Digital Services Acquisition Tool Launches
The administration has launched TechFAR Hub, designed to provide agency personnel involved in the procurement process with tools and resources …More
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The Office of Government Ethics has published its annual compilation of prosecutions under criminal conflict of interest statutes, another of …More
VA IG Boosts Visibility of Management Advisories
The VA inspector general’s office, in a move that other IG offices could follow, has expanded the visibility of its …More
Time to Step Up Transition Activities, Agencies Told
With the major parties’ political conventions now over, Presidential transition activities will accelerate, adding new responsibilities for agencies while at …More
Assistance to Transition Teams Also Required
Transition teams will not only move into official federal space in the next few weeks, “but they will have a …More
Council Boosts Focus on Financial Management Workforce
The CFO Council has launched a career development tool for those in federal financial management, which it said will help …More
OPM Prods Agencies on ‘Derived’ Veterans Preference
OPM has sent a memo to agencies reminding them that an expansion of veterans preference enacted into law last year …More
GSA Needs Better Workforce Planning, Audit Says
GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service needs a more comprehensive human capital plan to address hiring, retention, and succession planning for its …More
Navy Sets Plans for Cyber Workforce Needs
The Navy, noting that it has in its computer science and IT management workforce has grown by more than 16 …More
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
EEOC Updates Guidance on Religious Discrimination
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
