Closer Attention to Data, Employees Recommended
GAO said DHS and selected components – ICE, TSA, the Coast Guard, and Customs and Border Protection – took steps …More
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DHS employees continue to report having lower average morale than the rest of the federal government on the whole and …More
IG: Washington Airport Authority Contracting Practices Suspect
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority which operates Washington DC’s two major airports lacks effective contract management and oversight, as well …More
PTO Touts Telework Performance in Storm
One of the agencies best known for its telework program, the Patent and Trademark Office, says that work at home …More
Telework Data Call Sent Out
OPM has put out its annual data call for agencies to report on telework by their employees. Telework managing officers …More
CBP Agent Harassed for Refusing Overtime Vindicated
A Border Patrol agent who complained about being harassed after refusing allegedly superfluous overtime pay has settled a dispute with …More
Tax IG Calls for Stronger Control Over Refundable Credits
Millions of dollars in refundable credits that were determined to be erroneous after taxpayers received them may never be recovered, …More
Air Force to Begin Migrating Personnel Records to OPM
Air Force Personnel Center is scheduled to begin migrating its version of each civilian employee’s electronic official personnel folder to …More
USPS Needs to Better Acclimate New Managers with Analytics Tools, IG Says
City delivery operations have a substantial amount of systems, reports, and data to manage operations, but new supervisors and managers …More
IG Calls on Pentagon to Improve Oversight of Sole Source Contracting
The military in general has been falling short of adhering to guidance on single-bid contracts, the DoD inspector general has …More
IG: Processing Delays Cost IRS Millions
Delays in processing net operating loss (NOL) cases costs the IRS millions of dollars in interest a year, the Treasury …More
IG Calls on IRS to Document Skills of IT Workforce
The IRS could more effectively manage HR by documenting the skills of its IT workforce, the Treasury Inspector General for …More
TSA to Discipline Employees at Newark International for Failing to Screen Bags
TSA will reportedly fire or suspend 44 employees at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport for neglecting to screen bags before …More
Senator Identifies Examples of Government Waste
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has released a report highlighting what he says is $18 billion in wasteful government spending ranging …More
FMA Names Its Manager of the Year
The Federal Managers Association has recognized Harl H. Sanderson, Jr., of Beale Air Force Base, Calif., as the organization’s Manager …More
IG Cites Progress with TSA IT Insider Threat Program
TSA has made progress toward protecting its information systems and data from the threat posed by trusted employees, the DHS …More
Postal FERS Surplus Could be as High as $24 Billion
Most of the Postal Service’s pension surplus is in the Federal Employee’ Retirement System and results from differences between inaccurate …More
IG: Stable Change Management Process in Place for USAJOBS After Rocky Start
The overall methodology of the USAJOBS system development lifecycle, or SDLC, has improved significantly and the system is now operating …More
IG: CMS Did Not Meet Notification Requirements After Health Records Breach
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services notified 13,775 Medicare beneficiaries that their health records were compromised but it still …More
White House Information Goes Mobile
The Government Printing Office and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register have released a mobile Web application on …More
Poor Planning Led to Overspending on Encryption Licenses at VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs IT office has failed to install and activate many of the 300,000 encryption software licenses …More
IG Calls IRS IT Support Reorganization a Success
The IRS has successfully restructured one of its IT support organizations, but it should go further to ensure employees use …More
Report: Agencies Still Wasting Money on Swag
An investigation by a Republican-oriented watchdog group, Cause of Action, has found that some agencies are ignoring President Obama’s 2011 …More
IG Finds DHS Out of Compliance with FAR
DHS does not always comply with a provision in the Federal Acquisition Regulation to justify the selection of other than …More
Sets up External Review for Alleged Reprisal
The directive states that an employee alleging reprisal and who has otherwise exhausted the new review process may request an …More
Directive Creates Whistleblower Protections for Intelligence Employees
President Obama has issued a policy directive that creates some new whistleblower protections for employees in the intelligence community but …More
IT Security Improvements Sought at GSA
GSA’s IT security patching for high-risk vulnerabilities are not done quickly enough, the agency’s inspector general has said after looking …More
IG Calls on IRS to Improve Firearms Training for Criminal Investigators
The IRS Criminal Investigation Division needs to ensure that its special agents are taking and passing required firearms training, the …More
Group Petitions for Right to Appeal Redaction of FOIA Documents
A consumer advocacy group, Public Citizen, is petitioning the FDA to stop redacting portions of documents released under the Freedom …More
GAO Finds Overlap but not Duplication in Agency Solar Power Efforts
Sixty-five solar-related initiatives supported by six federal agencies are fragmented across the agencies and overlap to some degree in their …More
