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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersIG 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
IG Questions Contractor Salaries for Oak Ridge, Tennessee Cleanup
A senior manager at the Department of Energy approved above-market contactor executive salaries without proper authority, the department’s inspector general …More
GAO Calls for Better Coordination of Federal Energy Efficiency Programs
Federal programs to increase the energy efficiency of household appliances and consumer electronics are fragmented and overlapping, and there is …More
OPM Starts Exit Survey for Departing Senior Executives
OPM has announced it developed a government-wide exit survey to be administered to all departing members of the senior executive …More
GAO: More Competition Needed in Defense Contracting
DoD’s competition rate for all contract obligations declined over the past five fiscal years, from 62.6 percent in fiscal 2008 …More
FAA Closing Contract Towers, Guidance Issued
The FAA has announced that 149 contract air traffic control towers will close starting April 7 as part of the …More
House Budget Targets Property Sales
The House-passed budget outline for the upcoming fiscal year endorses a recommendation from the Simpson-Bowles debt-reduction group calling for stepped-up …More
Land, Fleets Also Targeted
The House budget also targets savings in the federal auto fleet, noting that the Simpson-Bowles Commission recommended cutting it by …More
DHS Must Improve Management of Major IT Investments, Says GAO
About $1 billion in major DHS IT investments have one or more subsidiary projects that are failing to meet cost …More
OMB Highlights Lessons Learned from Portfolio Stat IT Reviews
OMB has issued a memo highlighting best practices from its PortfolioStat IT management review process and establishing guidance for fiscal …More
