IG Calls for Review of VA Nursing Homes
Oversight weaknesses and untimely eligibility reviews for 30 VA nursing homes resulted in the renewal of five ineligible nursing home …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOGE: Ethics Laws and Regs Still Apply During Furlough Period
The Office of Government Ethics has issued a legal advisory reminding executive branch employees that ethics laws and regulations continue …More
DoD Launches Health, Wellness Initiative
DoD has announced that it selected 13 sites to participate in a Healthy Base Initiative – HBI, demonstration project aimed …More
IG Notes Positive Feedback in Compliance Audit Process
A compliance assurance process the IRS is using to conduct real-time audits of businesses with assets over $10 million is …More
OMB Requires Use of Shared-Service Financial Systems Going Forward
OMB has issued a memo directing all executive agencies to use, with limited exceptions, a shared service solution for future …More
Could Take Several Years to Get Shared Services Providers Up to Speed
OMB said ensuring that federal shared service provides are capable of meeting the needs of all agency customers could take …More
GAO Calls on DHS to Validate List of Priority Assets and Report to Congress
DHS has made several changes to its criteria for including assets on the National Critical Infrastructure Prioritization Program – NCIPP, …More
Study Warns of Quick, Across-the-Board Cuts
A study of the effects of workforce reductions in the 1990s under the National Performance Review concludes that many of …More
Calls on Congress Assist in Better Targeting Reductions
The study by the Coalition for Effective Change calls on Congress to reflect on the outcomes of the reductions in …More
Air Force Opens Applications for Development Opportunities
Civilian and active duty officers can now apply for intermediate and senior developmental education opportunities, Air Force Personnel Center has …More
Concerns About VA Hospital Relayed to White House
The Office of Special Counsel has reported to the White House and Congress the whistleblower disclosures of five employees and …More
Loose Control Over Prescriptions
In 2012, a whistleblower alleged that chronic understaffing in the Jackson primary care unit threatens patient safety and that nurse …More
IG: Performance Objectives Needed for Tribal Sector Tax Field Offices
The effectiveness of the IRS’s Indian Tribal Governments field offices cannot be assessed because no specific performance objectives and measures …More
Bill Aims to Step up Cybersecurity Threat Assessments
Legislation has been introduced in the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that aims to put in place a mechanism …More
HUD Must Prioritize Strategic Human Capital Planning, Says GAO
Strategic human capital and workforce planning should be an ongoing priority at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, GAO …More
Report Considers Limiting USPS to Delivery Only
A National Academy of Public Administration white paper has proposed a public-private partnership as a new model for postal reform. …More
OMB Issues Guidance on Freezing Real Estate Footprint
OMB has issued guidance on implementing an agency requirement to cap the total square footage of their domestic office and …More
GAO: IRS Has Improved Information Security Controls but More Work Ahead
The IRS continues to make progress addressing information security control weaknesses, recently improving its internal control over financial reporting but …More
OSC Opposing Agency Ability to Revoke Eligibility for “Sensitive Work
The Office of Special Counsel has filed an amicus brief with the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit arguing …More
White House Provides Update on Agency Priority Goals
The White House has issued a first quarterly update on its 14 cross-agency priority goals and 103 agency priority goals …More
VA Says GI Bill Processing Automation Has Halved Claims Processing Time
VA has announced it reduced the number of days it takes to provide benefits payments to currently enrolled students to …More
Task Force Recommends Army as Lead Agent for Behavior Health Actions
An Army task force studying the Army’s approach to behavioral diagnosis and evaluations in support of the Integrated Disability Evaluation …More
White House Pushing Sandy Relief Oversight, Guidance Issued
OMB has issued a memo providing an overview of the internal control planning and reporting requirements for all programs funded …More
IG: VA Partly Out of Compliance with Improper Payment Regs
The Department of Veterans Affairs complied with four of seven requirements in the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act for …More
EEOC Identifies Ongoing Obstacles to African Americans in Federal Workforce
A new Equal Employment Opportunity Commission report from an internal working group has called attention to seven obstacles African Americans …More
Management Amendments Attached to Senate Budget Bill
Amendments intended to improve federal benefits processing, improve spending transparency and reduce reporting requirements have been added to the 2014 …More
VA Needs to Better Track Disruptive Patient Behavior, Says IG
Veterans Health Administration facilities need to better document disruptive patient behavior and interventions as well as standardize how it intervenes …More
OPM Cites Higher Veterans Hiring Rate
OPM recently reported that the percentage of new federal hirees who are veterans reached the highest level in 20 years …More
CRS: Impact of New Approach to VA / DoD Health Data Exchange Unclear
Veterans Affairs and DoD have been working since 1998 to establish the capability to exchange service-member and veteran health data …More
GAO: Metrics Needed to Better Leverage Agency Website
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has used various approaches to promote its flagship website, SaferProducts.gov, including using social media, public …More
