DHS Data Breach Revealed
DHS has announced it recently learned of a vulnerability that existed in the software used by a DHS vendor to …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO Calls on VA to Improve Education Benefits Program Management
The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to improve management of the Post-9/11 GI Bill and provide more timely information to …More
DoD to Continue Developing Electronic Health Record, but Purchase IT System
DoD has announced it will continue to develop with the Department of Veterans Affairs a standardized electronic health care record …More
Bipartisan Spending Transparency Bill Advances
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has approved a bill that would require standardized reporting of federal spending to …More
Wireless Purchase Agreement to Allow for Greater Service Plan Consolidation
GSA has announced the award of a blanket purchase agreement designed to allow the government to better manage wireless spending …More
VA, DoD and HHS Issue Progress Report on Increasing Mental Health Services
The Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services have released an interim report outlining progress to-date …More
Official Time Reporting Bill Advances
A bill to require an annual report on the use of official time by federal employees for union duties has …More
Reminder Issued on Conferences
The Office of Government Ethics has sent a reminder to agency regarding reporting requirements for conferences held through the remainder …More
EEOC Updates Policies on Disabilities
EEOC has issued revised guidance on considerations for federal agencies among other employers related to certain types of disabilities. The …More
GAO: Stronger Oversight Needed for Data Center Consolidation Initiative
The 24 agencies participating in the federal data center consolidation initiative have made progress towards OMB’s goal of closing 40 …More
Senators Call for Applying Commercial Best Practices to Service Contracts
Key lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee have said agencies need to apply more commercial best …More
Dog Bites a Serious Issue to Postal Service
The Postal Service has said its letter carriers suffered some 6,000 dog attacks last year, with Los Angeles topping the …More
GSA Releases Standardized Templates for Agency Migration to Cloud
Agencies experiencing the administration’s urgent push into widespread "cloud" computing and data center closings have a General Services Administration resource …More
IG Slams GSA Performance Awards Process for Executives
The GSA inspector general has alleged that the agency willingly violates legal requirements when issuing performance awards for senior executives. …More
Bill Would Block Performance Awards for SES During Sequestration
Legislation has been introduced in the Senate that would prohibit performance awards for members of the senior executive service during …More
DoD Needs to Improve Corrosion Prevention and Control Strategies, Says GAO
GAO has called on DoD management to improve the strategies for corrosion prevention and control used by military departments, estimating …More
DoD Furlough Notices Upcoming
The Pentagon has announced it will begin furloughs of up to 11 days for most civilian employees starting July 8 …More
Management Guidance Lists Furlough Exemptions, Anticipates Union Bargaining
DoD has directed its managers to prepare to furlough most civilians, providing a schedule and specific exceptions and alerting them …More
IRS Agrees With Recommendations to Correct Tax Status Determinations
IRS management has agreed to take a number of corrective actions stemming from the recent inspector general report that found …More
OSC Asking Ninth Circuit to Apply Whistleblower Protections to Pending Cases
The Office of Special Counsel has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit …More
TSA Reverses Course on Liability Insurance
The Transportation Security Administration has reversed its prior policy and will now provide reimbursement to supervisors of up to half …More
OPM Issues Guidance on Contractor Employee Suitability
OPM has put out policies regarding suitability for contractor employees who have negatives in their past such as imprisonment, recommending …More
Toughened Penalties of IRS Misconduct Proposed
Legislation offered in the House and Senate would add the threat of a fine and imprisonment to current policies that …More
IG Finds Revenue Losses in Click-and-Ship Product
The Postal Service did not implement sufficient controls to protect revenue associated with the Click-N-Ship For Business application, the USPS …More
Fed Agencies Finding Missions More Efficient, Cheaper in Cloud’
That’s what Microsoft is saying about its “Dynamics” cloud computing platform that is being used in more than 200 federal …More
Committee Passes Bill to Block VA Bonuses
The House Veterans Affairs Committee has passed an amendment to the GI Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013 that would …More
GAO: Management Improvements Needed at IRS
IRS controls over its process for estimating the balances of federal taxes receivable and other unpaid tax assessments were not …More
GSA Discards Property
GSA has announced the sale and transfer of a 427-acre portion of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden …More
Executive Order Sets Government Information Standard
President Obama has signed an executive order setting a default standard for new and modernized government information resources, specifying that …More
Policy Sets up Open Data Framework
The CIO Council released the open data policy, designed to put in place a framework to help institutionalize principles of …More
