OSC Slams VA Medical Center for Mismanagement
The Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson, Miss., is deficient both in providing appropriate patient care and in responding to …More
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a new initiative through which VA medical centers can purchase non-VA medical care …More
GAO Calls on BLM to Better Track Permit Processing, Prioritize Inspections
The Bureau of Land Management needs better data to track permit processing times and prioritize environmental inspections, GAO has said. …More
VA IG Requests Business Case for Partially Duplicative IT System
A Department of Veterans Affairs Virtual Office of Acquisition (VOA) software development project was not properly managed under the department’s …More
GSA Announces Workplace Transformation Initiative
GSA has announced a Total Workplace initiative through which it plans to provide resources and expertise to help agencies reduce …More
Amendment Would Pressure Agencies on Data Center Consolidations
Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Co., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., have offered an amendment to the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act …More
Navy Provides Managers with Guidance after Shootings
The Navy has sent guidance to its managers and supevisors in the wake of the shootings at the Washington Navy …More
IG: Drop in Collections Coincided with Loss of Enforcement Personnel
Enforcement revenue collected by the IRS declined in fiscal 2012 by 9 percent from $55.2 billion to $50.2 billion, and …More
GSA Expects Savings from New Travel Management Tool
GSA has awarded a contract giving federal agencies an additional travel savings tool as part of the E-Gov Travel Service …More
Air Force Reminds Civilians to Create Electronic OPM Personnel Folders
Air Force Personnel Center officials are reminding Air Force civilian employees that they need to create their OPM electronic Official …More
IG Questions Accuracy of Tax Gap Analysis
The IRS’s estimate of the difference between what is likely owed and the lesser amount that is actually paid by …More
SA Awards $357 Million Contract for Software, IT Services
GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center has awarded L-3 Communications a $357 million task order under the GSA Alliant …More
DHS Selects Small Businesses for $22 Billion IT Contract
DHS has selected a dozen small business IT contractors to participate in its Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions …More
FAA Deploys Air Traffic Flow System
The FAA has announced the initial deployment of a new system called Time-Based Flow Management – TBFM, designed to optimize …More
ICE Launches App to Drive Mission of Locating Predators, Rescuing Children
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has launched a smartphone app designed to solicit public input to help with identifying and locating …More
Partnership Graduates Excellence in Government Fellows
The Partnership for Public Service has announced that 200 federal employees from 26 agencies have graduated from its Excellence in …More
Supervisors Included in Postal Early Out Offers
The Postal Service is reportedly sending voluntary early retirement offers to 15,580 employees as part of continued efforts to downsize.USPS …More
GAO: Agencies Need to Address Potentially Duplicative IT Investments
GAO has said DoD, DHS and HHSmust address potentially duplicative IT investments accounting for about $321 million in reported IT …More
IG Calls on DoE to Strengthen Contractor Responsibility Determinations
The Department of Energy has processes in place to restrict contracts going to entities with tax delinquencies and those deemed …More
Reminder Issued on Diversity Initiative
OPM has sent a memo to agencies reminding them of their responsibilities under a 2011 executive order designed to promote …More
Senator to Feds: Turn Off the Lights
A leading Republican senator wants the government to remind its employees of what parents constantly tell their children: turn off …More
CBP Looks to Reimbursable Services to Support Growth in Trade, Travel
Customs and Border Protection has announced preliminary selections for five new public-private partnerships through which it will provide reimbursable services …More
Partnership: Interagency Experience Should SES Requirement
The Partnership for Public Service has called on OPM to make interagency, or intergovernmental, experience and enterprise leadership competencies a …More
Union Cites Purported Mail Delays in Effort to Slow Postal Consolidation
The American Postal Workers Union has filed a complaint with the Postal Regulatory Commission alleging that the USPS is failing …More
Return of Overtime Boosts Reduction of Retirement Application Backlog
OPM has announced reduction in its retirement claims inventory after progress had stalled in the face of sequestration. It said …More
OMB Requires Increased Use of Acquisition Training System
OMB’s Office of Federal Procurement Policy has directed agencies to reduce duplication of workforce management information systems and to leverage …More
New Features Planned
According to the memo, the FAI is planning to add new functionality to FAITAS to further support acquisition workforce training …More
IG Calls for Faster Processing of Veteran Pension Payments
Pension payment processing delays resulted in $308 million in underpayments and $194 million in overpayments in fiscal 2012, the Department …More
OPM Urges Involvement in Charity Drive
OPM has sent its annual memo to agencies urging them to encourage employees to make donations to the Combined Federal …More
FAA Lacks Metrics to Determine Impact of New Controller Scheduling
The FAA revised air traffic controller scheduling policies following an uproar in 2011 after a few controllers were found to …More
