Security Clearance Reform Bill Introduced
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would require OPM to perform two automated reviews at random every five …More
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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has agreed with a recommendation from GAO that it study the feasibility …More
House Backs Limits on VA Bonuses
The House has voted to cap bonuses and other award type payments to VA employees at $345 million a year …More
GAO Calls for Additional Management Controls in Contract Guard Program
Oversight challenges persist with the Federal Protective Service’s contract guard program, GAO has said in calling for additional management controls. …More
Administration LimitsAwards for Fiscal 2014
OPM and OMB have issued a memo to establish budgetary limits on awards paid during fiscal 2014, saying that in …More
Drop in Discretionary Funding Levels Could Reduce Awards More
Limits both impact managers personally and make it more difficult to reward employees for solid work completed on time. Cash …More
Senate Considers Expansion of Workplace Protections
A bill (S-815) up for Senate voting would add protections against discrimination in the workplace, including inside the federal government, …More
GSA Issues Green Building Certification Recommendation
GSA has issued a recommendation to the Department of Energy on how the federal government can best use third party …More
Air Force Telling Supervisors to Verify Employee Hierarchy in System
The Air Force is telling supervisors to verify and possibly correct the reporting-relationships with their subordinates as reflected in the …More
IG: Scanning of Taxpayer Correspondence Producing Inaccuracies
The IRS is getting much faster at scanning a vast amount of taxpayer paper correspondence into electronic images, but a …More
GSA To Favor Alternative Fuel Use in Package Delivery Solicitation
GSA recently modified a request for proposal for its new $1.5 billion government-wide package delivery contract that includes criteria to …More
IRS Holds Its Own Employees to Higher Tax Standard Than Contractors
While the IRS requires its employees to file their federal tax returns on time and pay any federal tax debt, …More
IRS Not Doing Enough to Stop Improper Payments
In a second report, the IG said that the IRS estimates that 21 to 25 percent – $11.6 billion to …More
Supervisor Transferred After OSC Confirms Allegations of Retaliation
The Office of Special Counsel has announced that it helped two TSA employees whohad reported wrongdoing at the Syracuse Hancock …More
GAO: More of a Strategic Focus Needed for High-Value GSA Leases
High value leases make up just 3 percent of GSA’s portfolio but comprise a third of total cost and size, …More
Needs to Prioritize Which Tenants to Move Into Federally Owned Properties
GSA has not systematically prioritized which high value leases would be most beneficial to exchange for owned solutions, according to …More
Hispanic Representation in Federal Workforce Continues Gradual Increase
OPM released its annual report on Hispanic employment in the federal workforce recently, showing that by the end of fiscal …More
IRS Pushes Back Filing Season Following Shutdown
The IRS has announced a delay of one or two weeks to the start of the 2014 filing season to …More
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
IG 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
