OGE Sends Reminder on Gift Acceptance Restrictions
The Office of Government Ethics has issued a legal advisory to emphasize that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent holding regarding …More
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EEOC has issued a new fact sheet on religious discrimination, following an interagency meeting at the White House on the …More
Audit Recommends Viewing USPS as a Platform
While the USPS has many and obvious differences when compared with Internet companies, it could profit by adopting that industry’s …More
Panel Keeps Up Pressure on Burrowing In, Hatch Act
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, has followed up his recent query to OPM regarding …More
IRS Workplace Safety Program Gets Generally Positive Review
The IRS has a generally effective process for preventing and responding to workplace injuries, a Treasury Inspector General for Tax …More
GAO Finds Guidance on Travel Savings Is Helping
Agencies report that GSA policies aimed at achieving savings in their travel costs are producing results but the amount is …More
Guidance Issued on FOIA Changes
The Justice Department has issued guidance to agencies on complying with recently enacted revisions to the Freedom of Information Act, …More
Postal IG Looking into Pay for Performance
The IG’s office at the Postal Service has started a review of a management practice there, pay for performance, that …More
Legislation Targeting Charge Cards Offered
Legislation has been offered in Congress targeting the long-running issue of misuse of charge cards issued to federal civilian and …More
Report Urges New View of ‘Back Office’ Staff
Federal agency HR, IT and contracting personnel often are viewed an “afterthought” but they actually are an integral part of …More
OMB Instructs on Updating Open Government Plans
OMB has updated and expanded its guidance on agency responsibilities to comply with a 2009 Presidential memo on improving transparency, …More
Guidance Issued on Grant Reporting Requirements
OMB has issued, in memo M-16-18, guidance to several agencies on carrying out a requirement in a budget law to …More
OPM Encourages Scheduling Flexibility on High Heat Days
OPM has sent a reminder to agencies of the work scheduling flexibilities that may be used to reduce health risks …More
GAO Says More Attention Needed to Incentives, Time Demands at PTO
The Patent and Trademark Office has not fully assessed the effects of the time it allots for patent examiners to …More
‘WellCheck’ Service to be Again Offered to Agencies
OPM has said that in the fall it will again offer to agencies at no cost the “WellCheck” tool that …More
Spending Bills Shortchange Core Functions, OMB Says
With Congress on recess through Labor Day, OMB has reviewed the status of spending bills that have progressed so far, …More
CXO fellows Nominations Being Accepted
Nominations are now being accepted for the second class of the CXO Fellows Program, whose goal “is to invest in …More
Energy Department Rapped on Protecting Contractor Whistleblowers
GAO has criticized the Energy Department’s program for protecting whistleblowing employees of its contractors, in findings that echo common criticisms …More
Nepotism Remains a Problem in Workplace, MSPB Says
Although laws against nepotism have been on the books for decades, nepotism “remains a problem that should be addressed,” MSPB …More
Range of Disciplinary Actions Can Result
MSPB, which hears appeals of disciplinary actions in addition to issuing reports on civil service issues, noted that an agency …More
Report Lists Anti-Nepotism Tips
The MSPB report listed a series of tips for employees and agency management to avoid nepotism. For employees, these include: …More
Risk Management Guidance Issued
OMB has released a new version of Circular A-123, presenting a new government-wide enterprise risk management (ERM) framework to be …More
Fresh Approach to Inter-Agency Collaboration Needed, Report Says
The next presidential administration will need a “fresh approach to collaboration across boundaries” including those between agencies as well as …More
Improper Payments Act Compliance Slipping, GAO Says
For fiscal year 2014, 15 of the 24 Chief Financial Officers Act agencies did not comply with criteria in the …More
SES Members Cite Reasons for Leaving
Work environment issues are the biggest reason SES members leave the government, including such factors as senior leadership, the political …More
More Could Have Been Convinced to Stay
The results showed that in comparison with the prior survey, more of those who left might have been convinced to …More
Agencies Missing Opportunities to Prevent Losses, OPM Says
OPM said the findings “highlight some of the persistent challenges facing today’s Senior Executive Service members. Although the data suggest …More
New Cyber Workforce Strategy Issued
OMB and OPM have issued a Federal Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, saying it “presents new approaches to address persistent federal workforce …More
Memo Outlines Steps Required
The memo outlines a series of steps, starting with agencies identifying their cybersecurity workforce needs, including use of the National …More
House Seeks to Block Ruling on Duty to Follow Orders
The House in passing its version of the general government appropriations bill (HR-5485) accepted an amendment to block a recent …More
