Improper Payments Law Signed
President Obama has signed into law (P.L. 112-248) the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act, which codifies and expands …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersLegislation Aims to Cut Down on Volume of Agency Reports
Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., plans to introduce legislation designed to eliminate outdated and duplicative agency reports. The announcement follows a …More
USPS Could Branch Out Into eGovernment Services, IG Says
The Postal Service could leverage its retail and delivery networks, digital platform, address databases, and its trusted intermediary role to …More
Recommends New Postal Unit to Guide eGov Initiatives
The report recommends that USPS consider establishing a new dedicated unit to guide e-government initiatives, as well as to seek …More
Budget Guidance Issued in the Face of Funding Uncertainties
OMB has issued a memo instructing agencies on how to respond to uncertainty about the amount of funding available for …More
GSA Moving Forward With Plans for New FBI Headquarters
GSA this week is giving commercial real estate developers to an overview of plans to develop a new consolidated FBI …More
GAO: Key Elements Missing from Border Patrol Strategic Plan
Customs and Border Protection should ensure that the Border Patrol develops security goals and ways to assess progress made and …More
IG Finds Inaccuracies in USPS Health and Safety System
The USPS Employee Health and Safety system does not always provide accurate and reliable information because employees entering data into …More
HHS Announces Additional States for Health Exchanges
Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius has announced that seven additional states are on track to implement the health …More
Senate Confirms FAA Administrator
The Senate has confirmed the acting FAA administrator, Michael Huerta, for the next five years. Unions and industry groups praised …More
GSA Announces Cloud Security Authorization
GSA has announced that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has issued a first provisional cloud security authorization. …More
IG Calls for Improved Tax Return System Development
The IRS has started to process tax returns on a daily basis through its Customer Account Data Engine 2 (CADE …More
Ethics Reminder Issued on Inaugural
The Office of Government Ethics has warned federal employees who may be attending events related to the upcoming presidential inauguration …More
White House Lays out Goals in Information Sharing Strategy
The White House has released its national strategy for information sharing and safeguarding, outlining primary goals on how to facilitate …More
Calls or Structural Reforms
The strategy also argues for the need to strengthen information safeguarding through structural reform, policy and technical solutions in order …More
IG Faults Accuracy of Data in Immigration System
Improvements are needed in the Citizenship and Immigration Service’s Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program in order to accurately …More
Obama Extends Membership on Labor Relations Board
President Obama has announced his intent to nominate the current chair of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, Carol Waller Pope, …More
GAO Looks into Crossover Between Coast Guard and Industry
Of the 39 Coast Guard officials at the admiral or senior executive level that separated from 2006 – 2011, 22 …More
IG Says Navy and Energy Failed to Consider Off the Shelf IT System
In a review that found ongoing system development issues related to an Enterprise Business System for the Naval Reactors Program, …More
Government Travel Advisory Committee Announced
GSA has announced the formation of a new government-wide travel advisory committee as part of a wider effort to implement …More
Nuclear Chief to Step Down
The head of the Energy Department’s National Nuclear Security Administration has announced plans to leave federal service. NNSA administrator Thomas …More
FEMA Disaster Assistance Pilot Shows Promise, Requires Tight Controls
FEMA established a pilot program after Hurricane Sandy battered much of the Atlantic coast this fall in an effort to …More
GSA Administrator Faults Efficiency of Energy Department’s HQ
The Department of Energy works in a 1.8 billion square foot building that currently uses about 6,000 BTUs of energy …More
Tangherlini: Federal Triangle is a Challenge and Opportunity
GSA recently issued two information requests from the commercial real estate industry and others to redevelop Federal Triangle South, including …More
Product Safety Commission Needs Greater Ability to Share Information
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has broad authority to identify, assess, and address product risks, but with growing numbers of …More
Hold Off Those Furlough Plans, At Least for Now
Enactment of the "fiscal cliff" legislation delays at least for the meantime the need for agencies to make firm plans …More
IG Faults VHA Staffing Methodology
The Veterans Health Administration lacks an effective staffing methodology to ensure appropriate staffing levels for specialty care services, the VA …More
Exec Disciplinary Measure Passes House, Stalls in Senate
As one of its last actions of the 112th Congress, the House passed a bill that would place members of …More
Public Transit Idea Garners SAVE Award
Department of Education program officer Frederick Winter of Arlington, Virginia has won OMB"s SAVE — Securing Americans Value and Efficiency …More
SAVE Award Finalists Include Idea to Cut Down on Shuttle Bus Travel
Other finalists for the SAVE award included *IRS employee Angela Leroux proposed to cut down on shuttle bus travel between …More
