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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersBill 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
IG Questions Reliability of SSA Field Office Performance Data
The Social Security Administration has a mounting workload and shirking workforce, and it needs to examine anomalies in workload data …More
IG Calls for Automated Monitoring of Virtual Servers
The IRS must improve the security of its virtual servers, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has said after …More
House Passes Digital Accountability and Transparency Act
The House has approved the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013, which amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency …More
New OPM Director Sworn In
The political director for President Obama’s reelection campaign has been sworn in as the new director of OPM. Katherine Archuleta …More
GSA Considering Car-Sharing Policy
GSA is actively pursuing car-sharing initiatives to help federal agencies reduce costs, improve efficiencies, and optimize vehicle use. The agency …More
IG Questions Quality of Returns Prepared at Volunteer Sites
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has identified accuracy problems with returns prepared through the IRS’s volunteer program, which …More
GAO: Further Action Needed to Achieve IT Portfolio Savings
OMB should require agencies to disclose the extent to which their CIOs have the ability to carry out the recommended …More
GAO Calls for Stronger Oversight of ITOperations and Maintenance
Of the 10 largest IT operations and maintenance investments in fiscal 2012, just one underwent an operational analysis to ensure …More
IG Calls on USPS to Recover $10 Million in Fuel Overpayments
The Postal Service inspector general has issued a management alert calling on USPS to immediately recover overpayments due from suppliers. …More
OSC Calls USERRA Pilot Early Success
Under a pilot project the Office of Special Counsel is taking cases under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights …More
USPS to Delivery Packages for Amazon on Sundays
The Postal Service has reached an agreement with Amazon to deliver its packages on Sunday – moving in the opposite …More
VA Meets Hiring Goal for Mental Health Professionals
The Department of Veterans Affairs has said it has hired 815 peer specialists and peer apprentices following a 2012 executive …More
GSA Consolidates IT Operations
GSA has announced that in addition to closing 37 of its data centers in fiscal 2013 it has completed a …More
