Panel Touts Oversight of Agency Management
The key House panel overseeing federal agency operations has touted its work in the last Congress of bringing to light …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersFMA Sets Annual Convention Plans
The Federal Managers Association will hold its annual convention and training session March 8-12 in Arlington, Va., with the theme …More
GAO Examines Justice Dept. Disciplinary Policies
Justice Department supervisors take differing approaches in work assignments for attorneys who are accused of misconduct and the department has …More
Nominations for Rank Awards Open
OPM has put out a call for nominations for the fiscal 2015 Presidential Rank Awards, telling agencies that making nominations …More
OPM to Revise Veterans Hiring Policies
OPM has issued proposed rules, in the December 29 Federal Register, to update veterans preference policies, in some cases to …More
Directive on Employee Engagement Issued
Top personnel officials of the Obama administration have issued a joint memo telling agencies to ramp up their efforts to …More
Memo Sets Goals, Strategies on Engagement
The memo sets a goal of improving the overall engagement index produced by the viewpoint survey from the 63 percent …More
Steps for Survey Follow-Up Recommended
Among the attachments to a memo is a recommended process for management to take on an ongoing and specific basis …More
Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure Updated
DoD’s standards of conduct office has updated its Encyclopedia of Ethical Failure, a somewhat tongue-in-cheek compilation of civilian employees and …More
More Interagency Disaster Coordination Needed, Says GAO
GAO has recommended that FEMA, the agency primarily responsible for coordinating disaster response across agencies, and its parent department DHS …More
DoD Clarifies Gift Acceptance Policies
DoD’s standards of conduct office has issued several sets of guidance regarding the acceptance of gifts, including freebies at gatherings …More
Report Finds Pressure on ALJs to Produce
Administrative law judges at SSA have been pressured to produce decisions on disability applications at a high rate with the …More
GAO Finds High Overhead Costs at FEMA
FEMA spent 13 percent of the $95 billion drawn from its disaster relief fund in 2004-2013 on administrative costs, double …More
Federal Policy Prevails on Marijuana Use
In a warning that applies equally well to other agencies, an Air Force article notes that despite changes in state …More
GAO Details Overtime Control Problems
DHS components remain inconsistent in their controls over administratively uncontrollable overtime, which cost the department $512 million in fiscal 2013 …More
Postal IG Raises Concern about Clearances
The Postal Service uses about 14,500 contract drivers to deliver bulk mail shipments but about a third of those lack …More
Name Change Reflects Changing GPO Mission
The Government Printing Office’s name has been changed to the Government Publishing Office, a reflection of the changing mission of …More
IG Says HHS Underreported Conference Spending
HHS actually spent $1.4 million more than the $15.4 million it reported for four 2012 conferences that the department’s IG …More
OMB Marks First Anniversary of Goals Program
At its one-year mark, the administration’s priority goals initiative is starting to produce results, OMB deputy director for management Beth …More
Concerns Rise about Employee Engagement
Recent results of the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey have heightened concerns about how engaged federal employees are in their …More
Federal Employees Lag Private Sector in Engagement
Meanwhile, data from the Gallup polling organization show that federal workers lag the private sector in engagement, although the only …More
Report Cites Implications of Lack of Engagement
Apart from productivity issues, lack of engagement means that the government is not taking full advantage of the federal workforce’s …More
OPM Starts SES Mentoring Program
OPM has launched a governmentwide situational mentoring program aimed at providing senior executives–particularly those new to the SES or who …More
GAO Suggests IRS Set Phone Service Goals
Overall the IRS processed 2013 returns in a timely way despite the furloughs and partial government shutdown of that summer …More
Be Clear about Weather Policies, OPM Tells Agencies
OPM has stressed that agencies must clearly communicate to employees what is expected when agencies have to close or otherwise …More
Other Considerations Covered
The memo also highlights several other considerations regarding weather dismissals: Unscheduled telework “has become a standard human resources tool in …More
Cyber Workforce, Other Issues Addressed
A package of bills passed on a bipartisan basis late in the congressional session and now signed into law address …More
Report Examines Rescinding of Awards
Giving an agency authority to rescind awards and bonuses given to employees after discovering misconduct by the employee likely would …More
Postal Infrastructure Could Be Repurposed, IG Says
The U.S. Postal Service could repurpose its existing infrastructure to provide innovative services that would yield new revenue, according to …More
GSA Looks to Next Generation of Payment Cards
GSA has issued a request for information in preparation for the next generation of its governmentwide payment and charge card …More
