White House Lays Out Science and Technology Budget Priorities
OMB has issued a memo summarizing science and technology priorities to inform agencies’ fiscal 2014 budgets, highlighting multi-agency efforts it …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersDoE Needs to Improve Energy Efficiency of Data Centers, IG Says
The Department of Energy has taken actions designed to improve the management of its data centers but it does not …More
GAO Calls on DoD to Reevaluate Selective Service Requirements
DoD has not recently evaluated the necessity of the Selective Service System to meeting its future manpower requirements for carrying …More
DHS Announces Northern Border Strategy
DHS has released its first unified department strategy to guide policy and operations along the U.S.-Canada border, saying the strategy …More
GAO: Improved Program Cost Information Could Help IRS Make Decisions
Continuing to improve information on program cost and results could help the IRS with resource decision-making, GAO has said after …More
IG Calls on USPS to Consider Replacing Data Collection Model
The USPS inspector general has called on the postal chief financial officer and executive vice president to explore replacing the …More
GSA to Modernize Schedules
GSA has announced plans to cut costs related to its Multiple Award Schedules and make them more efficient. It said …More
Belt Tightening Casts Attention to Idle Funds
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., has released a report prepared by his office that says more than $70 billion in federal …More
GAO: FEMA Could Improve Personnel Management, Training
FEMA could enhance its human capital management and training, GAO has said after reviewing human capital-related guidance, interviewing agency officials, …More
Binding Arbitration Would Result if TSA, Union Reach Impasse
The American Federation of Government Employees has announced that arbitrators decided that impasse procedures would be final in the event …More
GAO: VA Needs to Better Collect, Share Investigative Information
The Department of Veterans Affairs should establish a process to collect and analyze aggregate data from investigations conducted within the …More
Senators Turn Attention to Organization of Public Buildings Service
A group of senators has asked GSA to evaluate the organizational structure of the Public Buildings Service in the context …More
Survey Points to High Turnover in SES
Survey results from 2011 indicate the likelihood of high turnover among senior executives in the near future, OPM has said. …More
New OGE Director Nominated
The White House has announced the nomination of Walter M. Shaub, Jr. as director of the Office of Government Ethics; …More
GAO: More Performance Measures Needed in IT Reform
OMB and agencies have made process with the Administration’s IT reform plan but more work remains to be done in …More
Spending Bill Cites DHS Management Issues
The House version of an appropriations bill covering DHS (HR-5855) for fiscal 2013 raises numerous issues with the department’s management, …More
GAO Calls for Action to Closeout Open Grants
Over $794 million was sitting around in expired grant accounts in the Payment Management System as of the end of …More
Results Indicate Ongoing Challenges Dealing with Poor Performers
The survey shows that a scant 28 percent of senior executives feel their agencies deal effectively with poor performing executives, …More
Majority of Senior Executives Say Developmental Needs Being Met
Most senior executives – 70 percent – indicate their developmental needs are being met and 77 percent say they are …More
Postmasters Given Until July to Take Incentive, Separate
USPS is offering about 21,000 postmasters a $20,000 buyout and has extended the deadline for accepting an offer to July …More
Early Out Agreement Reached for Mail Handlers
The Postal Service and the National Postal Mail Handlers Union have signed a memorandum of understanding that would pay fulltime …More
OPM Requests Policies for Addressing Domestic Violence in Workforce
OPM director John Berry has issued a memo asking federal agencies to provide OPM with policies they are required to …More
Advisory Group to Help Agencies Set up Content, Data Delivery Structures
Another early milestone, also planned for the first month, is to establish intra-agency governance to improve the delivery of digital …More
First Up: Establishing Digital Services Innovation Center
One of the first milestones called for in the road map is the establishment of a digital services innovation center …More
OMB Launches Digital Information Framework
The White House has issued a digital government strategy establishing standards and best practices to make government information more available …More
Young Leaders Conference Set
The annual Next Generation of Government Summit will be held July 26-27 in Washington, D.C., focusing on the development of …More
Air Force Orders Faster Hiring Decisions
Air Force hiring managers now have 15 days rather than 30 to choose a candidate to fill a civilian employee …More
MSPB Cites Mutual Benefit to Rejection Feedback
With one out of three feds reporting having been rejected for an internal vacancy in the past two years, both …More
SSA, Union Agree to Terms
The American Federation of Government Employees has reached an agreement on the terms of a new labor deal with the …More
Memo Encourages Increased Use of Evidence and Evaluation in Budget Requests
In a follow up budget memo OMB also called on agencies to demonstrate the use of evidence throughout their fiscal …More
