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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersIRS 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
FAA Will Not Have to Close Contract Towers
The Department of Transportation has announced that flexibility it received to reprogram funds would allow it to avoid closing 149 …More
FLRA Finalizing Negotiability Training Materials
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has developed draft negotiability-training materials and has been seeking input before finalizing, posting them online …More
IG Calls on FEMA to Improve Privacy Stewardship
FEMA has made progress implementing plans and activities to instill a culture of privacy to protect sensitive personally identifiable information …More
Agencies Told to Report on Labor Cooperation
Federal agencies have been told to report on their labor-management cooperative activities under a 2009 executive order that created the …More
Another Quarter, Another Loss for USPS
The Postal Service has announced that it ended the second quarter of fiscal 2013 with a $1.9 billion loss, after …More
Questions Raised on Comp Time Policy
Obama administration opposition to a House bill allowing for the use of compensatory time off instead of overtime in the …More
GAO: Results of Transportation Worker ID Card Program Unreliable
The results of a TSA transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) pilot program designed to assess the technology and operational impact …More
Service to America Medal Finalists Announced
The Partnership for Public Service has announced finalists for the 2013 Service to America Medals that recognize excellence in federal …More
Process Improvements Needed in IRS Tax Program
The IRS is generally staying on top of systems development risk areas for a tax program that will determine eligibility …More
GAO: Further Action Needed to Expedite VA Medical-Facility Projects
Additional actions are needed to speed up major medical center construction projects and lower costs at the Department of Veterans …More
Advocate Says Telework Week Saved Over $12 Million in Commuting Costs
The Mobile Work Exchange, a federally-focused teleworking advocacy group, has announced that the "telework week” it sponsors annually drew over …More
Postal IG to Investigate Travel Card Use
The Postal Service IG is launching an audit of use of the employer-issued government travel card for employees to use …More
Executive Women in Government Leadership Summit
Executive Women in Government will hold its annual leadership summit at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, D.C. …More
OPM, CHCOC and OMB Announce HR Improvement Effort
The Chief Human Capital Officers Council has announced an effort with OPM and OMB to revise the human capital planning, …More
GAO: EPA Could Improve Chemical Assessment Approach
The EPA has stepped up efforts to assess and manage chemicals but could strengthen its approach, GAO has said. The …More
FAA Law Provides Roadmap for Targeting Sequestration Cuts
The law Congress enacted to stop sequestration-related furloughs at the FAA provides a model for how similar relief could be …More
HHS Boosts Rewards for Medicare Fraud Tips
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed a rule that would increase rewards paid to Medicare beneficiaries and …More
