Would Fund additional CBP Personnel, Cybersecurity Initiatives
The White House budget also proposes $221 million to add 1,600 Customs and Border Protection officers and more inspections equipment …More
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The White House has $8.2 billion for the EPA in its fiscal 2014 budget request, a decrease of $296 million, …More
USPS to Delay Implementation of New Delivery Schedule
The Postal Board of Governors has announced it will heed language in the recently passed continuing resolution prohibiting implementation of …More
IG Recommends Accepting More Veterans Into Retraining Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs is authorized to provide retraining benefits to 99,000 veterans under the Veterans Opportunity to Work …More
GAO: Outcome-Based Measures Needed in Communications Cybersecurity Efforts
DHS needs outcome-based measures in assessing the effectiveness of communications network cybersecurity efforts, GAO has said. Federal agencies play a …More
Budget Would Allow GSA to Use Rent to Fund Capital Improvements
The White House’s fiscal 2014 budget would allow GSA to use incoming rent funds to undertake repairs and maintenance of …More
FLRA Posts Representation Case Law Outline
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has announced a revised Office of the General Counsel representation case law outline, comprising a …More
IG: GSA Mishandled Management Consulting Contracts
GSA did not award and administer blanket purchase agreements for management consulting services in accordance with laws, regulations and guidance, …More
Online Financial Disclosure Repealed
Congress has repealed requirements under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act that would have required financial information of executive …More
Guidance Issued on New Ethics Exemption
The Office of Government Ethics has issued guidance on an exception to conflict of interest rules it issued in March …More
IG Calls for Improvements to IRS Privacy Impact Assessment Process
The IRS’s privacy impact assessment (PIA) process examines the risks and ramifications of using IT to collect, maintain, and disseminate …More
Information Security Bill Vote Set
The House plans to vote this week on HR-1163, which would amend the Federal Information Security Management Act of 2002 …More
IG Finds Management Lapses in Energy Carbon Program
The Department of Energy has not always effectively managed projects through the Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Program, Energy’s inspector …More
House to Consider Conference Reporting Bill
The House could vote at any time on a bill arising out of the GSA conferences scandal, now that CBO …More
Federal Group Calls for Coordinated Response to Changing Artic Conditions
A report commissioned by an interagency working group led by the Interior Department calls for integrated management strategy for the …More
USPS Reduced Delays During Holiday Season
The Postal Service made significant progress reducing the amount of delayed mail at the 43 largest mail processing and distribution …More
IRS Says it Saved $1 Billion Since Fiscal 2010
The IRS has announced it could save $1 billion from fiscal 2010 through 2013 through cost savings and efficiency initiatives …More
OPM Proposes Rule Changes for Combined Federal Campaign
OPM has published a proposed rule to amend the regulations for the Combined Federal Campaign that it says is designed …More
IG: PBS Guidance on Fee Limits for Architects, Engineers Inadequate
GSA’s Public Buildings Services lacks adequate guidance to determine compliance with a six percent fee limitation imposed by the Federal …More
GAO: National Science Foundation Could Further Improve Contracting Practices
The National Science Foundation has taken steps to improve contacting practices there are opportunities to do more, GAO has said. …More
Report Gives Snapshot of Cybersecurity Workforce
The CIO Council has released a report providing a glimpse of the federal cybersecurity workforce, showing most employees are over …More
IG Finds Shortage of Supervisors in USPS
The Postal Service has generally reduced supervisor work hours in relation to craft employee work hours but did not always …More
Air Force Transfers Civilian Personnel Records to OPM
The Air Force has migrated civilian employee official personnel records to the OPM eOPF version (a secure, digitized version of …More
Academy Recommends End to Financial Disclosure Requirements in STOCK Act
The National Academy of Public Administration has recommended suspending provisions in the STOCK (Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge) Act that …More
Legal Challenges Delay Air Traffic Control Tower Closings
The FAA will delay plans to close 149 contract air traffic control towers until June 15 in order to deal …More
GAO Finds Overlap Among Criminal, Anti-Terrorism Centers
After looking into field-based information sharing entities such as the Joint Terrorism Task Forces and major urban area fusion centers, …More
OMB Notes Flexibility in Reprogramming Funds Under Sequestration
OMB has issued further guidance on the management and implementation of sequestration and explaining how agencies might shift money to …More
OPM Cancels Benefits Conferences
OPM has canceled its annual Benefits Conference and does not plan to hold its annual the Fall Festival of Training, …More
USPS Should Better Communicate Consolidation Impacts, Says IG
The Postal Service has repeatedly revised plans to optimize its mail-processing network and management could improve communications with stakeholders by …More
GSA Releases Draft Requests for New Acquisition Program
The Federal Acquisition Service has released two draft request-for-proposals for an acquisition program to deliver better value and savings through …More
