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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersBill 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
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
GAO Study of Employee Morale Requested
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
