IG Finds Management of Equipment Lacking
The Commerce Department IG has found excess inventory in the hands of grantees in the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program, which …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersMSPB Cites Issues with Shortened Appeals
Extending more widely a shortcut process in place for appeals of senior executives at VA would put employees’ due process …More
DoD Could Better Target Acquisition Workforce Growth, GAO Says
DoD increased its acquisition workforce from about 126,000 to about 153,000 from September 2008 to March 2015, GAO has said, …More
SSA’s Ability to Detect Overpayments Questioned
The SSA continues to use a method previously found inadequate to detect substantial overpayments as required by an executive order, …More
GAO Faults DoD Workforce Planning
The Pentagon has only partially complied with requirements that it better plan and document its workforce needs for both its …More
Leave FECA Alone, Groups Urge White House
A coalition of nearly 20 unions and professional associations of federal and postal employees has asked the White House to …More
VA Tangles with Committee, IG over Discipline
When an IG report includes information that might be the basis of a disciplinary action against an agency employee, it …More
Several Personnel Reform Bills Advance
Two Senate committees have advanced personnel policy reform bills, including one of many pending that target the VA in light …More
OSC Cites Workload Growth, Asks for More Powers
The Office of Special Counsel’s workload has grown by about half over the last four years to about 6,000 complaints …More
Charge Card Measure Clears Senate
Before recessing, the Senate passed S-1616, to require the GSA to establish an Office of Federal Charge Card Analytics and …More
Grants Oversight Bill Also Passes
Also passed by the Senate was S-1115, to require agencies to close out within 90 calendar days expired grant accounts …More
Training Can Be Done for Less, Committee Told
The Office of Government Ethics has cited its own experience as an example of how federal employee training can be …More
Experience, Not Training, Shown as Best Route to SES
An MSPB report says that despite the emphasis on career development programs as a means of qualifying to rise into …More
Developmental Assignments Considered Most Effective
The MSPB report also assessed what types of training programs are the most common and most effective, based on responses …More
GAO Lists Best Practices for Project Schedules
GAO has published a best practices guide as a companion to its Cost Estimating and Assessment Guide, which outlines ways …More
MSPB Stresses Value of Frequent Feedback
Performance management involves more than annual performance appraisals, MSPB has said, stressing the value of frequent feedback from the supervisor …More
Other Benefits of Timely Feedback Cited
MSPB also said that timely feedback can result in more positive views of the supervisor and the workplace, two metrics …More
Forward-Looking Feedback Called More Effective
MSPB also said that the most effective feedback is forward-looking, not backward-looking. “Not surprisingly, most people do not enjoy being …More
Budget Measure Takes Aim at VA, IRS Practices
The final budget measure for the current fiscal year contains several provisions targeting personnel practices at the VA and the …More
Please Follow our Dismissal Decisions, OPM Tells Agencies
OPM has asked agencies to make sure that they comply with decisions made regarding operating status during severe weather or …More
Communicating Expectations to Employees Also Important, Memo Says
Further, the memo said that operating status decisions “are only effective if each employee understands what the announcement means and …More
Test of Hiring Reforms Shows Promise, Report Says
The CDC has made several notable improvements in its hiring practices, including a strategy of pursing “quick wins” and putting …More
OMB Outlines Privacy Initiatives
Agencies are facing significant challenges attracting and hiring top talent for positions involved in privacy issues–in particular involving the protection …More
Another Try Made to Sell, Consolidate Facilities
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has crafted and then quickly passed another in a string of legislative …More
Thousands of Recommendations Still Pending, GAO Says
GAO has said that some 4,800 of its recommendations to agencies remain open and “if implemented, they could result in …More
IGs Also Make Follow-Up Efforts
At the same hearing, a representative of the IG community said that agency IGs also issue thousands of recommendations each …More
Harassment Can Be Subtle, EEOC Stresses
Workplace harassment prohibited by law can take subtle forms, including questioning that can be perceived as harassing even if it …More
Anti-Fraud Bill Offered in the House
A newly introduced bill in the House (HR-4180) seeks to apply private sector practices to the government to prevent fraud …More
OPM Cites Steps on Engagement, Promises More
Efforts to improve employees’ engagement in their work are reflected in the gains in that measure in the recent Best …More
Obama Orders Major Changes in SES
President Obama has issued an executive order on the SES that in some ways seeks to return the SES to …More
