Guidance Issued on Reporting Space Utilization
The CFO Council has sent guidance on complying with an OMB directive requiring the collection of data to support the …More
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A group of House and Senate Republicans has tasked GAO to audit purchases of weapons, ammunition and other protective equipment …More
Justice Department Touts Fellows Program
The Justice Department is touting a new Distinguished IT Fellows program as a strategy for addressing an issue common to …More
OMB Opens New Privacy Office
OMB has created a new privacy office within its Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, to be headed by a …More
OSC Addresses Another VA Retaliation Complaint
The Office of Special Counsel recently resolved a whistleblower retaliation complaint brought by a VA employee, one of a surge …More
Senators Decry Missed Savings Opportunities
Federal agencies could save $87 billion by following through on IG recommendations that they haven’t implemented, says a report from …More
Stay Home if You’re Sick, Employees Told
Federal employees have official permission from OPM and HHS to stay home if they are sick with the flu rather …More
Agencies Ordered to Prepare for Solar Events
President Obama has issued an executive order requiring agencies to take individual steps and to coordinate with each other to …More
Report Calls for Stronger Controls over Charge Cards at HUD
HUD has not “successfully implemented necessary internal controls” over its travel and purchase cards, an IG report has said, pointing …More
Standards to Guide Performance Improvement Recommended
A recent white paper suggests standards for agencies to use—in particular, once the new presidential administration is in place—to guide …More
Not Yet Time to Send in the Drones, Postal IG Says
A move toward drone-based delivery of parcels would make the Postal Service “look more innovative” but significant use of such …More
New Training on Employee Relations Announced
OPM has released a new web-based training course for supervisors, managers, employee relations practitioners, and future and current executives titled …More
OPM Highlights Work-Life Initiatives, Seeks Telework Data
OPM has issued a memo calling attention to work-life balance initiatives in the federal workplace in conjunction with October being …More
Shortcomings Remain in DoD Workforce Reporting, GAO Says
DoD has not fully carried out a budget law instructing it to achieve savings in its federal employee and contracted …More
Still Work to Do on Performance Management, DoD Says
Results of the 2016 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey were positive overall but “we have areas we must continue to address,” …More
MSPB Steps into Hiring Dispute Involving Preference
In what has been termed the first case of its kind in the federal workforce, the MSPB has barred the …More
GAO Asked to Clear the Clouds on IT Spending
The bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked the GAO to clear the clouds on …More
Accountability Called Major Management Challenge at Commerce
The annual from the Commerce Department IG’s office on the major management challenges the department is facing includes—along with contracting, …More
GAO Sees Potential for Better Workforce Analytics
OPM could take steps to help federal agencies better understand their current workforces and make policy decisions, GAO has concluded …More
Results of USPS Cost-Saving Steps a Disappointment, Audit Says
Mail service deteriorated “in a very public way” after USPS lowered its service standards and carried out equipment and plant …More
OPM Assessing Supervisory Training
OPM has sent agencies a survey to be completed by those responsible for managing and administering the supervisory training program, …More
Personal Customer Service May be Difficult to Sustain, Says Report
The Agriculture Department’s Farm Services Agency has a top reputation for customer service but its in-person way of providing that …More
GAO Recommends Stronger Protections for State Department Employees Abroad
The State Department has policies to protect its employees in transit in foreign countries, such as emphasizing defensive driving techniques, …More
MSPB Explains Standards on ‘Constructive Suspension’
A recent MSPB decision clarifies situations in which a federal employee may appeal a personnel action on grounds that it …More
Postal Workplace Violence Program Gets Good Review
The Postal Service has a comprehensive workplace violence program to identify, review, report and address assaults on employees, an IG …More
‘Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure’ Updated
The DoD Standards of Conduct Office has updated its “Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure,” which while presented tongue in cheek emphasizes …More
OMB Touts Results of Purchasing Initiatives
Purchasing reforms including category management have saved the government $2 billion since they were launched two years ago and will …More
FLRA Updates Guide to Arbitration
The FLRA has issued an updated version of its Guide to Arbitration Under the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute. The …More
GAO Examines Agency Spending on Advertising, Public Relations
Agencies have spent about $1 billion annually on advertising and public relations contracts on average over the past decade, ranging …More
Obama Sets Diversity, Inclusiveness Policies for National Security Agencies
A memo from President Obama sets new requirements for national security agencies to increase diversity and inclusiveness in their workforces. …More
