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
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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
GAO Criticizes VA’s Management of Facilities
The VA “has taken little action” in response to known shortcomings in its capital planning even while it faces trends …More
SSA Learns Lesson on Public’s Online Preferences
The SSA has learned a lesson that could be applicable to other agencies regarding the public’s preferences in interacting with …More
Labor Department Promotes Focus on Preventing Falls
The Labor Department is encouraging federal agencies, among other employers, to focus this week on preventing falls, one of the …More
Study Requested on Postal Performance Reports
Two senators active in oversight of the U.S. Postal Service have asked the GAO to review the accuracy of postal …More
VA Says It Needs to Boost Salaries, Awards
The VA has told Congress that it needs to be able to pay higher salaries and awards to its employees …More
State Department Outlines Reform Process
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said he is open to all employee ideas regarding reorganizing the department per the …More
GAO Warns of Challenges Ahead on Census
Only three years out from the next national census, the Census Bureau faces numerous challenges to carrying out its plans …More
DoD Formally Lifts Freeze, but Still Will Limit Hiring
DoD has become the latest agency to formally lift its own hiring freeze following the end of the general government-wide …More
DoD Operating Under Several Hiring Restrictions
In announcing that it will hire for civilian jobs only on a limited basis even though the government-wide general freeze …More
FOIA Best Practices Workshops Set
The Justice Department’s Office of Information Policy has set two new FOIA Best Practices Workshops, the latest in a series …More
Guidance Issued on Regulatory Order
OMB in memo M-17-23 has issued guidance to agencies on carrying out President Trump’s executive order to reduce the numbers …More
Senator Seeks More Attention to Hotline Complaints
A leading senator on whistleblower issues, Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, has said that a backlog of IG hotline tips at DoD …More
Report Calls for Better Workforce Planning at NRC
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has reduced staff in recent years because expected growth in the nuclear industry did not occur, …More
Management Upheld on Furlough Decision
A federal appeals court has issued the latest in a string of decisions upholding management’s furlough decisions, in a case …More
OGE Seeks Information on Ethics Waivers
The Office of Government Ethics has told agencies to send by June 1 information on waivers that they have approved …More
DATA Act Compliance Still Unfinished, Says GAO
OMB and agencies have been working for three years to meet this month’s deadline for submitting data required under the …More
OPM’s Advice to Agencies on Using Early Outs, Buyouts
In a recently issued guide to “reshaping”–in essence, reducing–federal agency workforces, OPM offered several suggestions to agencies for the use …More
IT Purchasing Reform Introduced
A bipartisan bill (HR-2227) newly introduced in the House aims to accelerate the government’s transition to state of the art …More
Senator Presses Energy Department on GAO Findings
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, is pressing the …More
Hiring, Management Issues Need Attention, Says GAO
GAO’s latest annual report on overlap, fragmentation and duplication in federal programs highlights several new areas involving federal personnel and …More
GSA Sees Potential in Personal Assistant Devices
The GSA has started a pilot program to explore the potential for federal agencies to provide services through tabletop “intelligent …More
Think before Increasing DoD Jobs, Groups Urge
A coalition of government watchdog groups has urged the administration to “avoid any hasty decisions that would further increase staffing …More
Agencies Called Inconsistent in Tracking Vehicle Costs
Federal agencies spent about $3.4 billion in fiscal year 2015 to keep and operate almost 450,000 vehicles but they are …More
Expanded Use of Telemedicine by VA Proposed
Newly offered bipartisan bills (HR-2123 and S-925) seek to expand the VA’s use of telemedicine, a strategy already in some …More
