Structural, Personnel Reforms Planned at DHS
The administration’s initiative on immigration policy will mean several structural and personnel policy reforms in addition to the other aspects …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGSA Touts Transportation Audits
GSA has produced a fact sheet touting its transportation audit services as a potential money-saver to agency management and noting …More
Agencies Cut Back on Student Loan Incentives
Agencies are being forced to skimp on one of the key tools for attracting and keeping employees in high-demand occupations, …More
Authority Still Valuable, Where Used
OPM said that the student loan reimbursement program remains a valuable tool especially in certain agencies and for certain occupations …More
OMB Sets Standards for Statistical Reporting
OMB has issued a directive setting standards that require agencies and units within agencies involved in the production of statistics …More
OMB Orders Reforms in Agency Purchasing Practices
OMB has issued the latest of a series of directives aimed at simplifying and reducing duplication in the acquisition process, …More
Review Draws Mixed Picture of DoE Strategic Sourcing
The Energy Department has “taken a number of positive steps” to implement strategic sourcing, in response to OMB directives to …More
‘Limited Time’ Appointing Authority Being Renewed
A provision in a defense spending bill undergoing final voting in Congress would extend through calendar year 2019 a special …More
OPM Encourages Use of Personnel Flexibilities
OPM has sent a memo encouraging agencies to use personnel flexibilities available for situations in which employees or family members …More
Enforced Leave May Be Appropriate at Times
The OPM memo also addresses what is a seldom used authority but one that can be highly controversial if used: …More
Revisions to Records Policies Take Effect
President Obama has signed into law (PL 113-187) a bill that updates numerous requirements for maintaining federal records, including one …More
VA Support Services Contracts Draw IG’s Concern
The Veterans Health Administration substantially increased both the number and value of its support service contracts between 2012 and 2013 …More
Consumer Safety Oversight Fragmented, GAO Says
Federal agency oversight of consumer product safety is “fragmented” across at least eight agencies—only one of them being the Consumer …More
MSPB Stresses Role of Managers in Hiring
While technology can aid the federal hiring process, it “must be used in conjunction with human expertise” in particular by …More
Advisory Group Highlights IRS Management Problems
An outside advisory group on the IRS has said that the agency suffers from numerous management problems due to its …More
Problems Remain with DoE Assignments, Report Says
The Energy Department has made only limited progress in addressing problems related to contract employees being sent to work at …More
Gift Policies Top Ethical Concerns
Policies regarding the acceptance of gifts are the subject of the most frequently asked ethics-related questions by federal employees, the …More
Better Controls on Outside Employment Sought for IRS
The IRS needs better controls to monitor outside employment and business activities of its employees, the Treasury Inspector General for …More
IG Examines Postal Service Obligation
The U.S. Postal Service’s “universal service obligation” often is seen as restricting the agency’s ability to manage itself but that …More
SSA Feeling Impact of Budget Restraints, Committee Says
Restraints on the SSA budget are being felt in lower quality of service to the public at a time when …More
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
GAO 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
