DATA Act Sent to White House
The House has passed and set to the White House the DATA Act, designed to standardize federal spending data and …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO Releases Program Duplication and Overlap Report
GAO has released its fourth annual report citing opportunities to reduce program overlap, fragmentation and duplication. The report presents 64 …More
GAO Cites Some Progress
GAO said executive branch agencies and Congress have generally made progress in addressing 162 previously identified areas: 30 of the …More
Report Could Spur Legislation to Eliminate or Consolidate Programs
“At the end of the day, there are no short-cuts around the hard work of oversight and identifying and eliminating …More
GAO: Budget Cuts Have Hurt IRS Performance
The IRS’s appropriations have declined to below fiscal 2009 levels and full time employees have been reduced by about 8,000 …More
OPM Seeking Agencies to Participate in GovConnect Initiative
OPM is seeking agencies willing to participate in GovConnect, an initiative to foster a more mobile, agile, innovative and skilled …More
Bill Would Close National Technical Information Service
Legislation has been introduced that would eliminate the National Technical Information Service, designed as a central resource for government-funded scientific, …More
FAA Completes Infrastructure Upgrade as Part of NextGen
The FAA has announced the completion of a nationwide infrastructure upgrade as part of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. …More
IG: Social Media Could Help USPS Improve Customer Service
The Postal Service should leverage some of its 18 social media accounts, including its Facebook account, to efficiently improve customer …More
VA Care Fares Well in Custom Satisfaction Survey
Inpatient and outpatients served by the Veterans Health Administration in 2013 rated the care they received as equal to or …More
GSA Seeking More Efficient Use of Office Space
GSA has announced 19 projects where it will work with other federal agencies to consolidate their offices into a federally …More
IG Finds Improprieties with DoE Contract and Project Management
The Department of Energy inspector general has substantiated allegations of improprieties with contract and project management in the development of …More
PPS Measures Disparity Between Managerial, Staff Viewpoints
The Partnership for Public Service has rated agencies based on how much of a disparity there is between the viewpoints …More
Grassley Announces Plans for Whistleblower Caucus
Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, has announced plans to create a caucus to affirm and support whistleblower protections and send the …More
Partnership Floats Plans for a Modernized Civil Service
A shift in the federal workforce toward knowledge-based, professional occupations and away from those requiring the mastery of a specific …More
Calls for Ensuring Supervisors and Managers Have Necessary Skills
The report also recommends putting in place a system to ensure supervisors and managers have the requisite skills for their …More
GSA Touts Open Workspace, Hoteling Office Concept
GSA continues to champion an open-office layout where employees decide where they want to work regardless of their roles or …More
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
Says Common Acquisition Platform Key to Buying Better
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
