OPM Director Nominee Named
The White House has nominated as OPM director George Nesterczuk, who has had long experience with federal personnel issues in …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersSSA Allows Overlong Paybacks of Overpayments, IG Says
The SSA likely will never fully recover nearly $1 billion in overpayments to beneficiaries because it has allowed overly long …More
Need for More Park Rangers Cited
Figures provided by the National Park Service show that law enforcement ranks in national parks are shrinking even while public …More
More Contracting Vehicles Designated Best in Class
OMB has designated eight additional government-wide contracting vehicles as “best in class” under the category management program, a designation designed …More
Training Cited as Top Way to Retain Cyber Employees
Federal government cybersecurity employees say that more training and employer-paid security certifications would be the strongest lure for them to …More
VA Disciplinary Proposal Risks Abuse by Management, Union Says
The AFGE union, which represents most employees of the VA, has said a newly offered bipartisan proposal in the Senate …More
Postal IG Sounds Alarm on Safety, Security
The Postal Service IG has issued the latest in a series of warnings about declining conditions of postal facilities, stressing …More
Management Bills Readied for Senate Votes
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved several management-focused bills, clearing them for consideration by the full …More
Several Management-Related Bills Advance in House
The House has passed several government management-related bills: HR-2227, giving agencies access to working capital funds for IT purchases, including …More
Per Diem Policy Affecting Assignments, Report Says
A GAO report has lent some support to critics of a DoD policy in effect since late 2014 of paying …More
DHS Warns of Vulnerability Due to Employee Mobile Devices
Use of mobile devices by federal employees represents “an avenue to attack back-end systems containing data on millions of Americans …More
Naval Command Cited as Model for Supervisory Training
MSPB has cited the Naval Sea Systems Command as a model for effective training of supervisors in the merit system …More
USPS Falling Short on Social Media, Says IG
Public inquiries and feedback to the Postal Service increasingly are made through social media but the agency does not “effectively …More
MSPB’s Tips for Hiring Managers in Present Environment
The MSPB has said that in the present political and budgetary environment hiring practices become even more important because with …More
DoD Deemed Not in Compliance with Improper Payments Act
DoD is not in compliance with five of the six main requirements of the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act, …More
Academy Focuses on Intergovernmental Relations
Different levels of government cannot “go it on their own” on challenges that by their nature involve multiple levels, the …More
Keep Focus on Employee Engagement, MSPB Says
Maintaining and improving on levels of employee engagement “should remain a focus for federal leaders and managers going forward,” the …More
Don’t Let Employees Get Emotionally Exhausted, MSPB Says
Once a federal employee becomes emotionally exhausted, “there is little a supervisor can do to influence that employee’s desire to …More
More Controls Proposed on Agency Charge Cards
A newly introduced bipartisan Senate bill (S-1099) would require that the government look for patterns of misuse in travel and …More
OMB, Treasury Queried on DATA Act Steps
With DATA Act reporting now underway, the bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are pressing OMB …More
Senate Bill Seeks to Improve Customer Service
A newly offered bipartisan bill (S-1088) in the Senate is designed to eliminate rules that make it difficult for agencies …More
Reducing IG Offices Called Counterproductive
Limiting IG office budgets and staffing could “put their critical oversight functions at risk,” according to a report from the …More
VA, Energy Partner on Big Data Project
The VA, holding extensive data about veterans’ health but lacking the computer capacity to put that information to its best …More
Reminder Sent on DoD Hiring of Recent Military Retirees
The DoD ethics office has sent a reminder that hiring officials there may no longer use a formerly common exception …More
Senators Focus on Assaults against Federal Law Officers
The bipartisan leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have asked for a review of assaults against …More
More Flexibility in Requirements for Cyber Jobs Proposed
In the face of the government’s difficulties in filling cybersecurity jobs, OPM should consider loosening qualification requirements that in practice …More
FOIA Requests Up, Backlog Grows
Federal agencies received 789,000 FOIA requests in 2016, a jump from the level of just above 700,000 in the prior …More
GSA Understated Improper Payments, IG Says
An IG report has found that GSA not in compliance with improper payments laws that require agencies to estimate, report, …More
Concerns Raised on Limiting Communications to Congress
Two members of Congress active in whistleblower protection issues are pushing HHS for an explanation of a recent memo to …More
DHS Vehicle Management Bill Clears Congress
The Senate has joined the House in passing HR-366, tightening controls over vehicles at DHS following audits suggesting that the …More
