OMB Raises Sequester Warning
OMB has released a report warning that without action during this year’s budget cycle to prevent it, sequestration would return …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGSA Outlines Plans for Facilities
GSA has posted a budget justification document spelling out plans for new construction and refurbishment of buildings and other facilities, …More
Secret Service Gets Positive Review on Acquisition
The DHS IG has said the Secret Service has adequate oversight and management of its acquisitions, a bit of positive …More
Agency Energy Consumption Lowest Since 1975
Energy consumption by federal agencies is at its lowest level since that was first tracked in 1975, according to an …More
GSA Touts Reverse Auction Service
GSA says agencies are increasingly using its reverse auction service, yielding overall savings of 23 percent off the independent government …More
EPA IG Investigates Itself, Finds Problems
The IG’s office at EPA looked inward as part of broader investigations into agency hiring, time and attendance recording and …More
OMB Loosens Reins a Bit on Travel, Conferences
Recent guidance from OMB to agency chief financial officers somewhat loosens controls imposed on agency travel and conference expenses that …More
GPO Calls Buyout Offer a Success
The GPO—now standing for Government Publishing Office, not Government Printing Office—says its offer of buyouts succeeded in achieving its goal …More
IGs Repeat Complaints about Cooperation
Management of federal agencies continues to be less than fully responsive to inquiries from IGs that fall within the authority …More
GAO Expands High-Risk List
GAO’s biennial listing of federal management challenges deemed at high risk of waste and harmful impact to the public grew …More
Much Work Ahead on Skills Gaps, GAO Says
Federal agencies continue to struggle to even define and project the “skills gaps” in their workforces—which can exist as staffing …More
VA in Need of Doctors, Nurses
An IG review has found that the VA’s health branch, the Veterans Health Administration, is in greatest need of doctors …More
Rehiring Troublesome Former Employees Leads to More Trouble
About a tenth of those the IRS hired in fiscal 2010-2013 had previously worked for the agency, an IG audit …More
Conferences Can Be Held at Low Cost
In a lesson that other agencies might put to good use in times of budgetary restrictions on conferences, the Office …More
GAO Questions Management of Rights Commission
The U.S. Civil Rights Commission needs to improve its management in numerous ways, including meeting strategic goals, workforce management and …More
Managers, HR Sometimes at Cross-Purposes, MSPB Says
Federal managers sometimes put agency HR staff in difficult positions regarding personnel decisions that may implicate prohibited personnel practices, MSPB …More
Cooperation Important in Hiring Process
The MSPB newsletter adds that managers and HR need to collaborate through the entire hiring process and that it would …More
DHS, SSA, SEC Come out Tops in Plain Language Report
Federal agencies are improving in their compliance with the Plain Writing Act, and many of them also are improving the …More
DoE’s Management of Excess Facilities Still Lacking
The Energy Department needs to do more to address potential health hazards to its employees and the public from contaminated …More
Help Employees with ‘Emotional Labor’ of Job, MSPB Says
Federal managers must recognize and help employees the “emotional labor” that some federal occupations demand, MSPB said in a recent …More
MSPB Questions Legality of Docking Annuities
MSPB has published an analysis of laws governing the payment of federal employee retirement benefits that calls into question whether …More
Management of Cargo Inspections Criticized
GAO has found continuing issues with Customs and Border Protection’s screening of cargo being sent to the United States, prompting …More
Postal Service’s Brand Found to Have Substantial Value
The U.S. Postal Service is more than an agency, it is also a brand that has value in the marketplace …More
Public Satisfaction with Government Drops
Satisfaction with services provided by the federal government in 2014 dropped for the second straight year in an annual survey …More
Budget Updates SES Initiatives
The White House’s budget proposal released earlier this week contains an update and some further details on several SES-related initiatives …More
House Proposal Risks Politicizing Awards, SEA Says
A House bill to allow the VA to rescind, or “claw back,” performance awards already paid is “nothing more than …More
Budget Seeks to Aid Postal Finances
The administration’s budget proposal would provide some immediate relief and the prospect for more from several obligations that the U.S. …More
Stronger Whistleblower Protections at VA Proposed
A House bill (HR-571) would boost whistleblower protections for VA employees while adding provisions designed to increase accountability of management …More
Another Try Planned on Strengthening FOIA
Federal agencies would be under greater obligations to disclose information under the Freedom of Information Act under legislation planned for …More
Budget Sees Managing Workforce as Key Challenge
The White House’s budget proposal unveiled this week identifies management of the federal workforce as a key challenge ahead for …More
