IG Cites More IT Concerns at IRS
The IRS is not in compliance with laws and regulations regarding software licensing nor with recommendations in that area from …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersAgencies Would Benefit from More Feedback, Report Says
Federal agencies would benefit from loosened rules regarding when and how they can solicit feedback about their services from the …More
IG Calls on EPA to Reallocate Staff
The EPA has been reluctant to reallocate staff in its Superfund toxic waste cleanup program among regions, resulting in staffing …More
Fiscal Year-End Spending Not Necessarily Waste, Says GAO
Increases in agency spending as the end of a fiscal year approaches, often decried as examples of wasteful rushes to …More
Management-Related Plans Attached to DoD Bill
The Senate attached several management-related provisions as it approved its version of the annual DoD authorization bill (HR-2810): The text …More
Senate Again Backs Mandatory Discipline for Retaliation
The Senate has again voted to require that agencies include whistleblower protection in performance evaluations for supervisors and take discipline …More
Impact of Home Sale Program Not Being Tracked, Says GAO
Federal agencies in general do not track the impact on employee recruitment and retention of a program that facilitates the …More
Ethics Waivers Mostly Being Used Properly, OGE Finds
The Office of Government Ethics has said that “most agencies have followed reasonable procedures” in granting waivers from certain ethics …More
Special Pays at State Merit Closer Look, Says GAO
The State Department spent about $732 million for hardship pay and $266 million for danger pay at overseas posts in …More
Report Documents Aging IT at IRS
Nearly two-thirds of the IT hardware at the IRS is beyond its useful life and despite spending virtually all of …More
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
NTEU Provides Union View on Agency Reform Plans
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
