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
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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
IG: IRS Failing to Use Payment Codes Accurately, Effectively
The IRS has established a system to use designated payment codes (DPCs), to identify IRS enforcement actions or other events …More
GAO Calls for Management Improvements at FDA to Reduce Modernization Risks
The FDA needs to fully implement key management practices to mitigate IT modernization risks, GAO has said after assessing the …More
Plain Writing for Regs Proposed
Legislation offered in the Senate would require that federal regulations be written in plain English, a follow-up to the 2010 …More
GAO: Better Data Needed for Collaboration Between FPS and Partners
The Federal Protective Service needs better data on facility jurisdictions to improve collaboration with state and local law enforcement, GAO …More
More Oversight of Security Risks Sought
An appropriations bill in the House covering Commerce, Justice, NASA, the National Science Foundation and several small entities including EEOC, …More
House Passes Bill to Bolster Cybersecurity Workforce
The House has passed cybersecurity legislation that includes provisions to create a cybersecurity scholarship program at the National Science Foundation …More
IG Calls on USPS to Improve Unclaimed Funds Collection
The Postal Service should more efficiently and effectively collect unclaimed funds held by state treasuries, the USPS inspector general has …More
FBI Needs to Address Sustainability of Long-Term Staffing Strategy, GAO Says
Vacancies at the FBI have declined but it has yet address the long-term sustainability of its strategy for addressing them, …More
House Passes FISMA Amendment
The House has passed by voice vote HR-4257, the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012, which would mandate continuous …More
Interior Awards Contract for Cloud Services as Part of IT Transformation
The Department of Interior has awarded a department-wide contract for cloud-based email and collaboration IT services to Google Apps for …More
GAO Calls for Management Improvements to Unique Item ID Technology
DoD has taken some steps to improve its approach to managing and implementing "item unique identification" (IUID) technology but has …More
EO Calls for Stronger Coordination of International Regulatory Approach
President Obama has signed an executive order calling for an interagency working group chaired by OMB’s Office of Information and …More
Online Training Covers Labor-Management Relations Statute
The Federal Labor Relations Authority has announced online, basic statutory training on rights and obligations under the Federal Service Labor-Management …More
GAO Calls on DoD to Address Shortcomings in Response to Hazard Exposures
GAO has called on DoD to address limitations in its policies for responding to environmental exposures, such as recent high …More
Senators Seek Delay of Postal Closings
Authors of a Senate postal reform bill have sent a letter to USPS requesting that it delay the closing of …More
Bill Would Curb Duplicative Legislation
A bill has been introduced in both chambers designed to cut down on duplicative legislation by making sure lawmakers are …More
VA Announces Mental Health Staff Increase
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced that it will increase its mental health staff by 1,900, including 1,600 mental …More
GAO: Data Reliability Still a Challenge for Telework
OPM is producing more and better data on telework but it continues to face challenges with data reliability and compatibility …More
Lawmakers Pressure Defense Secretary to Rely Less on Contractors
Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. have sent defense secretary Leon Panetta a letter requesting that DoD tip …More
Fed Views of Leadership Trending Up
While feds may harbor doubts about senior leadership those views have actually been trending upward since the rankings were first …More
Feds Feel Less Informed by Senior Leadership Then Private Sector Workers
Federal employees are less likely to be satisfied with the information they get from management about what’s going on with …More
Panel Approves Bill to Bolster Agriculture Inspection Workforce
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has passed a bill designed to strengthen the agricultural specialist workforce. Sponsored …More
GAO: Strategic Management Could Enhance FEMA Workforce Planning
FEMA stands to improve workforce planning and training by incorporating strategic management standards, GAO has said. It said FEMA is …More
White House Faces Decision on Bargaining Experiment
The National Council on Federal Labor-Management Relations is preparing a report to President Obama analyzing 12 pilot programs testing various …More
GAO Cites Need for Management Improvements at CMS
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ oversight of managed care rate setting has been inconsistent, its oversight of supplemental …More
House Approves Recovery-Board Style Reporting for Federal Spending
The House has voted to establish a Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board modeled on the Recovery Board and that …More
