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
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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The White House has added 74 reports to a list of 350 it says are outdated or duplicative and should …More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
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
