GAO: Railroad Retirement Board at Risk of Improper Disability Payments
The Railroad Retirement Board’s policies and procedures for processing total and permanent disability benefit claims do not adequately ensure that …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersWhite House Wants Training Programs to be More Employer-Focused
OMB has issued guidance directing all federal employment training programs to focus on meeting the needs of employers, as well …More
GSA Announces Janitorial, Sanitation Contract
The Federal Acquisition Service has announced 18 blanket purchase agreements for a new strategic sourcing solution designed to help federal …More
Senators Scrutinize ‘Obsolete’ Agency, Propose Dismantling NTIS
Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., are seeking to abolish the National Technical Information Service, a repository for …More
Air Force Focusing on Voluntary Departures for Headquarters Reductions
The Air Force begun a fourth round of civilian workforce shaping measures as part of headquarters realignment and staffing reductions …More
GAO: 83,000 DoD Employees with Clearances in Tax Debt
About 83,000 DoD employees and contractors who held or were determined eligible for secret, top secret, or sensitive compartmented information …More
Air Force Focusing on Voluntary Departures for Headquarters Reductions
The Air Force begun a fourth round of civilian workforce shaping measures as part of headquarters realignment and staffing reductions …More
VA Reform Bill Addresses Service Delivery
The compromise VA reform legislation gives the department emergency funding to hire enough doctors, nurses and support staff to meet …More
IG Calls on Agency to Terminate Contractor System Access More Quickly
The Social Security Administration must ensure it terminates contractor and subcontractor access to its internal IT systems once work has …More
New Course on Hiring of Those with Disabilities
OPM has developed an online course that is free to agencies on basic information and resources to hire, retain, and …More
House Wants Report on IRS Official Time
The House has made another move to apply more scrutiny to the use of official time—on the clock time by …More
IG: VA Initiative to Clear Old Disability Claims Ineffective, Data Questionable
A special initiative by the Veterans Benefits Administration to process all claims over two years old by issuing provisional ratings …More
Agencies Asked to Provide Examples of Efforts Toward Meeting CAP Goals
OMB has issued additional budget guidance and information requests on select management agenda cross-agency-priority goals that agencies should include for …More
Includes Requests for Two Additional Management Priorities
OMB has also added a new information request for suitability, credentialing and security clearance reform. Separate from agency submissions, OMB …More
VA Announces Actions for Improve Accuracy of Disability Claims Data
The VBA, which is struggling to keep pace with a huge disability claims backlog, told the House Veterans Affairs committee …More
White House Issues Science, Technology Budget Guidance
OMB has issued a memo outlining the administration’s multi-agency science and technology priorities for formulating fiscal 2016 budget submissions. Agencies …More
USPTO Needs Process for Handling Candidate Recommendations, Says IG
The Patent and Trademark Office needs to put in place a process to handle internal recommendations for job applicants, the …More
GSA Green-Lights Hardware, Supplies Contract
GSA has issued a notice to proceed on its maintenance, repair and operations purchase channel strategic sourcing blanket purchase agreements, …More
Air Force Announces Headquarters Reorganization, Force Reduction
The Air Force has announced plans to deactivate and realign organizations at headquarters, major commands, and field operating agencies that …More
To Stand Up New Installation and Mission Support Center
The changes will entail centralizing policy and oversight of installation and mission support activities within a newly created Air Force …More
Federal Government Real Estate Footprint Down 10 Million Square Feet
The office and warehouse space in the inventory of the 24 chief financial officer agencies declined by about 10.2 million …More
VA Asks for $17.6 Billion to Boost Veteran Care
Acting VA secretary Sloan Gibson told the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee that the department would need $17.6 billion in additional …More
IG Calls on USPS to Improve Business Service Network
The Postal Service could generate an additional $382 million in fiscal 2014 by improving customer outreach through its Business Service …More
OPM Launches Tool to Help Use Federal Viewpoint Survey Data
OPM has launched a new website – unlocktalent.gov – to help managers better analyze and understand data from the Federal …More
IG: Better Coordination on IT Among Internal Immigration Divisions Needed
The CIO for US Citizenship and Immigration Services has established key IT management capabilities, including creating a draft IT strategic …More
OMB Extends Expedited Payment Policy for Contractors
OMB has issued a memo, M-14-10, extending a policy of providing expedited payments to prime contractors in order to ensure …More
NOAA Needs Capital Asset Plan, Says GAO
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has 34 efforts aimed at improving aircraft asset planning and management that could present …More
ICE Needs to Improve Management of Workers Comp, IG Says
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement had 2,253 cases totaling approximately $21 million in workers’ compensation-related costs in fiscal 2012, and has …More
CBO Suggestion Could Create More DoD Jobs
CBO has said the Pentagon could save more than $19 billion over 10 years by using civilian federal employees rather …More
GAO Calls on DoD to Fully Develop Civilian Workforce Plan
DoD needs to fully develop its civilian strategic workforce plan to help decision makers, GAO has said. It said the …More
