GAO: DHS Needs to Better Address Analytic Priorities
DHS has established mechanisms including an intelligence framework and an analytic planning process to better integrate analysis activities throughout the …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersIG Faults USPS in Award of $18 Million Lock Maintenance Contract
The Postal Service did not award a contract with Diebold to repair and change locks in the Western Area in …More
CHCOs Weigh in on Carrying out Mission With Tight Funds
GAO has identified three broad recurring human capital challenges and strategies to address them after convening a forum of CHCOs …More
More Agile Talent Management Needed to Counter Inflexibilities
GAO said it also found that talent management tools lack two key ingredients for developing an agile workforce, namely the …More
VA Needs to Improve Leasing of Outpatient Clinics, Says GAO
In yet another knock on the VA, GAO has just released a report finding schedule delays and cost increases for …More
Presidential Rank Finalists Honored
Finalists for the Presidential Ranks of Distinguished and Meritorious Executive awards were honored at a reception at the State Department …More
New Director at National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
DoD has announced Robert Cardillo will take over as director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency replacing Letitia Long who will …More
GAO Calls on DHS to Better Address Port Cybersecurity
Actions taken by DHS and two of its component agencies (the Coast Guard and FEMA) as well as other federal …More
House Passes VA Accountability Bill
The House has passed, with bipartisan support, the “Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act,” which is aimed at compelling VA managers …More
VA Removes 14-Day Scheduling Goal from Performance Contracts
Acting VA secretary Sloan Gibson said in an announcement in Phoenix that the department is acting on recommendations made by …More
OSC Takes on VA Whistleblower Investigations
The Office of Special Counsel has announced it is currently investigating allegations of whistleblower reprisal from 37 VA employees across …More
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
Postal 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
