Contractor Pay Limit Set at $1 Million, but Congress Could Lower It
OMB has announced that $952,308 is the new “benchmark compensation amount” for contractor executives, but the Congress is considering language …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersWhite House Opposes Senate Provision to Streamline DoD Management
The Senate’s version of the defensespending bill would require DoD to develop a plan for streamlining management headquarters by reducing …More
Dismissal, Closure Procedures Updated
OPM has announced updated dismissal and closure procedures for the Washington, DC area as the 2013 – 2014 winter season …More
Partnership: Look Outside the Agency to Get a Jump on Data Analytics
Agencies can quickly get up to speed and reap the benefits of crunching huge data sets to improve agency operations …More
Leadership Buy-in is Key, as is Building Analytics Into Agency Culture
The report also recommends gaining support from leadership by providing agency leaders with clear and concise examples – with charts, …More
GAO Calls for Better Performance Information on Gold Inventory Management
From 2008 to 2012, total annual Reserve Bank coin management costs increased by 69 percent and at individual Reserve Banks …More
Better Cost-Analysis Needed for BYOD Pilot
The IRS is experimenting with allowing employees access to work e-mail and other services on their personal smartphones but it …More
GSA to Update Office Supplies Acquisition Program
GSA has posted a work statement from its draft request for proposals for an Office Supply Third Generation (OS3) program …More
Challenge.gov Finalist for Innovation Award
A federal government website designed to run challenge and price competitions has been named as a finalist for a Harvard …More
OMB Issues FISMA Reporting Guidance
OMB has issued a memo with fiscal 2013 reporting instructions under the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002, as …More
Air Force Seeks Award Nominations
The Air Force is seeking nominations for the DoD Distinguished Civilian Service Award, for those whose careers reflect exceptional devotion …More
IRS Improving IT but Challenges Remain, IG Says
The IRS has made progress improving IT but weaknesses remain in system access controls, audit trails, and remediation of security …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Information Security Risk Management
OMB has issued a memo providing agencies with guidance for managing information security risk on a continuous basis andbuilding on …More
OMB to Continue Overseeing Agency Information Security Practices
According to the memo, OMB will continue to oversee agency information security practices, in accordance with the Federal Information Security …More
Bill Steps up Pressure to Consolidate Data Centers
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has approved a bill setting hard deadlines for consolidating data centers and …More
USPS Reports Revenue Growth as Losses Mount
The Postal Service ended the 2013 fiscal year with a net loss of $5 billion (the seventh year in a …More
Voted Delayed on Reform Effort
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee was unable to schedule a vote on a sweeping postal reform bill …More
Panel Grills DHS Human Capital Chief on Overtime Misuse
The Chief Human Capital Officer of DHS was taken to task recently for the department’s inaction addressing habitual over usage …More
OSC: Improper AOU Costs $9 million a Year, Fix Proposed
Special counsel Carolyn Lerner told the panel that AOU shouldn’t be needed for desk jobs (it’s designed to allow CPB …More
IRS Needs Better Oversight of Hardware Maintenance Contracts, Says IG
The IRS paid for IT hardware maintenance services it neither needed nor received, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration …More
House Oversight Committee Chair Subpoenas OPM for Clearance Docs
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has issued a subpoena to OPM …More
Workforce Survey Shows Unsurprising Drop in Employee Satisfaction
Responses to OPM’s federal employee viewpoint survey for 2013 show a drop in employee satisfaction and continue a downward trend …More
All Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework Indices Decline
All four of the indices used to measure the Human Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (created to guide agencies in …More
Complaints Flood DoD Inspector General Hotline
DoD has announced that complaints to its inspector general hotline have increased 125 percent in the past four years. The …More
GAO: Too Soon to Tell if Workforce Mobility Can Reduce Space Needs
Certain agencies are either exploring or taking actions such as increasing “telework” participation and implementing a “hoteling” program with open …More
GSA Searching for Sites for New FBI Headquarters
GSA has announced next steps in the process of finding a new headquarters for the FBI, having issued an advertisement …More
Yet Another Real Property Bill Introduced
Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and five other Republicans have introduced legislation that would require a reduction in …More
Guidance Issued to Help Recruit Among National Service Participants
OPM has issued guidance regarding strategies to help agencies recruit individuals who have participated in national service programs into the …More
Postal IG Calls for Continuous Monitoring to Curb Improper Payments
The Postal Service uses several elements, such as scorecards and Sarbanes-Oxley Act controls, to identify, track, reduce, and recapture improper …More
Views of Agency Management Vary by Level
Views of how well federal agencies are operated vary significantly by the level of the employee asked, results of the …More
