Bill to Increase Role of Career Officials in Transitions Passes
Congress has passed the Presidential Transitions Improvements Act (S-1172), to require certain planning and coordination activities for the upcoming transition …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersBill Proposed to Codify Discrimination Protections
A bipartisan bill offered in the House (HR-4668) seeks to gather together and put into one law the protections for …More
Review of Conduct Policies at FEMA Requested
The bipartisan leaders of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked the GAO to review FEMA’s personnel practices, …More
Report Cites Value of Strategic Partnerships
Federal agencies often have been at their most innovative when working in partnerships with each other, private industry and academic …More
MSPB Finds Disclosure on Access is Protected
The MSPB has said that an employee’s disclosure regarding controls over access to sensitive information falls under whistleblower protections even …More
IRS Needs to Better Manage Correspondence, IG Says
IRS managers are inconsistent in watching for over-age correspondence, creating a burden for taxpayers who must wait to obtain assistance …More
VA Calls Military-Style ‘Stand Down’ a Success
The VA has said it obtained positive results from a recent management initiative most commonly associated with the military—a “stand …More
Bill Offered on Conversion of Temporary Employees
A newly offered House bill (HR-4687) seeks to speed up and simplify the filling of some DoD vacancies by making …More
OPM Lays Out Workforce Research Agenda
OPM aims to establish a research agenda for federal workplace issues that “will build the foundation for how we shape …More
OPM Continues to Stress Hiring Flexibilities
The recent OPM memo on hiring for positions to respond to the Zika virus represents the latest in a string …More
GAO Provides Update on Data Center Consolidations
The 24 agencies participating in the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative “have collectively made progress on their data center closures …More
Navy Command Seeks Relief from Reduced Per Diem Rates
A Navy component memo says that changes to per diem policy that DoD implemented in late 2014 are hampering the …More
Management Cooperation with Survey Sought
OPM has again asked agency management to support the conduct of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, which will be …More
MSPB Underscores Variance in Ratings
As DoD prepares to launch the first phase of a three-level rating system that ultimately will encompass the large majority …More
Responsibilities for Supervisors Specified
The New Beginnings specifies certain tasks for supervisors through the ratings and rewards cycle. In the words of the DoD …More
Much Remains to Be Done on Customer Service, Says Report
While the federal government “has pockets of excellence where its customers are well-served,” it falls short overall on “delivering the …More
Executive Boards Cite Key Initiatives
Federal Executive Boards are focusing on initiatives including emergency preparedness, workforce development and interagency cooperation, according to the most recent …More
Work Contracts at DHS Lack Oversight, Says IG
The DHS inspector general has found that none of 43 reimbursable work arrangements it examined—which provide for goods or services …More
Importance of Well-Functioning SES Cadre Stressed
The MSPB has stressed the importance of a well-functioning SES cadre, noting in a recent report that about a third …More
VA Cites Responses to IG Findings
The IG’s office at VA has started releasing what will be a series of reports on alleged manipulation of patient …More
Reducing Footprint Means Tighter Offices
A House hearing has been told how the “reducing the federal footprint” initiative to reduce real estate costs through consolidation …More
DHS Posts Detailed Survey Responses
Several months after other agencies publicly released detailed breakdowns of their 2015 Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey results, DHS has posted …More
GAO Sees Need to Better Track Vehicle Fleets
Federal agencies have somewhat reduced their vehicle fleets in response to a 2011 White House memo, but many still do …More
GSA Points to IT, Construction Priorities in Budget
The administration’s budget proposal for GSA would support physical improvements to federal buildings as well as efforts to address the …More
Training Helps Prepare Leaders but Only So Much, MSPB Says
Increased training of federal supervisors “is necessary and welcome” but agencies also need to recognize that training has its limits …More
GAO Cites Difficulty of Coordinating VA, DoD Care
Early results of a pilot project of coordinating VA and DoD health care facilities show that many challenges lie ahead …More
Watch for Workload ‘Tripwires,’ Report Warns
In findings that could be applied as well to other agencies and other occupations, an IG report warned that there …More
Measure to Fill Vacancies Faster Passes
Congress has sent to the White House S-1580, which sponsors say will enable agencies to fill vacancies more promptly by …More
Special Counsel Presses for Accountability
Following an investigation by the Navy that confirmed certain safety-related allegations referred there by the Office of Special Counsel, the …More
Scrutiny Sought for TSA Law Officer Pay
Legislation (HR-3584) that has passed the House contains language requiring the TSA to review which of its investigators should be …More
