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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersOPM 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
IG Calls for Greater Training, Outreach on Employee Protection Programs
IRS employees can be exposed to dangerous situations in their interactions with the public but not all IRS employees have …More
Mobile Device Management Program Coming into Focus
GSA is getting closer to setting up a government-wide mobile device management program, or MDM, as part of the government’s …More
GAO: BRAC Savings Overstated
Estimated savings for the 2005 round of base realignment and closures were significantly overstated, GAO has said in citing opportunities …More
Calls for Improvement to Cost Identification, Benefit-Tracking
GAO called on DoD to improve its process for identifying military construction and IT requirements as it develops initial cost …More
USPS Says New Delivery Schedule Will Save $2 Billion Each Year
The Postal Service has said it will save $2 billion a year by ceasing to deliver mail on Saturdays. It …More
IG: Unreturned Clothing and Equipment Costing Army Millions
The loss of organizational clothing and individual equipment, or OCIE, is costing the Army millions each year, the DoD inspector …More
Air Force Anticipates 180,000 Furloughs
Over $12 billion in sequestration reductions will likely cause the Air Force to furlough 180,000 civilian employees. The Air Force …More
Assign Care Coordinators, Agencies Told
OPM has told agencies that they must designate officials as the "Post-Combat Case Coordinator" for employees who suffer "an injury …More
VA Transmitting Sensitive Information Over Unencrypted Connections, IG Says
The inspector general for the Department of Veterans Affairs has substantiated allegations that the VA was transmitting sensitive data, including …More
Army Career Development Program Open for Nominations
The Army has opened the period for GS-14 and -15 employees to ask to be considered for its Senior Enterprise …More
Bipartisan Group Questions TSA Decision Making
The House Homeland Security Committee has scheduled hearings for this week on the recent TSA decision loosening restrictions on items …More
Tax IG: Workstation Monitoring Tool Delays Caused Security Gap
Delays in implementing an IRS computer security tool resulted in a lack of continuous monitoring for security issues on employee …More
VA Refines Eligibility Determination Process for Small Business Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs will start allowing applicants to correct minor deficiencies before an initial denial is issued for …More
MSPB: Case Offers Cautionary Tale on Use of Hiring Flexibilities
HR professionals have a responsibility to educate managers regarding what a hiring authority appears to permit and about their broader …More
IG: Business Strategy Needed for Hybrid Mail
USPS management should develop a business strategy for hybrid mail (mail that is sent in digital format but can be …More
DoD Should Further Consolidate Foreign Language Contracting, Says GAO
DoD has taken some steps to gain efficiencies in its approach to contracting for certain types of foreign language support …More
Federal Fleet Restrictions Sought
Sens. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., have reintroduced a bill that would reduce the federal funding available for …More
IRS Improper Payment Risk Assessments Unreliable, IG Says
The process that the IRS uses to assess the risk of improper payments in its revenue program is unreliable, the …More
Federal Workforce Reduction Bill Reintroduced
Legislation has been introduced that is designed to reduce the federal workforce by permitting a new hire only when offset …More
Hiring Authority for Disabled Expanded
Final rules published February 22 by OPM and effective March 24 expand the situations in which agencies may hire applicants …More
IRS to Postpone Furloughs Until After Tax Season, Union to Bargain
The IRS has told employees that potential furloughs of five to seven days would not take place until after filing …More
DoD Needs Better Visibility Over In-Transit Efforts, Says GAO
DoD has taken steps to improve in-transit visibility of its assets through efforts developed by several defense components, but no …More
Rep. Asks Agencies to Identify Alternative Cuts
The chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Darrell Issa, R-Calif., is asking agencies to identify alternatives to …More
Panel: Unimplemented IG Recommendations Could Save Over $67 Billion
Close to 17,000 cost saving recommendations made by agency inspectors general over the past several years that have gone unimplemented …More
More Accomplished Under Permanent IGs, Contractor Oversight Common Thread
According to the report, agencies that don’t have permanent IGs correlate to a higher volume of unimplemented recommendations. Currently, eight …More
OMB Calls on Agencies to Allow Pre-Decisional Involvement With Furloughs
Agencies must allow employees’ exclusive labor representatives pre-decisional involvement with regard to any planned personnel actions to reduce federal civilian …More
