Procurement Office Explains Shift to Category Management
The Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative was established to provide analysis and access to a full array of purchase and pricing …More
Federal Manager’s Daily Report
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FAS is also developing a common acquisition platform to improve the quality of the digital services agencies use for acquisition …More
IG Says USPS Managing Growth in Package Business Well, Cites Opportunities
USPS Customer Service Operations has successfully managed periods of package growth, employee work-hours, and scan rates at delivery units, the …More
New Financial Disclosure Filing System Under Development
The Office of Government Ethics has started testing of a new electronic system through which federal employees subject to filing …More
OSC Files Complaints Against CPB Officials in Hiring Probe
The Office of Special Counsel has filed complaints against three Customs and Border Protection career officials alleging they rigged the …More
First Complaints Against Management for Political Discrimination in 30 Years
OSC said the disciplinary actions taken are the first complaints against management officials in over 30 years. It said that …More
OPM Releases Strategy on Gender Pay Equality
OPM has released its Government-wide Strategy on Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal Government, based on agency reviews of their …More
DHS Nominees Confirmed
The Senate has confirmed the former chief security officer at General Electric as the new undersecretary for intelligence and analysis …More
Security Clearance Reform Bill Gets Push
Sponsors of a bill to overhaul many of the practices for issuing and renewing security clearances for federal employees have …More
Public Service Recognition Week Coming Up
Public Service Recognition Week will be May 4-10, an annual event recognizing the contributions of government work at the federal, …More
IG: Financial Controls in Veterans Homelessness Support Program Sound
A program established in 2010 to rapidly re-house homeless veteran families and to prevent homelessness for those at imminent risk …More
GAO Calls on IRS to Better Safeguard Financial and Taxpayer Data
The IRS needs to address information security control weaknesses that place financial and taxpayer data at risk, GAO has said. …More
CHCOC Adds to List of Conferences Qualifying as Official Training
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council has added to a list of upcoming conferences that qualify as official training (agencies …More
GSA Says FSSI Wireless Program Will Save Agencies 25% on Average
The 18 agencies using the Federal Strategic Sourcing Initiative wireless blanket purchase agreements are achieving an average savings of 24 …More
VA Says Disability Claims Backlog Down Almost by Half Over Last Year
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it lowered the number of pending disability claims from 611,000 in March 2013 to …More
EEOC Announces Training Opportunities for Federal Employees
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission haspostedits 2014 federal training course schedule for programs geared specifically to federal employees. It says …More
Union Wants Armed TSA Units
The American Federation of Government Employees called on TSA recently to create an armed transportation security law enforcement officer position …More
PPS to Congress: Fill Critical Management Vacancies
The Partnership for Public Service told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that the prevalence of critical management …More
Calls for Even Greater Whole-of-Government Approach
The federal government must embrace and accelerate the current shift toward greater collaboration and information sharing, Steir told the committee. …More
Union Continues to Resist USPS-Staples Deal
The American Postal Workers Union is scrambling to block a potential deal between the Postal Service and the Staples office …More
Bill Would Require Agencies to Produce Program Report Card, Assign Grades
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would require agencies to produce a report card every year for all …More
GSA Exploring Strategic Sourcing with Furniture Providers
GSA has announced it is in discussions with furniture industry companies on a possible strategic sourcing solution focused on federal …More
GAO Calls on DoD to Better Manage Reusable Assets
DoD has developed an online resource, Smart Shutdown, to offer tools related to program cancellations to program managers, but current …More
Weather Prediction Overhaul Backed
The House has passed HR-2413, designed to reorient government weather forecasting functions to prioritize protection of life and property. Among …More
GSA Urges Agencies to Use Smaller Fonts to Save on Printing Costs
Recent news of a 14-year old Pennsylvania student’s idea to save printer ink by switching to a san-serif font prompted …More
Senators Pressure OPM on Retirement Processing
Sen. John Tester, D-Mont., has sent a letter to OPM, signed by Rob Portman, R-Ohio, Mark Begich, D-Alaska and Ron …More
OPM Outlines Plans to Speed up Retirement Processing
OPM director Katherine Archuleta in a blog post recently credited OPM’s Retirement Services for progress in the past year with …More
Air Force Hosting Webcasts on Leadership Development Opportunities
The Air Force has announced a series of webcasts on civilian leadership development opportunities tailored for specific grade groups. The …More
Report: Some Agencies Struggling with FOIA Requests
A report published by the nonprofit Center for Effective Government (formerly OMB Watch), has ranked 15 agencies on how well …More
House Republicans Pressure White House to Release Real Property Data
Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have sent OMB a letter demanding that it hand over data …More
