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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersEarly 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
OMB: Budget Submission Should Reflect Management Priorities
OMB has issued guidance telling agencies their 2014 discretionary budget submissions should reflect ongoing White House management priorities to cut …More
USCIS Needs to Improve Laptop Security, IG Says
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services needs to improve its safeguards over laptop computers, the DHS inspector general has said. After …More
USPS Modifies Consolidation Plans
The Postal Service has announced a modified network consolidation plan divided into phases covering 461 mail-processing locations. The first phase …More
GSA Issues Mail Management Guidance
GSA has issued new guidance effective immediately designed to improve mail management policies, procedures and activities including increased use of …More
Losses Mount for USPS Despite Cost Cutting
The Postal Service has announced a net loss of $3.2 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 — greater …More
GAO Calls for Improved Management of DHS Special Acquisition Authority
DHS needs to take further actions to improve management of its special acquisition authority which gives it flexibility to engage …More
MSPB Studying Violence in the Federal Workplace
The Merit Systems Protection Board is studying violence in the federal workplace and looking for ways to reduce it. It’s …More
Recognizes GSA for Mobile IT Approach
The Telework Exchange gave GSA a "tele-vision" award in recognition of an approach to IT allowing it to migrate to …More
Group Sees Telework Gains in Federal Workforce
The Telework Exchange says participation in its recent "telework week" shows the practice is catching on and that organizations are …More
IG: IRS Properly Revoked Tax Status of Organizations but Missed Some
The IRS appropriately identified and revoked the tax-exempt status of 279,500 organizations but may have missed thousands of others, the …More
Issues Shared Services Strategy Requirements
OMB has also issued a memo providing policy guidance and management tools to use in increasing shared approaches for IT …More
OMB Launches IT Shared Services Strategy
OMB has released a "federal IT shared services strategy" to guide agency CIOs and other stakeholders in carrying out a …More
Special Counsel Calls for Stronger Airline Safety Oversight
The Office of Special Counsel has issued a warning to the FAA via a letter to the White House and …More
IG Calls for Better Oversight of IRS Whistleblower Program
The IRS’s whistleblower program office has not fully and adequately addressed internal control weaknesses on the processing of whistleblower claims …More
Senate Again Passes Whistleblower Bill
The Senate has voted unanimously in favor of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2011 to strengthen and clarify protections …More
IG: Additional Controls Could Help IRS Tuition Assistance Program
Additional management controls could help the IRS’s already successful tuition assistance program, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has …More
VA Touts Facebook Presence, Says Platform Aids Outreach Efforts
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced it hit 200,000 fans of its official Facebook page, helping it with efforts …More
OMB Issues Guidance to Curb Agency Spending
The White House has issued guidance aimed at reducing spending on travel, conferences, vehicle fleets and real property that it …More
