VA Secretary Meets with OSC
Acting VA secretary Sloan Gibson met with the Office of Special Counsel recently and committed the department to follow through …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersIG: USPS Should Better Monitor Travel Card Purchases
Postal Service travel card coordinators need to more effectively monitor cash advances, the USPS inspector general has said. It selected …More
GAO: Written Agreements Could Aid Collaboration along Border
DHS has coordinated border security efforts using collaborative mechanisms in Arizona and South Texas, but stronger collaborative mechanisms are needed …More
USPS to Resume Plans to Close Up to 82 Processing Plans
The Postal Service has told the American Postal Workers Union that it will resume plans to close up to 82 …More
Sen. Concerned, Urges Progress on Postal Reform This Summer
The chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Tom Carper, D-Del., said he was concerned about the …More
GPO Offering Early Outs
The Government Printing Office has announced it is seeking authorization to offer buyouts and early outs to the agency’s 1,850 …More
HR Managers Cite Modest Progress With Telework
Just over 80 percent of HR managers in a recent survey gave their agencies a grade of B or C …More
GAO Calls on DFAS to Implement Contract Pay Improvements
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service processes and distributes about $200 billion a year in contract payments but needs to …More
Committee Approves Bill to Increase Scrutiny of Background Investigations
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved legislation to prevent background investigation contractors from doing the final …More
IG Questions Management of FAA Mid-Term Bargaining Agreements
Ineffective management of mid-term bargaining and pay setting provisions in the FAA’s collective bargaining agreement with the National Air Traffic …More
Bill Would Help Agencies Share Information on Job Applicants
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate federal workforce subcommittee to allow agencies to share applicant assessments to help cut …More
OASIS Protests Denied
The Court of Federal Claims and GAO have denied all protests against GSA’s awards under the One Acquisition Solution for …More
GAO: Clear Vision Needed for NNSA Security Program
The National Nuclear Security Administration needs to establish a clear vision and path forward for its security program, GAO has …More
Senate Panel Advances Cybersecurity Bills
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee has approved the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center Act, in a …More
White House Updates List of Reports Slated for Chopping Block
The White House has added 74 reports to a list of 350 it says are outdated or duplicative and should …More
Lack of Executable Plan Holding Back NextGen, Says IG
Underlying programmatic challenges, such as the lack of an executable plan, unresolved technical issues, and ineffective collaboration with industry, have …More
TSA Should Incorporate Feedback to Improve Information Sharing, Says GAO
TSA should weigh survey results of its stakeholders to identify causes of information-sharing gaps and actions to address them, as …More
DNI Deputy: Intelligence Community Working to Improve Contractor Data
The intelligence community is revising guidance and information collection practices for contractor personnel in a bid to increase visibility over …More
IG Faults OPM’s Human Resources Solutions for Insider Contracting
OPM’s Human Resources Solutions improperly used a small business set-aside as a pass through to give work to a preferred …More
Calls for Review to Ensure Small Business Set-Asides not Being Abused
The IG called for an agency-wide review to determine whether small business firms are being used elsewhere as pass-through vehicles …More
Senators UrgeDoD to Stop “Plugging” Financial Statements
Members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee are pressuring DoD to end what they say is its …More
Postal IG Considers Ways Leverage “Last Mile” Delivery Network
USPS could generate more revenue by taking advantage of its door-to-door “last mile” delivery network, the postal IG has said. …More
GSA Continues Development of Multiple Award Schedules
GSA is working to improve pricing and reduce variability in its $38 billion per year multiple award schedule (MAS) program. …More
GSA Issues Guidance on Travel Management
GSA has issued guidance to agencies on responsibilities of senior officials to control travel costs, based on a 2011 executive …More
GAO Calls for Improved Inventory Management at Defense Logistics Agency
The Defense Logistics Agency developed and met goals for reducing on-hand inventory and on-order excess inventory and has made progress …More
OPM Asks Agencies to Start Workplace Conversation on Mental Health
OPM has issued a memo calling on agency leaders to start a conversation on mental health among their workers, citing …More
Memo Pressures Agencies to Ensure Workplace Flexibilities are Available
Agencies must regularly make their employees aware they have the right to request work schedule flexibilities available to them without …More
Encourages Greater Use of Work-Life Programs
The memo also encourages on agency heads to take steps to increase the availability and use of work-life programs such …More
Bill Would Clarify Responsibility for Interoperable Communications at DHS
The House Homeland Security Committee has passed a bill that would clarify the responsibility related to communications systems in the …More
MSPB: Whistleblowing Culture Varies Within Agencies
Agencies should know where their organization stands in terms of fostering a culture that encourages whistleblowing, but it’s important to …More
