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
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Sign up Now! Free eNewslettersGAO: 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
Rank Award Recipients Helped Save $36 Billion
Recipients of the 2011 Presidential Ranks of Distinguished Executive and Distinguished Professional helped save $36 billion last year though their …More
Panel Passes Bill to Establish Customer Service Standards
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has advanced legislation that would require OMB to establish customer service standards that …More
IG: Requests for Tax Compromise Offers Up, but Program Capacity Down
Rising requests for agreements between taxpayers and the IRS to settle tax liabilities have increased backlogs and delayed responses in …More
DoD Revises Telework Policy; Online Training Offered
The Pentagon has issued revised telework policy under the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act, incorporating that law’s provisions in areas including …More
Union Says Revision is Better, but Rough Road Ahead
The revision bill will face challenges from unions and other lawmakers intent on maintain delivery standards or protecting USPS jobs …More
Substitute Postal Amendment Under Consideration
The sponsors of postal reform legislation in the Senate have begun considering an updated draft that incorporates a number of …More
President Orders Policies for Addressing Domestic Violence in Federal Workforce
President Obama has signed an executive order intended to make the federal government a model for how to respond to …More
GAO: Excess Mail Processing Capacity Remains
Despite closing redundant facilities and scaling back mail processing operations and transportation, excess capacity remains because of continuing and accelerating …More
Plans Due For Vetting Contractors, Grantees Against No-Pay List
OMB has issued a memo requiring agencies to submit draft plans by June 30 for using a government-wide "do not …More
GAO Calls for Improved Accountability for DoD Inventory of Contracted Services
DoD needs to take further actions to improve accountability over its inventory of contracted services to ensure contractors are not …More
IG: Budget Constraints Causing Transportation to Rethink Priorities
Budget constraints and problems with existing projects are forcing the Transportation Department to rethink its investments and priorities in important, …More
New Disclosure Rules Challenged
The Senior Executives Association is asking Congress to repeal several provisions of the recently-enacted STOCK Act that impact SES members …More
IG Knocks Management of NextGen Contracts
The FAA’s contracting practices need to be improved to effectively manage its systems engineering 2020 contracts, Transportation’s IG has said. …More
FLRA Hosting Town Hall Meeting
FLRA will hold a "town hall meeting" April 26 from 1-3 p.m. Eastern time, featuring a panel discussion with senior …More
Army Launches Developmental Program
The Army is accepting applications for its new Senior Enterprise Talent Management (SETM) program, designed to prepare civilian employees to …More
VA Announces Industry Innovation Competition
The Department of Veterans Affairs has announced an industry innovation competition designed to identify, test and evaluate solutions that improve …More
GAO Cites Improvements to Under-sea Well Containment Oversight
The Department of Interior has strengthened oversight of sub-sea well containment but needs to improve documentation, GAO has said. It …More
IG Identifies Over $700 Million in Unauthorized Overtime
The Postal Service has established procedures to monitor and control unauthorized overtime but managers and supervisors did not always follow …More
DoD Needs to Improve Guidance on Renewable Energy Financing, Says GAO
GAO has called for improved guidance and information sharing for DoD project level officials concerning renewable energy project financing. DoD …More
