CBO: Some Agencies Likely to Miss Deadline for Records Management
The 2012 Managing Government Records Directive (M-12-18) from OMB requires that all federal agencies electronically manage email records by 2016 …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO: DHS Needs to Better Coordinate Infrastructure Security Assessments
From fiscal 2011 to 2013, various DHS offices and components conducted or required thousands of vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure, …More
Email Management Guidance Issued
OMB has issued email guidance in support of a 2012 directive requiring agencies to manage permanent and temporary email records …More
GSA Seeking New Technologies to Improve Building Energy Usage
GSA has issued a request for information for innovative, transformational green building technologies in support of its Green Proving Ground …More
CBO: Prison Sentencing Bill Would Save $4 Billion
A bill to allow judges more discretion in imposing sentences for non-violent drug offenses could save the Justice Department $4 …More
Continued Decline for DoD Sole Source Contracts
The number and value of sole-source contracts over $20 million awarded by DoD through the Small Business Administration’s 8(a) business …More
Measure Targets Porn Viewing in Federal Agencies
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., has introduced the Eliminating Pornography from Agencies Act, which would require federal agencies to block access …More
Final Regs on Flag Benefit Published
OPM has issued final regulations on the Flag Recognition Benefit for Fallen Federal Civilian Employees, authorizing the head of an …More
Senate Backs More Authority to Prevent Benefits Fraud
In one of its last acts before recessing through the elections, the Senate passed legislation (S-1360) designed to give agencies …More
APWU Takes Effort to Block USPS Consolidation to House
The American Postal Workers Union recently managed to get about half of the Senate to sign a letter to the …More
OPM Launches Combined Federal Campaign
OPM has announced the launch of the 2014 Combined Federal Campaign charitable giving season, through which federal employees can donate …More
House Approves Federal Records Accountability Act
The House before recessing through the elections passed by voice vote legislation that would create a process for the suspension …More
House Panel Passes IG Empowerment Bill
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee meanwhile passed the Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014, to amend the Inspector …More
EEOC Cites Common Errors in Dismissing Discrimination Complaints
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released a report identifying common errors by agencies when dismissing discrimination complains on procedural …More
IG Faults DHS Management of Protective Equipment
In 2006 DHS spent $47 million of supplemental funding on personal protective equipment, pandemic research, exercises, and medical countermeasures to …More
GAO Releases Updated Management Green Book
GAO has released an updated version of its Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government “Green Book” setting forth …More
GSA: Competitions Work Best When Open and Fair
Agencies are increasingly using competitions to drive innovation and find novel solutions, but in cases the prize is winner-take-all, agencies …More
GAO: Better Performance Measurement Could Help DHS Training Efforts
Improved documentation, resource tracking and performance measurement could help strengthen DHS training efforts, GAO has said. DHS has processes to …More
GAO Calls on USAID to Update Trade Capacity Building Strategy
The Agency for International Development’s 2003 trade capacity building, or TCB, strategy does not directly guide TCB activities, and parts …More
Committee Passes VA Accountability Bill
About a month after the President signed VA reform and funding legislation into law the House Veterans Affairs Committee followed …More
GAO: Deeper Understanding Key to Improving Veteran Services
Some veterans have trouble readjusting to civilian life for a variety of reasons, but limited and incomplete data to assess …More
GSA Pressing Ahead with Plans for New FBI Headquarters
GSA and the FBI are preparing an environmental impact statement to analyze the potential impacts of acquiring a consolidated FBI …More
Senators Lobby Against Blocking Postal Closures
The chair and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee are asking their colleagues on the …More
GAO: Better Data Needed on Veteran Burial Options
The VA uses county-level population data to determine veterans’ access to cemeteries but census tract data, which are small statistical …More
GAO: Greater Oversight Needed of Security Clearance Revocation
Additional guidance and oversight are needed to ensure a more consistent application of the security clearance revocation process at DHS …More
OMB Announces Agency-Level Regulatory Partnerships with Canada
OMB has announced the release of a U.S.-Canada Regulatory Cooperation Council “joint forward plan” outlining new federal agency-level partnership arrangements …More
IRS Needs to Better Process Complaints Against Tax Preparers
The IRS is not processing complaints against tax preparers quickly enough, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has said. …More
PPS: Agencies Should Increase Collaboration to Improve Customer Service
The federal government is working to improve customer service and keep pace with high standards being set by corporations such …More
Calls on Congress to Fund Collaborative Customer Service
The report includes recommendations for Congress and OMB to pave the way for improved customer service as well. For example, …More
USPS IG: Competition Advocate’s Impact Unclear
USPS recently established a competition advocate to improve its noncompetitive purchasing practices, but without a standard for measuring performance the …More
