Service among SSA Management Challenges, Says IG
Meanwhile, the SSA IG’s office has identified customer service as one of the agency’s management challenges, in particular the issue …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO Finds Issues with VA Nurse Hiring Practices
The VA employs some 82,000 nurses, making it the largest employer of nurses in the country, and while the department …More
Official Time Report Could Have Repercussions
A GAO report on use of “official time” by federal employees for union duties could reignite efforts to restrict or …More
New Attention to Lengthy Administrative Leave Arises
On another workforce management topic set for attention from Capitol Hill, the EPA IG has issued an “early warning” report …More
Air Force Moving on Consolidating Base Management
The Air Force has selected four bases out of ten it was initially considering to host the headquarters of its …More
Percentage of Veterans among New Hires Rises
Federal agencies hired 162,000 new employees in fiscal 2013, down by about 32,000 from the previous year, but the percentage …More
Shutdown Hampered Range of Agency Operations, GAO Says
The October 2013 partial government shutdown hampered a range of agency operations, although an exact assessment is difficult because of …More
GPO Touts Reduction in Bias Complaints
GPO is crediting its approach to EEO issues for a reduction in discrimination complaints, falling by two-thirds to 17 in …More
Retirement Benefits Could be Next Target at VA
Continued frustration of several leading members of Congress on veterans’ issues regarding the progress of disciplinary actions against senior VA …More
GAO Criticizes Management of Storage Facilities
The government has some 19,000 warehouses with some 90 million square feet of storage space but management is scattered among …More
EEOC Highlights Decisions on LGBT Discrimination
The EEOC has posted information, including summaries of recent federal employment-related cases, regarding how anti-discrimination law applies to lesbian, gay, …More
Postal Finances Brighten, but Long-Term Outlook Still Tough
The Postal Service’s financial performance improved in 2014 but officials warn that long-term prospects remain difficult and they called again …More
GAO Assesses Steps within USPS Control
Meanwhile, GAO issued an assessment of steps USPS has taken so far or potentially could take, finding for example that …More
Eliminating Reports Touted as Efficiency Step
Supporters of a bill headed for the White House to eliminate what they called unnecessary and outdated reports by federal …More
Telework Policies Get Skeptical Look
Telework, an area of personnel management in which the federal government has been touted as a leader among employers, received …More
TSP Scores Well in Management Measures
The TSP has released its results in the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, showing that on virtually every measure of …More
Ethics Violations Can Have Serious Fallout, OGE Says
The Office of Government Ethics has put out a legal advisory summarizing the serious legal trouble, in some cases at …More
Oversight Lacking of VA Specialty Care, GAO Says
The level of oversight by senior VA management of the patient consult process “has not ensured that veterans always receive …More
CBO: Postal Delivery Change Would YieldMixed Results
Changing some postal home delivery customers to cluster box delivery would save money but potentially at the cost of losing …More
MSPB Report on Veterans’ Rights Serves as Warning
The Merit Systems Protection Board has issued a report spelling out various employment preferences for veterans in the federal government, …More
Better Controls Needed over IRS Devices, Audit Finds
The IRS generally is effective in assigning wireless devices to its employees but flaws in its record-keeping lead to it …More
GSA Posts ‘Benchmarks’ User’s Guide
GSA has posted a user’s guide to benchmarks.gsa.gov, through which anyone with a .gov email and a MAX login will …More
Staffing Problems Top Concerns of CFOs
Among the top issues facing federal agency financial management leaders is the ability to the ability to successfully recruit and …More
EEOC Issues Guide to Schedule AHiring
The EEOC has put out a guide on Schedule A hiring authority that while written mainly from the point of …More
GSA Finds Energy Improvements Save Costs
Making “green building” improvements to federal buildings saves on energy costs, GSA has said in an analysis of 59 federal …More
CBO: Anti-Fraud Efforts Don’t Catch All Improper Payments
The Congressional Budget Office has said that while anti-fraud efforts agencies have launched to better manage payments in Medicare and …More
IG Finds Medicare Paying for Drugs for Deceased Patients
An IG audit found the Medicare prescription drug Part D program has continued to pay for prescriptions dispensed after some …More
MSPB Summarizes Key Research Findings
MSPB has issued a summary of key findings of its research in recent years, including statistical tables and policy implications …More
New FEHB Policies Could Affect Staffing Decisions
OPM has acknowledged that its recent rules extending health insurance coverage to certain additional categories of employees could cause agencies …More
Reports, Record-Keeping Changes Nearly Finalized
The House plans to vote this week on two bills that it passed earlier this year but that the Senate …More
