IG Renews Warning about Federal Employee Impersonation Scams
The inspector general’s office at the SSA has again raised a warning it has sounded over the years, saying scammers …More
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GSA Cites Progress in Scrubbing Unauthorized Items from Federal Supply Chain
GSA has said that a recent pilot test using its Verified Products Portal resulted in identifying and removing some 75,000 …More
GAO Adds Unemployment Insurance to High-Risk List
GAO has added unemployment insurance—mainly implemented at the state level but overseen by the Labor Department at the federal level—to …More
Stronger Subpoena Power for IG at VA Approved; FECA Treatment Bill Advances
President Biden has signed into law S-2687, to give the inspector general at the VA authority to issue subpoenas to …More
More Than a Third of Federal Cyber Jobs Unfilled, Report Says
Despite numerous reports warning about the risks of high vacancy rates among federal cyber positions and years of initiatives by …More
IRS Returns to Standardized Personnel Policies
The IRS has returned to a policy that had been dropped under the Trump administration of applying certain personnel policies …More
MSPB Refines Standard for Weighing Penalties in Disciplinary Cases
The MSPB has refined one of the dozen so-called “Douglas factors” it weighs when considering whether to uphold, reverse or …More
DoD Behind the Times in Managing Civilian Employees, Says Report
DoD’s management of its civilian workforce “lags behind private industry and is behind the times,” according to a report by …More
EEOC Cites Benefits of Taking Mediation Program Remote
The EEOC has said it will continue to offer remote mediation in light of a series of independent studies that …More
Report Calls on USPS to Boost Succession Planning
An inspector general report has called on the Postal Service to boost its succession planning efforts, saying that while programs …More
Negative Views of Government Linked to Lack of Awareness
A lack of awareness of what the government does affects public views on the government and therefore their support for …More
GSA Planning Changes to Travel Reimbursement Policies
GSA has proposed changes to policies when agencies must determine how much to reimburse an employee who uses a privately …More
Are Teleworkers Working? Senator Asks Three Departments
The top Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has pressed three departments under that committee’s purview …More
Report Urges Attention to DHS Procurement Workforce
A Senate committee is urging that chamber to join the House in passing a bill to establish an acquisition career …More
Firefighter Benefits Bill Advances in Senate, along with Other Measures
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved S-1116, to create a presumption for FECA benefits purposes that …More
Preparedness, Federal Employee Development among Top Priorities for Executive Boards
Emergency preparedness and federal workforce development and support continued to be top priorities in 2021 for Federal Executive Boards, along …More
Report Faults VA Billing Practices with Outside Providers
In a report that likely will add to the controversy over the VA’s program of using outside providers for some …More
Savings Ephemeral in Technology Modernization Fund, Says GAO
The intent of the Technology Modernization Fund is for agencies receiving funding through it to reimburse the fund for savings …More
Study Charts, Decries Delays in Filling Senior Positions
While top positions in national security tend to be filled fairly quickly after a presidential transition, the filling of secondary …More
New Duties May Require Boosting IG Offices, CRS Says
A report for Congress says that funding and staffing for agency inspector general offices may need to be boosted in …More
Order on Law Enforcement Practices Extends to Federal Officers
President Biden’s new executive order on law enforcement practices contains a number of provisions applying internally in the federal government, …More
Telework Restrictions Proposed; CBP Safety Protections Advance
Among bills recently introduced in Congress was HR-7835, the latest in a series of bills seeking to have federal agencies …More
Employee Survey Starting Next Week, Will Include New Questions
The annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey will be rolled out over the next two weeks, OPM has said in its …More
VA Standardizes Access Policies for Medical Facilities
The VA has set a three-level standards system for access to its medical centers based on community transmission levels of …More
Workforce Issues at Center of Challenges ahead for GPO, Says Report
The Government Publishing Office has much more to do in transitioning from its traditional focus on printing—as reflected in its …More
Union Seeks to Keep Protections for DoD Employment in Budget
The AFGE union has asked Congress to retain longstanding language in DoD budget measures on the civilian workforce there, saying …More
Senators Back Cash Infusion for Technology Modernization Fund
A bipartisan group of senators led by Intelligence Committee chairman Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has asked that the fiscal 2023 …More
Unauthorized Access to Tax Records Has Led to Firings, Prosecutions at IRS, GAO Says
The IRS conducted some 1,7000 investigations over 2012-2021 into unauthorized access by its employees into tax records, the GAO has …More
Guidance Issued on Transition to ‘Skills-Based’ Hiring
OPM has issued guidance on hiring for competitive service jobs downplaying the traditional roles of educational credentials and candidate self-assessments, …More
‘Skills-Based’ Hiring Approach Won’t Apply to All Positions, Says OPM
In its guidance on transitioning to a “skills-based” approach in federal hiring, OPM noted that the new qualification and assessment …More
