DHS Improving Information Security but Vulnerabilities Remain, Says IG
DHS continues to improve and strengthen its information security program but components are still not executing all of the department’s …More
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Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., who ranking Republican of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said the report shows …More
IG: Tight Budgets Affecting USPS Maintenance
Budget constraints have impacted the Postal Service’s ability to fund repairs, alterations, and capital improvements, the USPS inspector general has …More
White House Calls for 20 Percent Renewable Energy Use
President Obama has issued a memo calling on agencies to use renewable forms of energy for at least 20 percent …More
Additional Energy Management Practices Required
According to the memo, agencies are required to install building energy meters and sub-meters, as well as water meters at …More
Senators Call for Improved Information Sharing
Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have sent a letter to OMB director Sylvia Burwell requesting that OMB …More
Pentagon Outlines Headquarters Realignment
The Pentagon has revealed a series of steps it plans to take to consolidate and realign its headquarters operations as …More
Changes Aimed at Bolstering Central DoD-Wide Management Office
The plans include consolidating offices to create what secretary Hagel called a “true DoD-wide management office” to improve coordination and …More
GAO Calls for Better Planning on Reuse of Old Courthouses
Renovations needed to reuse old courthouses and that can cost several million dollars are often not included in GSA’s new …More
Lack of Resources Troubles MSPB Employees
The Merit Systems Protection Board has released its breakout figures from this year’s government-wide Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey, showing that …More
Printing Office Proposes Name Change
Public printer Davita Vance-Cooks has proposed changing the name of the Government Printing Office to the Government Publishing Office in …More
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
White 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
