GAO Calls on EPA to Resolve Information Security Weaknesses
The EPA has taken steps to safeguard its information and systems but security control weaknesses pervade its systems and networks, …More
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The CIO Council has released a set of digital services governance recommendations as part of a scheduled deliverable timetable under …More
New AFGE President Calls for Pay Raise to Kick in Regardless of Budget Deal
The recently elected president of the American Federation of Government Employees union, David Cox, has called on President Obama to …More
GSA Implements Employee Cost Savings Ideas
GSA has announced plans to implement five cost savings ideas and estimates they will save it about $5.5 million. As …More
OPM Asks Managers to Encourage Participation in Combined Federal Campaign
OPM has issued a memo calling on agencies to email senior executives, supervisors and managers encouraging them to promote charitable …More
OPM on Course to Exhaust Retirement Claims Backlog
OPM says it continues to chip away at the retirement claims backlog, currently at 44,679 and down from 61,108 in …More
GAO: Better Monitoring of Implementation of EPA Regulations Needed
GAO has called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, and EPA to better monitor the coal …More
AFGE Elects New President
Delegates to the American Federation of Government Employees convention elected two-time secretary-treasurer David Cox as president, taking over for John …More
IG Calls on CBP to End Plans for New Aviation Management Tracking System
The DHS inspector general has called on Customs and Border Protection to end plans to develop a new aviation information …More
USPS Revenue Growth Overshadowed by $5.2 Billion Loss
In what has become a common refrain, the Postal Service announced another huge loss in the preceding quarter, but it …More
OGE Clarifies Stock Act Delay
Recently enacted legislation affecting the Stock Act left in place a new requirement under that law affecting federal employees who …More
VA Shifts Focus to Claims Submission in Effort to Reduce Backlog
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced it recently hosted an event with 10 veterans service organizations to try to get …More
Fast & Furious Whistleblower Settles Case
One of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms employees who blew the whistle on a botched weapons-tracking initiative, Operation …More
Bill Would Strip Bonuses of Employees Linked to Fraud, Waste, Abuse
Yet another government accountability bill has been introduced in the wake of GSA’s conference-spending scandal, this time by Sens. Claire …More
Air Force Award Nominations Sought
The Air Force has started soliciting nominations for its Air Force Civilian Employee of the Year award, with four categories: …More
CHCOs Offer Workforce Recommendations
The report found a general consensus that the election presents an opportunity to reform recruitment, retention and rewards for top …More
CHCOs: Declining Budgets, High Turnover Key Challenges
Declining budgets and higher employee turnover are two of the biggest challenges faced by federal chief human capital officers and …More
IG: Billions in Tax-Refund Fraud Undetected
The IRS is not detecting and preventing significant amount of fraudulent tax refunds, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration …More
GAO: Providers With Unpaid Federal Taxes Receiving Medicaid Reimbursements
Healthcare providers with unpaid federal taxes received over $6 billion in Medicaid reimbursements, GAO has said after comparing reimbursement information …More
Measure Targets VA Bonuses as Spending Offset
A House bill designed to improve certain services to veterans would pay for those services by sharply cutting performance bonuses …More
Air Force Switching to New Pay System
The Air Force will transition all civilian employees to a standardized pay system over the next 12 months, phasing in …More
GAO Calls on DHS to Further Define IT Governance Process
DHS needs to further define and implement a new IT governance process, GAO has said. The new process includes a …More
Measure Seeks Better Customer Service by Agencies
Agencies would have to develop specific customer service standards, designate a "service improvement officer" responsible for monitoring progress in that …More
IRS Not Being Reimbursed for Some Services to Agencies, IG Finds
The IRS is not always fully reimbursed for services it provides to other federal agencies, the Treasury Inspector General for …More
AFGE, TSA Agree on Labor Contract
TSA has reached a collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of Government Employees covering some 44,000 TSA employees and …More
House Passes Bill to Streamline Senate Confirmations
The House has agreed to legislation that had been cleared in the Senate last year that would expedite the Senate …More
CFC Committee Recommends Wider Participation
The federal advisory committee for the government’s charitable contribution Combined Federal Campaign has recommended that OPM expand the community of …More
GAO Calls for Improved Oversight of Agency Pandemic Preparedness
Agencies have reported process preparing to protect workers in the event of a pandemic flu but oversight should be improved, …More
Senior Executives Association Joins Opposition to Stock Act Provision
The Senior Executives Association is one of the parties to a federal court suit seeking an injunction to block a …More
IG: Stronger Oversight of Adoption Credit Needed
Incomplete or missing documentation led IRS to delay processing 43,295 adoption credit claims and approve more than $11 million in …More
