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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersSenators 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
VA Seeks to Encourage Whistleblowing
Around the same time the MSPB issued its publication, acting VA Secretary Sloan Gibson issued a memo designed to encourage …More
MSPB: Some Actions Can Look Like Favoritism
Employees often suspect supervisors show favoritism in their decisions, and while a supportive and professional relationship with a subordinate might …More
GAO Calls on OMB to Strengthen Reviews of Cross Agency Goals
OMB needs to strengthen its reviews of cross-agency priority goals to help drive those goals as well as provide better …More
IG Gives Mixed Review of IRS Electronic Waste Disposal
While the IRS is complying with GSA requirements to recycle or donate used IT hardware, several areas for improvement remain, …More
CIOs Looking to Cloud to Keep Data Off of Mobile Devices
Mobile is an increasing focus of agency information security, and securing data transfer between devices and cloud hosted applications and …More
FBI Issues Solicitation for 26,500 Samsung KNOX Licenses
Signaling a hardware purchase in the works, the FBI has issued a solicitation for 26,500 Samsung Knox, enterprise edition operating …More
VA Seeking Input on New Scheduling System
The Department of Veterans Affairs recently held a pre-solicitation industry day to meet with technology vendors ahead of acquiring a …More
NOAA Cancels Nautical Chart App, Refocuses on Breaking up Charts
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has ended development on an Andriod app that allowed users to download NOAA nautical …More
Overview for Getting Data onto Data.gov
Data.gov’s deputy program director at GSA, Hyon Kim, has posted an overview to DigitalGov.gov covering the process for agencies to …More
DHS CIO: Department Benefiting from Enterprise-Wide IT Efforts
DHS is making progress integrating IT infrastructure throughout the department while establishing enterprise services and leveraging its size for purchasing …More
OMB Sends Guidance on Contractor Minimum Wage
OMB has released guidance for implementing a February executive order establishing $10.10 as the new minimum wage for federal contractors. …More
Senator Calls for Review ofCounternarcotics Contract
Sen. Claire McCaskill has called for a thorough review into reports of overpayments topping $100 million under counternarcotics contracts at …More
IRS Must Plan for Budget Uncertainty, Says GAO
IRS’s strategic plan does not address managing budget uncertainty although there are several indicators that funding will be constrained for …More
Report: OPM Needs Stronger Controls Over Background Investigators
OPM needs to strengthen management of the government’s background investigation process and the contractors that review most of the files, …More
Background Investigations Report Could Propel Reform Legislation
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo, cited the report in pledging to push for legislation to bolster background checks, such as a …More
FLRA Announces Training Dates for Negotiability, Arbitration Training
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has announced three one-day sessions of negotiability training, and two separate one-day sessions of arbitration …More
Management Controls for Nuclear Cybersecurity Inspections Applauded
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has adequate management controls in place for its cyber security inspection program, the NRC inspector general …More
FLRA Decision IllustratesFrustration, Expense of Disputes
The Federal Labor Relations Board has reversed an arbitrator’s decision to deny attorney fees to the American Federation of Government …More
IG Raps VA Failure to Collect Offsets
Reservists and National Guard members are prohibited from receiving VA compensation or pension benefits and military reserve pay (drill pay) …More
