IG: Energy Contractors on Disability Better Compensated
National Nuclear Security Administration contractor sites provided disincentives to employees to return to work by paying them more while they …More
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersDoD Presents Environmental Award
The Secretary of Defense Environmental Award has been presented for excellence in advancing environmental initiatives to: * Scranton Army Ammunition …More
VA Needs to Better Ensure Benefits Go to Qualified Recipients Only
The Department of Veterans Affairs pension program design and management do not adequately ensure that only veterans with financial need …More
Vet Hiring Authority Expansion Detailed
OPM has sent agencies a memo on provisions of a law passed last year, the VOW (Veterans Opportunity to Work) …More
IG Gives IRS High Marks for Disaster Recovery Planning, Testing
The IRS is adequately planning and conducting disaster recovery tests on its most critical computer systems, the Treasury Inspector General …More
GSA Meeting Energy Reduction Targets
GSA has announced that it reduced greenhouse gas emissions from federal buildings that it directly pays utilities for by …More
USPS Decreases Fleet Emissions
The Postal Service has decreased greenhouse gas emissions from its fiscal 2008 baseline by 7.4 percent, equal to removing …More
DoD Must Address Cost and Schedule Growth of Joint Strike Fighter, Says GAO
The projected acquisition cost to develop the F-35 joint strike fighter has risen over 40 percent since 2007 from …More
USPS Hiring Postmasters Part-time
About a month after announcing the availability of $20,000 buyouts to about 21,000 postmasters, the USPS is now seeking …More
OMB Issues Contracting Guidance for Modular IT Development
OMB has issued IT contracting guidance to support modular development as required under its 25-point IT management reform plan. …More
IG Says IRS Tax Collectors Playing Fair
The IRS did not close any taxpayer abuse or harassment cases against IRS employees attempting to collect taxes in fiscal …More
VA National Recruitment Effort Designed to Hire Mental Health Professionals
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced a national recruitment program to meet a goal it set over a month …More
Pentagon Announces Mobile Device Strategy
DoD has released a mobile device strategy it says is intended to improve wireless infrastructure, mobile devices, and mobile applications …More
GAO: Justification of VA Budget Request Unclear
Estimates supporting the President’s budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs could be more transparent and reliable, GAO has …More
TSA to Allow Orlando Airport to Use Private Screeners
TSA has announced it will allow Orlando Sanford International Airport to opt-out of using TSA screeners to check passengers and …More
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
DoE 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
