Senate Bill Would Boost Agency Cyber Protections
Legislation (S-1869) being advanced by leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee seeks to help agencies avoid …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersWellness Checkup Yields Wide Range of Results
A survey of agency wellness programs conducted by OPM yielded a range of results, with scores assigned based on OPM …More
Best Practices in Wellness Stressed
The memo also said that worksite health and wellness programs “have the potential to dramatically improve employee health by fully …More
VA Cites Disciplinary Actions Taken
The VA is circulating a position paper to Congress stressing that it is taking disciplinary actions against its employees, in …More
VA Opposes Two-Tier Disciplinary System
VA’s position paper also opposes creating what it terms a two-tier system for discipline in which its 300,000 employees would …More
Little Impact Seen of Award, Hiring Policy Bills
The Congressional Budget Office has said it expects that changes in awards and hiring policies contained in two bills pending …More
Proposed Changes to Performance Policies Opposed
A group of House Democrats has come out in opposition to language in the Senate version of a DoD budget …More
Some Savings Projected from VA Reform Bill
A bill pending a House vote (HR-1994) to limit the amount of awards and bonuses paid to employees of the …More
Test of Broader FOIA Disclosure Begins
The Justice Department has launched a pilot program at seven agencies designed to test the feasibility of posting online FOIA …More
GAO Lists Key Drivers of Engagement
In the latest in a series of reports parsing results of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, GAO has identified …More
HUD Gets Mainly Positive Review on Purchase Cards
While an audit of purchase card transactions at HUD concluded that they generally “were supported,” the department did not evaluate …More
Agencies Must Share Costs Related to Breach, but How?
The Obama administration is requiring agencies to pay a proportionate share of the costs of notifying employees affected by the …More
Fees for Processing Clearances Also Raised
The OPM memo said that OMB “fully supports” apportioning the costs to agencies that in essence were the victims of …More
USPS Lacks Cybersecurity Culture, IG Says
The Postal Service lacks a culture of cybersecurity, says an IG review conducted in the wake of disclosures of personnel …More
Improve Cooperation on Statistics, Agencies Told
OMB has issued memo 15-15, strongly encouraging federal statistical agencies and subunits to better collaborate, a follow to a memo …More
VA IG to Boost Training on Whistleblower Issues
New acting VA IG Linda A. Halliday has said that one of her first priorities is to make sure that …More
TSA Going Back to Basics on Training
TSA officers will receive “back to basics” training in light of a recent IG report disclosing security vulnerabilities, its parent …More
GSA Guide Urges Clearer Website Communications
GSA has issued a content guide for agencies to use for their websites, saying that government sites “often talk at …More
Group of House Members Seeks to Preserve SSA Offices
A bipartisan group of 66 House members is urging the SSA to protect field offices from closure, in the wake …More
Budget Limits Audit Coverage at Commerce
Budgetary restrictions at the IG’s office in the Commerce Department prevented that office from auditing smaller bureaus and offices that …More
Army Drawdown Will Impact Civilians
Planned reductions in active duty Army personnel will spill over to the agency’s civilian workforce, officials have said, although how …More
Postal Proposals Could Impact Reform Prospects
Several steps taken in Congress recently regarding mail delivery standards could complicate chances for long-awaited broader reforms, advocates of the …More
VA Seeks Reprogramming, Threatens Cutbacks
The VA has asked Congress to allow reprogramming of some funds, particularly from the Choice program that allows veterans to …More
Groups Seek Widening of Phased Retirement
A collection of organizations representing front-line, managerial and senior executive federal employees has joined with a congressman active on civil …More
GAO Cites FEMA Workforce Planning Challenges
FEMA faces challenges in carrying out two workforce initiatives, the Surge Capacity Force and the FEMA Corps, a GAO report …More
GSA Touts OASIS Dashboard
GSA has said its OASIS Dashboard is now available for general use by the federal contracting community, allowing procurement professionals …More
Groups Oppose Proposed Changes to Awards Policies
Federal employee organizations including several representing managers oppose a bill (S-742) advancing in the Senate that would make employees ineligible …More
Panel Set to Advance VA Disciplinary Bill
The House Veterans Affairs Committee is set to advance as soon as today HR-1994, one of many bills seeking to …More
OMB Stresses Climate Goals in Agency Planning
OMB has called attention to a requirement to ensure that funding requests in support of federal facilities align with the …More
Alternative Delivery Methods Could Hurt USPS
The kind of alternative delivery methods that have disrupted the taxi industry could also hit package delivery, one of the …More
