Additional Training, Programming Testing Demands This Year
About 90 percent of IRS operations were closed during the shutdown, with some major work-streams closed entirely during this period, …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersIG Questions Staff Usage in TSA Inspections Office
TSA’s Office of Inspections has not used staff and resources efficiently in conducting inspections, audits, internal reviews, and covert testing …More
Air Force Manager Recognized for Excellence
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy for the Air Force Kevin Geiss has been awarded the 2013 management excellence Sammie – …More
NIH Researchers Share Employee of the Year Award
The top honor of employee of the year went to a National Institutes of Health deputy hospital epidemiologist, a senior …More
Senate Approves OMB Deputy Management Director
The Senate has confirmed a former director and senior partner at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co., Beth Cobert, as …More
Postal Clerks Could Get Back Pay for Window Hours
An arbitrator has decided certain postal workers represented by the American Postal Workers Union are entitled to back pay for …More
GAO Calls on CBP to Focus on Supply Chain Security in Foreign Ports
Customs and Border Protection should periodically assess the supply chain security risks from foreign ports that ship cargo to the …More
White House Scrambling to Fix HealthCare.gov
The Department of Health and Human Services has acknowledged technical glitches and problems with the main federal portal designed to …More
White House Nominates Former DoD General Counsel to Lead DHS
President Obama has nominated the former general counsel at the Pentagon, Jeh Johnson, to lead DHS, which has been operating …More
IG: SSA Needs to Better Detect and Monitor Devices Connected to Network
The Social Security Administration has a process to identify hardware devices connected to its network, but its inventory is incomplete …More
GSA Inks Strategic Sourcing Support Contract
GSA has awarded a blanket purchase agreement (BPA) for strategic sourcing, continuous process improvement and performance management. According to a …More
Better Budgeting Could Help Determine FAA O&M Priorities
The FAA has made some progress in addressing key challenges as it begins the gradual transition to the Next Generation …More
Transportation IG to Review Earned Value Management Practices
The Department of Transportation inspector general has announced an investigation into the effectiveness of the department’s earned value management practices …More
GSA Seeking Contractors for Janitorial and Maintenance Supplies
GSA has released a request for quotations for two new strategic sourcing solutions to help agencies purchase janitorial and maintenance …More
GAO: Mixed Progress Implementing Information Security Programs
The extent to which agencies implemented security program components showed mixed progress over fiscal 2011-2012, GAO has said. It said …More
Regular Risk Assessments Needed
Although an increasing number of agencies have implemented a risk management program and documented policies, procedures, and strategies, IGs identified …More
Committee Focusing on Alleged Social Security Disability Fraud
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committeehas released findings of an investigation into alleged misconduct in exploiting the Social …More
GAO: Stronger Management Needed to Improve Indian Ed
Students in Bureau of Indian Education schools perform consistently below Indian students in public schools on national and state assessments …More
IG: Debarred Firms Remain Listed for Transportation Set-Asides
The Department of Transportation IG has alerted the department that it found three suspended or debarred firms currently listed in …More
Some Flexibility Allowed in Shutdown Return
Federal employees who have been furloughed during the partial government shutdown generally should be reporting for work today but there …More
IG Slams Bonneville Power Administration for Hiring Practices
The Department of Energy IG has issued a report heavily critical of the Bonneville Power Administration for whistleblower retaliation and …More
Oversight Committee Calls Findings “Shocking”
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa, R-Calif., called the findings shocking and pledged to …More
Advice Issued on Protecting Security Clearances
Financial troubles brought on by the partial government shutdown could impact eligibility to retain a security clearance, the Air Force …More
Many Federal Employees Returned to Work During Shutdown
The Social Security Administration has reportedly brought back 8,800 workers that had been furloughed due to the shutdown even though …More
IG: VA May Have Overspent on Interagency IT Awards
The Technology Acquisition Center in the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Acquisitions, Logistics and Construction failed to follow federal …More
PPS: Performance Improvement Efforts Not Felt on Front Lines
Federal performance improvement officers have worked to establish performance improvement cultures within their agencies and lay the ground work for …More
Transportation Not in Full Compliance with Over-Classification Laws
The Department of Transportation still has classification related policies and procedures that are out of compliance with federal requirements under …More
Furloughs Bad for Recruitment, but Mission Remains Selling Point
It’s unclear the damage that sequestration driven furloughs and the government shutdown will have on recruiting new employees into the …More
Motivation Also a Challenge
Retaining and keeping employees motivated is also an ongoing challenge in many cases and agencies need to look to improve …More
IG Calls on VHA to Improve Community Based Outpatient Clinic Operations
After reviewing 92 Veterans Health Administrationcommunity based outpatient clinicsduring fiscal 2012, the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general has made …More
