It’s Not Too Early to Brush Up on Holiday Policies, Notice Says
The DoD central ethics office has sent out a reminder about policies governing gift giving among DoD employees and between …More
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A federal court has backed agency management on a major principle underlying the 2013 sequestration furloughs, in a case involving …More
Employees Still Take the Phishing Bait, Audit Finds
In a test whose results might be equally applicable to other agencies, the Postal Service IG found that despite cybersecurity …More
Senate Bill Targets Fraud against Agencies
A newly introduced bipartisan bill in the Senate (S-2133) would require federal agencies to conduct regular fraud risk assessments and …More
EEOC Decides Anonymity Policy Went a Little Too Far
The EEOC has revised a policy aimed at protecting the privacy of federal employees who bring complaints of workplace bias …More
Congress Backs New Advantages to Veterans in Hiring
Both the House and Senate have passed HR-2835, which would create a new form of preference for hiring of veterans …More
Agencies told to Report on Veterans Hiring Results
Meanwhile, OPM has told agencies to submit reports on their activities under the Disabled Veterans Affirmative Action Program by December …More
Warning against Moonlighting in the Workplace Issued
There is an exception to a law generally barring federal employees from working on the side for a contractor in …More
EEOC Rolls Out New FOIA System
The EEOC has launched a new software system designed to speed up and better track its processing of FOIA requests. …More
SSA Struggling with Backlog, Audit Says
The SSA has a long-term goal of reducing the average initial appeals process on disability benefit applications, but that period …More
Permanent Federal Employment Decreasing Slightly
The number of non-seasonal, full-time, permanent federal employees edged downward slightly last year for the third year in a row, …More
IG Questions Extended Duty Travel at Justice
The Justice Department has policies governing extended duty travel (ETDY) but they are outdated, do not assure that such travel …More
Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure Updated
DoD’s Standards of Conduct Office has issued one of its occasional updates to its “Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure,” which while …More
DoD Bill Seeks Further Headquarters Cuts
The annual DoD authorization bill (HR-1735) takes issue with how the department is carrying out a 20 percent reduction in …More
Measure Would Extend, Strengthen DoD Probationary Period
The DoD bill also includes language to extend the probationary period for newly hired DoD employees from one year to …More
Overuse of Social Security Numbers Still a Problem
Addressing an issue that also applies to other agencies, an IG report has said that the IRS continues to over-use …More
Improvement in Engagement Not Universal
OPM is emphasizing a slight overall improvement in employee engagement figure—a top personnel policy of the administration—in the latest results …More
Views of Supervisors, Other Leaders Improve a Little
The survey results also show some general improvement over 2014 in employees’ views of their leaders, both front-line and higher, …More
Leave Records for GSA Employees May Be Inaccurate
GSA cannot be sure that the leave balances for thousands of its employees are accurate, an IG audit has found, …More
OSC Urges More Discipline for Retaliation
The Office of Special Counsel has urged the White House to assure that more disciplinary actions are taken against management …More
VA Retaliation Complaints Continue to Pour In
Complaints of retaliation against whistleblowing VA employees are so numerous that the agency’s IG can’t get to them all, according …More
IGs Repeat Complaints about Management Cooperation
Access to information remains a top concern in the IG community, a survey shows in a continuation of complaints that …More
Hiring System ‘Out of Balance,’ MSPB Says
The emphasis on hiring veterans into federal jobs has put the government’s hiring practices out of balance, at the cost …More
SES Count Drops, Demographics Change a Little
OPM has reported that the number of SES positions in agencies has dropped by about 100 each of the last …More
GSA Wants More Detailed Reports from Agencies
GSA has issued a final rule recommending that agencies provide more details in their annual reports on transportation data for …More
Dropping Satisfaction with Recognition a Concern
Among the many downward trends in the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey in recent years is one that has not …More
Better Controls on Overtime Called Needed at EPA
The EPA has polices that identify the requirements and general process for the authorization and approval of overtime compensation but …More
Restrictions on Special Pay at TSA Approved
The House has joined the Senate in passing HR-719, a reaction to IG findings about potential misuse of “law enforcement …More
MSPB Provides Tips for PIPs
Performance improvement plans, or PIPs, are generally required before agency management can move to discipline an employee for poor performance, …More
House Seeks More Agency Cooperation on Environmental Reviews
The House has passed HR-348, which seeks to streamline the regulatory review, environmental decision making, and permitting process for major …More
