts for its next generation of government charge card and payment solutions, SmartPay 3, to Citibank …More
OPM Stresses Employee Engagement in Ratings Process
In carrying out the Trump administration’s directive to “maximize employee performance,” OPM has said, agencies are to make the performance …More
IG Calls for Better Coordination between VA, SSA on Records
While the VA shares death record information on veterans with the SSA monthly, that agency continues to pay benefits to …More
Intelligence Community Weighing Human vs. Computer Analytics
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has announced a multi-year research effort designed to improve geopolitical forecasting “by …More
DoD Sets Policies on Cyber Excepted Service
DoD has issued guidance to stand up its “cyber excepted service” which will serve as the civilian excepted service personnel …More
1.9 Percent January Raise for Federal Employees Reaffirmed
President Trump has reaffirmed his intent for federal employees to receive an average 1.9 percent pay raise in January, sending …More
State Department Launches Diversity Initiative
In one of the first federal workforce diversity-related initiatives launched by the Trump administration, the State Department has said it …More
Agencies Told to Report on Disabled Veteran Hiring
OPM has told agencies to report by December 1 on their compliance with the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program, with …More
OMB Issues Data Call, Guidance on Regulatory Agendas
OMB has told agencies to submit by September 18 their Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory …More
Report Provides Lessons on Measuring Customer Satisfaction
The Postal Service could improve its efforts to measure customer, an IG report has said in making recommendations that could …More
