Measure Targets Duplicative Programs
A bipartisan group of House and Senate members is proposing legislation (S-2834 and HR-5033) targeting duplicative and overlapping federal programs, …More
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Increased waiting time at airport passenger security screening stations is drawing attention to TSA staffing, with the ranking Democrat on …More
GAO Again Cites Need for DATA Act Help
GAO has again called for more guidance from OMB and Treasury to help agencies carry out the Digital Accountability and …More
OPM Cites How to Correctly Apply Veterans’ Preference
Agencies are responsible for applying the law correctly so that veterans’ preferences “are not inappropriately withheld or granted,” OPM told …More
Most Challenges by Vets Rejected
Also at the hearing, a Labor Department official said that only about 5 percent of complaints brought there by veterans …More
Renewed Attention Coming to Agency Rankings
A House committee plans a hearing this week on the annual Best Places to Work report from the Partnership for …More
Rank Award Winners Announced
Forty-three senior executives and senior professionals have received the Presidential Rank Awards at the Distinguished level, the highest honor in …More
Concerns Raised about IRS Award, Hiring Proposals
The White House has formally objected to several bills that have passed the House regarding IRS employment policies, although it …More
Burden on Agencies to Prepare Official Time Reports Cited
A bill ready for a House vote (HR-4392) to require detailed annual reporting on the use of “official time” would …More
GAO Tasked to Assess Results of Results Act
GAO has been asked to assess one impact of a major federal management reform law of recent times, the 2010 …More
Report Lauds IRS Compliance with Medical Standards
The IRS consistently follows established policy and procedures such as mandatory annual screenings to ensure that its special agents meet …More
Skills Gaps in Key Occupations Targeted
OPM and the Chief Human Capital Officers Council have revalidated the need to continue special initiatives to close skills gaps …More
GSA Pressured on Property Holdings
The bipartisan leaders of the Senate committee overseeing federal workforce matters have asked GSA to explain what it is doing …More
IG Questions Destruction of Documents at VA
The VA’s controls are “not effective to prevent” potential improper destruction of documents related to veterans’ benefits claims, an IG …More
Duplication Report Contains Some Familiar Findings
GAO’s annual report on duplication in federal programs contains some duplication of its own, pointing out that many of the …More
DoD Reports on Need for Base Closings, but Congress Balking
The Pentagon has submitted a report in support of its request for another round of base closings and realignments, but …More
IGs Surveyed on Recommendations Still Pending
The bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have sent letters to agency IGs asking them to …More
Public Service Recognition Week Coming Up
The annual Public Service Recognition Week will be May 1-7, a week in which government service at the federal and …More
Some Progress, but Work Remains on Property Management, Says GAO
The government has made progress addressing challenges within its owned real property portfolio, but agencies still face long-standing challenges such …More
OSC Argues for Broad Scope of Whistleblower Protections
The Office of Special Counsel, which investigates and prosecutes cases of retaliation against whistleblowers, is urging the MSPB to not …More
OPM Cites Techniques to Counter Unconscious Bias
OPM acting director Beth Cobert has cited several techniques to address unconscious bias in federal workforce decisions, calling it “one …More
Little Cost Impact Seen from House SES Bill
Passage of a bill (HR-4358) that has cleared the House committee level to reform various SES practices would have little …More
Shipyard Exemption from Per Diem Policy Sought
Legislation (S-2749) newly offered in the Senate would carve out for shipyard work an exception to a DoD policy reducing …More
Range of Hiring Improvements Needed, Panel Told
The USAJobs site needs to be improved but so do many other aspects of the federal recruitment process, the Senate …More
Intelligence Community Creates Central Hiring Site
The 17 agencies of the intelligence community have banded together to create their own central jobs portal, intelligencecareers.gov, with an …More
IGs Often Hampered by Pressures, Report Says
Agency IGs feel political pressure in many forms—“sometimes overtly, from specific officials within the agency or from the IG himself, …More
Veterans Preference to Get Hill Attention
The House Veterans Affairs Committee has scheduled for next week a rare oversight hearing on veterans preference in federal employment, …More
OSC Presses VA on Discipline of Managers
The Office of Special Counsel is pressing the VA to disclose whether it has taken disciplinary action against managers in …More
New Law Seeks to Improve Basis for Agency Decisions
President Obama has signed into law (P.L. 114-140) a measure designed to enhance the use of research in setting government …More
Agencies Pressed on DATA Act Compliance
A main sponsor of the DATA Act–Digital Accountability and Transparency Act–has asked three dozen agencies to report on what they …More
