Union Says Understaffing is to Blame for Long Wait Times at VHA, Not Labor
The American Federation of Government Employees has dug in its heels amid criticism aimed at organized labor within the Department …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersPostal Union Persists in Fighting Staples Deal, AFL-CIO Joins Boycott
The American Postal Workers Union continues to fight a deal between the USPS and office supply giant Staples to open …More
OFPP Cites Best Practices for Tracking Contractor Performance
Best practices have emerged since a requirement was added to the Federal Acquisition Regulation in 2009 to report and use …More
Progress Transitioning to PPIRS Slow
Despite some gains in tracking performance, overall agency progress in transitioning to the Past Performance Information Retrieval System to report …More
Military Health System Review Ordered
In the wake of the VA scandal, Defense secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a comprehensive review of the department’s military …More
CHCOs Cite Hiring Challenges
The Partnership for Public Service has issued a report exploring challenges facing the federal workforce at a time when budget …More
Workforce Data Underutilized
CHCOs also report that agencies are not using workforce data and analytics tools enough, or effectively enough, to support workforce …More
DHS: Major Progress from Cyber Crime Partnership
DHS has said it is playing a major role in curbing the spread of the Gameover Zeus botnet. A botnet …More
Employees Losing at MSPB on Furlough Appeals
MSPB has reported that through March, no employee who brought an appeal of a furlough due to last year’s sequester …More
GAO: Energy Must Fully Develop Loan Monitoring Function
The Department of Energy‘s three loan programs have made over $30 billion in loans and loan guarantees in support of …More
FAA Issues Solicitation for Unmanned Aircraft System Research Center
The FAA has issued a solicitation for a center of excellence for unmanned aircraft systems, which it says will be …More
Allegations of Mismanagement Pour in During Audit of Phoenix HCS
The Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general has said its investigators on-site at the Phoenix HCS as well as its …More
House Passes Bill That Would Allow VA Secretary to Fire at Will
The House has passed the Department of Veterans Affairs Management Accountability Act of 2014, which would allow the VA secretary …More
Panel Approves Hiring, Compensation Authorities for DHS Cyber Personnel
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved a bill to give the DHS secretary hiring and compensation …More
Better Management of Software Licenses Needed, Says GAO
Most agencies – including OMB – lack adequate policies for managing software licenses GAO has said in calling for better …More
VA Cardholders Making Unauthorized Purchases
VA purchase cardholders made about 15,600 potential unauthorized transactions in fiscal 2012 and 2013, and the department has not performed …More
House Passes IT Acquisition Reform Bill
The House has passed the Federal Information and Technology Acquisition Reform Act as part of the fiscal 2015 defense-spending bill, …More
Contains IT Workforce, Procurement Reforms
HR-4435, which passed on a vote of 325-98, also contains provisions aimed at bolstering the acquisition workforce. For example, it …More
House Panel Passes Bill to Eliminate Some Door Delivery of Mail
The House Oversight and Governmental Reform Committee has passed a narrow postal reform measure to phase out some door-delivery of …More
CHCOs Paint Dire Picture of Workforce
The Partnership for Public Service has issued a report prepared with Grant Thornton that indicates budget cuts, criticism of public …More
Declining Employee Engagement Also a Concern
Another problem CHCOs and HR leaders identified is that the levels of engagement and satisfaction employees feel for their jobs …More
Interior Lacks Guidance on Injection Wells
The Department of Interior has no overarching guidance or policy to assist bureaus in complying with EPA’s regulations concerning certain …More
GSA Announces Professional Services Contracts
GSA has announced contract awards to 74 companies for complex professional services under its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services …More
GAO: Agencies Taking Steps to Improve Suspension and Debarment Programs
Agencies seem to be taking action to incorporate characteristics associated with active suspension and debarment programs, GAO has said based …More
Interior May Not be Getting Market Value for Extracted Minerals
Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has little assurance it obtains market value for mineral materials, recovers processing costs for mineral …More
VHA Conducting Internal Review
In a message to veterans VA secretary Eric Shinseki pledged to take action if allegations of employee misconduct involving wait …More
Defends Work of VA Employees
Shinseki had pledged to hold any employees found to have engaged in misconduct accountable following the conclusion of the investigations, …More
Senator Impatient for Reports on Clearances
The head of the Senate federal workforce subcommittee, John Tester, D-Mont., has criticized agencies for failure to comply with a …More
DHS Tapping Private Sector for Assistance
DHS has announced new openings through its Loaned Executive Program to support travel and tourism under TSA and Customs and …More
Don’t Send Used Electronics to the Dump, GSA Tells Agencies
GSA is preparing to issue a final rule banning the disposal of old computers, copiers and other hardware in landfills, …More
