USPS Gets Mixed Review on Responsiveness
The Postal Service received a mixed review of its responsiveness to questions from Congress in a recent IG report on …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOPM Proposes New Human Capital Framework
OPM has proposed an overhaul of the framework for managing federal personnel policy, including describing workforce planning methods that agencies …More
Employee Survey Questions Also Proposed
The rules also would prescribe 11 questions to be asked in annual employee surveys with a specific emphasis on views …More
OPM Solicits Rank Awards Nominations
OPM has put out a call to agencies submit nominations by April 4 for the fiscal 2016 Presidential Rank Awards, …More
Budget Lays Out Agency Management Priorities
The Obama administration’s budget proposal continues several initiatives on federal agency management while citing progress made so far in areas …More
Budget Seeks Cybersecurity Personnel, Funding Improvements
One special emphasis of the budget from both a personnel and spending aspect is cybersecurity, where the White House announced …More
New Interagency Privacy Council Created
President Obama has issued an executive order creating a Federal Privacy Council to set policies for agencies for collecting, maintaining …More
Better Tracking of Official Time Proposed
Legislation (HR-4392) offered in the House would require OPM to produce an annual report on use of official time by …More
Other Union Policies Also Targeted
Separately, another House proposal (HR-4461), from Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., would revamp several long-standing labor-management practices in …More
Stick to Schedule on Regs, Agencies Told
OMB has told agencies that as the Obama administration draws to a close over the next year, they should stick …More
DHS Lacks Oversight of Training, Says GAO
Among the difficulties still facing DHS following its creation more than a decade ago from nearly two dozen agencies and …More
Order Sets Safety Standards for Federal Buildings
President Obama has issued an executive order designed to better protect federal buildings, and the workers in them, against risks …More
OPM Orders Reports on Employee Claims
OPM has told agencies to report on their procedures for handling claims from their employees over leave and compensation, disputes …More
Grants Closeout Act Signed into Law
President Obama has signed into law S-1115, the Grants Oversight and New Efficiency Act, a bipartisan measure that will require …More
Agencies Missing Out on Excess DoD Property, GAO Says
The procedures used for disposing of property that DoD considers excess results in some property that other agencies could use …More
Reports on Contractor Performance Questioned
An IG report has raised questions about how the Air Force prepares performance assessment reports, which are designed to provide …More
Paid Leave Changes at DoD Could Send Signal
The Pentagon has announced a general policy of allowing 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for military personnel, up from …More
OPM to Expand Mentoring Services
OPM says it intends to expand government-wide sometime this year a pilot program it started last year to bring together …More
GSA Seeks to Increase Travel Charge Card Use
GSA has proposed rules designed to maximize the rebates the government receives through use of travel charge cards, in part …More
Little Impact on Agencies Likely from Pay Gap Initiative
An Obama administration initiative on differences in pay by gender likely will have little impact on federal agencies since they …More
Guidance Sent on SES Rotation Policy
OPM has guidance a requirement in a recent executive order that beginning in fiscal 2017, 15 percent of SES members …More
OPM Touts Benefits of Rotations
In its memo, OPM noted that one intent behind the 1978 law creating the SES—out of what was then called …More
Some Resistance by Management Noted
In addition to reluctance of individuals to take rotational assignments, the memo notes that agency management too sometimes can resist …More
Views of Government Continue Slide, but Some Positives Found
The public’s satisfaction with federal government services continued to decline in 2015, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, down …More
Two More Localities Recommended
The Federal Salary Council has formally recommended creating new GS locality pay zones in Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Va., and Burlington-South Burlington, …More
Labor Council Seeks to Quantify Results
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations continues to work on how to measure the impact of its initiatives including …More
Viking Retired
The Navy has retired the last S-3 Viking sea control aircraft. Seapower Magazine reported that the last Viking departed its …More
EEOC Seeks Input on Retaliation Policies
The EEOC is seeking comment, through February 24, on a proposed revision to its guidance addressing retaliation and related issues …More
Lack of Management Controls Contribute to IRS Service Woes, GAO Says
While budget reductions are partly responsible for the well-publicized decrease in customer service at the IRS, inadequate management controls also …More
