IG Warns about Secret Service’s Hiring Troubles
The Secret Service continues to struggle to fill available positions, resulting in overwork of current agents and uniformed officers that …More
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The VA has used unqualified employees on its veterans crisis line in violation of its own rules and “newly hired …More
Spending Bill Keeps Oversight Pressure on VA
The House Appropriations Committee has produced the first of the regular annual spending bills for the upcoming fiscal year, a …More
Chaffetz Being Replaced on Key Panel at Month’s End
Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is in line to take over as chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, …More
Staffing Problems Hamper Immigration Office
The Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review’s case backlog more than doubled over the last 10 years to more …More
OSC Argues against Restricting Whistleblower Protections
The Office of Special Counsel has intervened in a whistleblower-related case before the MSPB to argue in favor of a …More
DoD Says it Has Learned Its Lesson on Base Closings
In again asking Congress for permission to conduct another base realignment and closure round, or BRAC, DoD is saying that …More
House Set to Address DHS Disciplinary Practices
The House could vote at any time on HR-2131, to direct DHS to standardize its policies on handling employee misconduct …More
Senate Bill Seeks to Boost Recovery of Assets
A newly introduced bipartisan Senate bill (S-1329) seeks to improve the recovery of governmental assets by centralizing such efforts in …More
Senate Panel to Examine Progress on Agency Reform Plans
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee plans to hold a hearing next week on the status of the …More
Set Specific Goals for Buyouts, Early Outs, Audit Recommends
A 2014 round of buyout and early retirement offers at the SBA did not fully achieve its goals of restructuring …More
Management Challenges at Park Service Called Severe
The National Park Service is making progress toward addressing a range of personnel-related management challenges, but the task ahead remains …More
Path Seems Clear to Final Enactment of VA Appeals Bill
Several federal employee organizations have continued to raise concerns about the potential impact on a merit-based civil service of a …More
CBO Expects Little Use of Awards Recoupment Authority
The CBO has said it expects relatively little impact from an authority contained in a Senate-passed VA reform bill (S-1094) …More
Congress Clears Measure on Duty to Follow Orders
The Senate has joined the House in passing HR-657, clarifying that protections against whistleblower retaliation apply to a federal employee …More
House Vote Planned on CBP Hiring Bill
The House plans a vote this week on HR-2213, which seeks to speed up and ease hiring of Customs and …More
Security at Energy Department Sites Gets Good Grade
An IG report has found no issues with physical security at three Energy Department sites, saying they generally “were in …More
Complaint Regarding VA Identity Verification Not Supported
The IG’s office at Veterans Affairs has said it found no merit to a complaint alleging that the department’s security …More
Limit SES, Other Senior Positions, OPM Tells Agencies
OPM has told agencies to reconsider their numbers of positions in the SES and at other senior levels in light …More
EPA Continues to Prep for Buyouts, Early Outs
The EPA has said that while it is continuing to lay the groundwork for offers of buyout and early retirement …More
VA to Centralize Efforts against Fraud, Waste and Abuse
The VA has launched what it is calling the “Seek to Prevent Fraud, Waste and Abuse (STOP FWA)” initiative, centralizing …More
Justice Division’s Handling of Harassment Charges Criticized
The Justice Department has a zero tolerance policy against harassment, including sexual harassment, in its workplace but the Civil Rights …More
OSHA Stressing Safety, Health in Workplace
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has set June 12-18 as its initial ” Safe + Sound Week,” calling on …More
GAO Finds Broad Compliance with Small Business Contracting Initiatives
Most federal agencies are complying with requirements that they direct a certain percentage of their external research funding to small …More
Interior Plans to Offer Buyouts, Warns of RIFs
The Interior Department has said the administration’s budget proposal would support employment there of just under 60,000, about a 4,000-position …More
Pay Gaps, Employee Accountability among VA Priorities
A “state of the VA” message from Secretary Dr. David Shulkin lists difficulties the department experiences in recruiting and retaining …More
Contract Management at Energy Still a Weakness, GAO Says
The Energy Department has taken steps to improve contract and project management but continues to struggle in that area, which …More
Proposal to Require Fuller Accounting of Official Time Advances
The House has approved a bill (HR-1293) to require OPM to report annually on each agency’s use of official time, …More
Relative Quiet on Labor-Management Issues May Be Ending
House passage of a bill (HR-1293) to require fuller accounting of official time could prove to be an opening for …More
GSA Reviewing Regs on Management, Other Issues
GSA is soliciting comments on several sets of government-wide policies under review due to the administration’s regulatory review executive order–the …More
