OPM Pledges Transparent IT Governance Model
OPM has released an IT strategic plan promising an inclusive, transparent IT governance model that will drive investment decisions in …More
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OPM noted plans to improve key HR services platforms including USAJOBS. That will proceed in four phases, beginning with updating …More
USPS HR Initiative Not Following Established Processes, Says IG
A Postal Service HR management initiative to increase employee availability has not been using established management processes, the USPS inspector …More
Proposed IRS Budget Reflects Increases to Customer Service, Enforcement
The White House has requested $13.8 billion for the Department of Treasury, including an additional $480 million for program integrity …More
Budget: White House Eyeing Greater Oil, Gas Royalties
The White House’s $12 billion discretionary budget request for the Department of the Interior proposes legislative reforms to bolster administrative …More
Boost for Labor Agencies Involved in Worker Protections
The White House’s request for the Department of Labor includes about $1.8 billion for Labor’s worker protection agencies. Reflecting a …More
White House Seeks Better Transparency of IT Management Information
The White House has requested $20 billion through an IT oversight and reform appropriation (ITOR) that would be used to …More
Describes Key Cybersecurity Focus Areas for 2015
Budget documentation also describes some of the administration’s key cybersecurity focus areas for 2015, including managing information security risk on …More
USPS IG Calls for Knowledge Management Strategy
As a result of downsizing in response to declining mail volume and the retirement eligibility of about 31 percent of …More
OGE Cites Value of Publicizing Ethical Lapses
The Office of Government Ethics has said its goal in publishing an annual compilation of prosecutions of federal employees under …More
EEOC Explains How Employment Law Applies to Religious Dress, Grooming
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has posted an explainer document to its website on how federal employment discrimination law applies …More
NNSA Awards Management Contracts
The National Nuclear Security Administration hasselected five small-business-led teams for a new management, organizational and administrative services blanket purchase agreement. …More
GAO Calls for Better Cost, Benefit Evaluation of Executive Training
Agencies need to better assess the costs and benefits of executive training, and improve reporting, GAO has said. It said …More
DHS Releases Use-of-Force Policies
Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have released their use-of-force policies at the direction of recently installed …More
IG Slams EPA for Ineffective Chard Card Oversight
The EPA’s purchase cardholders spent more than $29 million in purchases in fiscal 2012, but the agency did not provide …More
Most of SSA Budget Increase for Program Integrity Work
The President has requested a fiscal 2015 budget of just over $12 billion for the Social Security Administration, representing an …More
GSA Announces Maintenance, Operations Contracts
The Federal Acquisition Service has announced the award of 23 blanket purchase agreements for maintenance, repair and operations equipment and …More
Army Accepting Developmental Program Applications
The Army is now accepting self-nominations to participate in its Senior Enterprise Talent Management program, which prepares GS-14/15 participants for …More
White House to Look at New Recruitment, Hiring Practices
The White House said it plans to launch pilot projects in 2015 to identify promising practices in re¬cruiting, hiring, onboarding, …More
DHS Budget Includes CBP Staffing Increase
The White House has requested $38.2 billion in non-disaster, net discretionary budget authority for DHS. Its budget plans for DHS …More
GSA Announces OASIS Professional Services Contractors
GSA has awarded 125 contracts through its One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services – OASIS –small business contract to companies …More
IG: Action Needed to Address Underlying Causes in NextGen Delays
While FAA is making progress with elements of NextGen, longstanding problems with cost increases, schedule slips, and performance shortfalls persist, …More
FAA Estimates up to 7,500 Commercial Drones in Operation by 2018
The FAA estimates that as many as 7,500 commercial unmanned aircraft may be in operation by 2018 provided that necessary …More
Under One Third of PMA Finalists Have Appointments as Deadline Nears
Only 213 of 668 finalists for the 2013 Presidential Management Fellows Program have received appointments to a two-year fellowship with …More
Justice, HHS Report $4.3 Billion in Healthcare Fraud Recovery
The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services have announced joint efforts to combat healthcare fraud resulted in the …More
NTEU Expand Reach in Interior Department
The National Treasury Employees Union, which represents headquarters employees of the National Park Service, has won an election to be …More
Senators Blasts FDA for Monitoring Scientists’ Computers
Two influential Republican lawmakers have released a report critical of alleged FDA surveillance of government scientists that had raised concerns …More
GAO: Interior Struggles to Compete with Industry for Oil and Gas Professionals
The Department of the Interior continues to face challenges hiring and retaining staff with key skills needed to manage and …More
Interior Cites Progress on Workforce Challenges
Responding to a GAO report issued in January, Interior agreed to explore its oil and gas management bureaus’ expanded use …More
EEOC to Revise Management Directive
The EEOC is soliciting comments on proposed revisions to its Management Directive 110, which sets policies for agencies to follow …More
