Air Force Developmental Education Window Open
The Air Force has announced that eligible appropriated fund civilian employees can apply for intermediate and senior developmental education opportunities. …More
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Three Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee have asked GAO to study low morale among federal workers …More
EEOC Announces Training Courses
EEOC has released the schedule of its training courses for managers and supervisors, as well as EEO counselors and investigators, …More
IRS Needs to Improve Identification of Potentially Violent Individuals
The IRS should develop a process to enable frontline employees to readily access information that identifies whether a taxpayer representative …More
Emergency Management Exercises Recommended
OPM has sent a memo to agencies encouraging them to participate in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s initial “America’s PrepareAthon!” …More
MSPB Encourages Using Survey Results
MSPB has urged agencies to make full use of information gleaned from the annual Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey as well …More
PPS: Agencies Need to Get Younger
A new issue brief from the Partnership for Public Service says 8.5 percent of the federal workforce is under 30 …More
VA Eases Income Reporting Requirement for Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is eliminating a requirement for veterans enrolled in VA’s health care system to report their …More
GAO: HHS Needs to Prioritize Fixes to Information Exchange Efforts
The strategy being used by HHS to address challenges exchanging health information electronically with states lacks specific prioritized actions and …More
Bill Would Eliminate Certain Government Reports
Legislation has been introduced to eliminate or modify 321 legislatively mandated reports from 29 federal agencies such as a dog …More
Report Identifies Success Factors Transitioning to Shared Service Delivery
The Partnership for Public Service has released a report exploring ways in which organizations have transitioned to enterprise-wide approaches to …More
Department of Energy Offers Case Study
As an example of the benefits of shared resources the report cited the Office of Environmental Management within the Department …More
OPM Beefs Up Scrutiny of Hiring Speed
OPM has issued a new memo, following up on one from 2011, on agency obligations to report on the time …More
GAO Calls for Stronger Management of Border Surveillance Technology Plan
Additional actions are needed to strengthen management and assess the effectiveness of Customs and Border Protection’s Arizona border surveillance technology …More
GSA Touts New Tech Incubator, to Partner with Agencies
GSA has announced a program combining the Presidential Innovation Fellows program and a new digital delivery team promising to bring …More
Version 2.0 of DoD Enterprise Portal Service Released
The Defense Information Systems Agency has announced the delivery of version 2.0 of theDoD Enterprise Portal Service – DEPS, on …More
NIST Issues Secure Mobile Technology Guidance
Comments are due in mid April on two draft documents that the National Institute of Standards and Technology recently published …More
Security Advisories Issued for MS Word, Internet Explorer
Microsoft has released security advisories for Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer, warning of vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code …More
Mozilla, Google, Flash Player Updates Released
Mozilla has released security updates for Firefox, Mozilla’s Thunderbird email client and its Seamonkey platform (FF 28, FF ESR 24.4, …More
IG: USPS Financial Reporting IT Strong, but Controls Could be Better
Internal controls for the IT systems the Postal Service uses for financial reporting are properly designed and generally operating effectively, …More
Army CIO Reiterates Plans to Boost Bandwidth Speed
The Army’s CIO outlined priorities for network modernization at a recent Army IT Day hosted by the Armed Forces Communications …More
GAO QuestionsReporting Exemption for Non-mission Use of Aircraft
GSA is not collecting all the unclassified data that it should fornon-mission usage of government aircraft by senior intelligence agency …More
Arbitrators Finalize Remaining Contract Provisions Between Union, TSA
Arbitrators have handed down a decision on outstanding issues in the collective bargaining agreement between the American Federation of Government …More
MSPB Seeks Suggestions for Research
MSPB is soliciting suggestions from the federal workforce for topics to make the subject of a future research project into …More
White House Establishes Team to Implement Security Clearance Reforms
The White House has released a report on the government’s suitability determination process, ordered by President Obama following the Washington, …More
Calls for Wider Adoption of a Standardized Continuous Evaluation Approach
The report recommends accelerating the adoption of a standardized program of continuous evaluation to ensure full integration with agency insider …More
Free OPM Online Management Course
OPM is offering an online course titled “Linking and Developing Measurable SES Results-Focused Performance Requirements” designed to provide executives with …More
DHS Cybersecurity Team Coming into Focus
DHS has announced a new leadership team within the National Protection and Programs Directorate’s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications. A …More
GAO Calls for Stronger Oversight of Student Visitor Program
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has not identified or assessed fraud or noncompliance risks posed by schools taking foreign students approved …More
GSA Revises Building Efficiency Standard
The GSA Public Buildings Service has changed its standards for construction and major repair or alterations to give a little …More
